Territory Stories

Telegraph Fleet

Details:

Title

Telegraph Fleet,

Photographer

Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886,

Photo number

PH1132/0003,

Collection

Jan Hills Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1871,

Description

Telegraph Fleet responsible for laying cable in Darwin Harbour. On the left are two ships (Gulnare and Bengal) tied up alongside each other. Astern is Hibernia, Investigator & Edinburgh on the far right in deeper water. Sweet’s trademark anchor is lower right among the bushes.,

Language

English,

Subject

ships, harbour, submarine cables, Overland Telegraph,

Digital format

4565 x 6000 pixels : 24bpp ; 80.26Mb, framed 82Mb, jpeg 5.38Mb, framed 4.98Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : sepia ; 15.0 x 20.0 cm.,

File type

image/jpeg, 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/10070/305553,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/359004

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/359003,