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Strangways Springs [B 3379] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] The ruins of a stone walled sheep pen with a wooden gate stand in the desert at Strangways Springs. This site was named by explorer P.E. Warburton in 1858. It was used as a pastoral run by Hogarth and Warren until chosen as a site for a telegraph repeater station in 1870. [On back of photograph] 'Remains of settlement at Strangways Springs / 1926' The words 'Reproduced in the Chronicle, April 24, 1926' have been crossed out with pencil.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.3 cm x 13.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1926

Collection

Part of Strangways Springs Collection

Subject

Telegraph stations -- South Australia -- Strangways Springs
Ghost towns -- South Australia -- Strangways Springs

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Digitisation information

Date

03/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,300 x 2,015 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

6.67 MB

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