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Barrow Creek Telegraph Station buildings [B 64383/128] • Photograph

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Summary

The telegraph station buildings at Barrow Creek, built about 1872, 180 miles north of Alice Springs. According to a researcher, the Barrow Creek Telegraph Station was built by 13 October 1872, when Charles Todd inspected the substantial stone building including 700 yards of stone work. Mr R.C. Watson was the Stationmaster. Mr Todd spoke highly of the work and gave great praise to the mason. He formally opened the new office on the 16th. The men at the station signed an address to Todd. They were R.C. Watson, Ernest E.S. Flint, T.F. Smith, R.S. Brown, I.C. Guster, J. Forster, S. Jarvis, William Prowse, Thomas Badge, George Chalmers and T. Maddock. [More see Adelaide Observer 19 October 1872 page 4].

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Physical description

Photograph; 7.5 cm x 5.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1927

Photographer

Bray, Theodor

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Barrow Creek Telegraph Station (N.T.)

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General notes

To see a summary of the photographs in this album do a NUMBER search on B 64383.

Digitisation information

Date

17/02/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,207 x 2,161 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

20.82 MB

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