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Memorial to telegraph workers, Barrow Creek [B 62582] • Photograph

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Summary

BARROW CREEK: A stone memorial to telegraph employees James L. Stapleton, stationmaster, and John Franks, linesman at Barrow Creek where they were killed by Aborigines in February 1874; the headstone bears a Masonic symbol.

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 11 cm x 6.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1925

Photographer

Brewer, Philip John

Collection

Part of Barrow Creek Collection

Subject

Stapleton, James Lawrence, 1834-1874
Franks, John, -1874
Memorials -- South Australia -- Barrow Creek
Telegraphers -- South Australia -- Barrow Creek

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Digitisation information

Date

24/08/1999

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,424 x 2,528 pixels (3.6 MP)

Size

3.35 MB

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