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Sir Charles Todd [B 3785] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] This is a moodily lit artistic portrait of Sir Charles Todd as a dignified elderly gentleman. A man of many parts, he was an astronomer, meteorologist, electrical engineer and public servant. He is best known for his leadership of the establishment of the overland (from Adelaide to Darwin) single-wire telegraph line which linked Australia to the rest of the world in 1872. He was appointed C.M.G in 1872 and promoted to K.C.M.G in 1893.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.8 cm x 11.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Todd, Charles, Sir, 1826-1910

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Digitisation information

Date

09/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,154 x 3,098 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

20.04 MB

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