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Telegraph line at Mount Blatherskite, Northern Territory [B 18697] • Photograph

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Summary

Old Telegraph Line (originally identified as Pine Gap) near the MacDonnell Ranges. The following information was provided by a researcher: Telegraph Line at Mount Blatherskite, near Alice Springs, Nothern Territory. The telegraph line has two lines, showing the upgrade to the line completed in 1899, which also relocated the line to run through the Heavitree Gap, approximately 1km north. Image from the Price Collection of Fred Price, the Alice Springs Telegraph Stationmaster from 1919 to 1924. The photograph is featured in the book 'By packhorse and buggy' written by Fred Price's daughter.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 21 x 16 cm

Dates / Publication details

1921

Collection

Part of Northern Territory Collection

Subject

Telegraph lines -- Northern Territory.

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Digitisation information

Date

21/12/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,085 x 2,394 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

22.19 MB

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