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

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

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,

Related materials

PH0238/0383 and PH0238/0383-b,

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/735982 [LANT: PH0238/0383 Planting the first telegraph pole], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/735983 [LANT: PH0238/0383-b Planting the first telegraph pole, back of image],

Parent handle

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

Citation address

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

Related items

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