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Construction Employees [B 16083] • Photograph

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Summary

Construction employees of Fowlers Bay-Eucla Telegraph line 1876-77. From left standing are: Joseph McMinn, RR Knuckey, JR Knuckey. sitting: Frank Marchant, Walter Thompson (contractor. Fowlers Bay to Eucla), Carey (Western Australian contractor, Eucla area) and Woods. Eucla Telegraph Station was the largest station in the 1877 East-West Telegraph line. In South Australia workers unloaded supplies at the nearby Eucla jetty. Then the workers scaled the sand hills following the route taken by explorer Edward John Eyre along the tops of the Bunda Cliffs. The West Australian crew used jarrah telegraph poles while the South Australians used metal poles

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.6 cm x 15.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1876

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Telegraph lines -- Australia -- Design and construction

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Digitisation information

Date

23/08/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,473 x 2,727 pixels (9.5 MP)

Size

28.45 MB

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