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Darwin [B 9956] • Photograph

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Summary

Planting first pole at Port Darwin of the Overland Telegraph Line on September 15th, 1870. The finished telegraph line was constructed from 36,000 posts. The first pole was planted in the Top End with great ceremony and all went well until the December-January monsoon season hit. Therefore the northern section was not finished until eight months after the deadline of 1 January, 1872. In 1866 it took four to five months to get a reply to a letter from England (there and back). After the installation of the Overland Telegraph Line it only took two days to get a message from Adelaide to London.

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Physical description

Photograph of artwork;
12.5 cm x 12.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1870

Collection

Part of Darwin Collection

Subject

Telegraph -- Northern Territory -- Darwin
Overland Telegraph Line (N. T. and S.A.)

Catalogue record

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General notes

Negative (glass) made from photograph.

Digitisation information

Date

30/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,064 x 3,040 pixels (9.3 MP)

Size

27.98 MB

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