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Sir Charles Todd [B 3653] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] This is a shadowy head and upper body portrait of Sir Charles Todd in later life. He is facing left and has greying hair, moustache and beard. Arriving in Adelaide in 1855, he became Postmaster General, Superintendent of Telegraphs and Government Astronomer of South Australia. The most famous of his many achievements was his conception and leadership of the installation of the Port Augusta- Darwin overland single-wire telegraph line which linked Australia to the rest of the world in 1872. In June 1893 he was made K.C.M.G.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.1 cm x 9.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Todd, Charles, Sir, 1826-1910

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Digitisation information

Date

05/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,148 x 3,090 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

6.66 MB

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