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Cable House, Port Darwin [B 78440] • Photograph

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Summary

'Port Darwin. The small white building on the beach is the cable house which was the Australian end of the International cable. The large building above is the Government Residency'. Written on reverse: Telecom, 26. Handwritten on reverse: 'Cable Hut. Cable handing place west side of Fort Hill, Port Darwin, showing the Residencey. The opening between Fort Hill on the right and the tableland on the left on which the Residency is built is the place where Mr Goyder, Surveyor General, and party landed and pitched their camp in February 1869 (The small hut on the beach in the centre is the cable house)'.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 16.5 x 21.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1875

Photographer

Telecom Australia

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S.A.)
Telegraph lines -- Northern Territory -- Design and construction.
Telegraph stations -- Northern Territory -- Darwin.

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Digitisation information

Date

12/08/2020

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,015 x 5,369 pixels (37.7 MP)

Size

113.01 MB

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