Overland telegraph construction, 1872

The Overland Telegraph was constructed between 1870 and 1872. The line had 36,000 telegraph poles and 11 repeater stations (these boosted the strength of the electrical signal) about 200 kilometres apart.

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National Archives of Australia A1200, L26073

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