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Telegraph Station [B 16299] • Photograph

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Summary

Pencil sketch taken from McMinn's diary p.137 of the site of the central Telegraph Station. Site of the spring marked by an X. Heavitree Gap marked "o" in centre background. This sacred site is known as Ntaripe in the Arrernte language and is a water gap in the Northern Territory in the MacDonnell Ranges. It is the southern entrance to Alice Springs and carries the Todd River. The gap was given its European name by William Mills, the Overland Telegraph line surveyor who discovered the location of Alice Springs

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Physical description

Photograph; 22 cm x 16 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1874

Collection

Part of Alice Springs Collection

Subject

Telegraph stations -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs

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Digitisation information

Date

05/09/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,127 x 2,338 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

21.97 MB

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