Territory Stories

Planting the first telegraph pole

Details:

Title

Planting the first telegraph pole

Photographer

Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886

Photo number

PH0238/0383

Collection

Peter Spillett Collection; PictureNT; PictureNT

Date

1870-09-15

Location

Darwin

Description

Planting the first telegraph pole, near Palmerston. Among those present were: Mr Palmer, Mr Burton, Dr Furnell, Dr Millner, D.D. Daly, Miss Douglas, Mr & Mrs William Trevett Dalwood, Willie Douglas, A.T. Childs, Captain & Mrs Douglas, F.W. Dalwood, Miss Douglas, W. McMinn, Miss B. Douglas, Mr James Darwent, J. McKinlay, Mr Grey, Mr E. Holthouse, Mr Davis, Mr Paquelin. Time: 3:00 pm. The photographer (Samuel Sweet) was the Master of the GULNARE which had brought the OT contractor Darwent and Dalwood and their men and materials to Darwin.

Language

English

Subject

power & telegraph lines; Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S. Aust.)

Digital format

3835 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 56.17Mb.

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 17.8 x 24.9 cm.

File type

image/tiff

Use

No known copyright

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/14838

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/14838

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/735982; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/735983