Territory Stories
Landing the sub-marine telegraph cable
Details:
Title
Landing the sub-marine telegraph cable,
Photographer
Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886,
Photo number
PH1132/0002,
Collection
Jan Hills Collection,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
1871-11-07,
Location
Port Darwin,
Description
Landing the Australian end of the Java and Australia cable at Port Darwin November 7th 1871. Numbered key on photograph to people as follows. 1. Captain RC Halpin, Commodore, 2. J Moody, Captain 'Investigator', 3. LH LeGuay, 2nd officer 'Investigator', 4. Willy Halpin, 3rd officer 'Investigator', 5. WB Whitmore, Surgeon 'Investigator', 6. David Davies, Boatswain 'Investigator', 7. Carpenter 'Investigator',
Language
English,
Subject
Overland Telegraph Line,
ships,
submarine cables,
Digital format
4770 x 6000 pixels : 24bpp ; 83.87Mb, back 86.38Mb, framed 81.21Mb, jpeg 5.14Mb, back 5.25Mb, framed 5.68Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : sepia ; 14.5 x 18.5 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/10070/305260 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/359690
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/359691 ,
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/359692 ,
Territory Stories
Landing the sub-marine telegraph cable
Details:
Title
Landing the sub-marine telegraph cable,
Photographer
Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886,
Photo number
PH1132/0002,
Collection
Jan Hills Collection,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
1871-11-07,
Location
Port Darwin,
Description
Landing the Australian end of the Java and Australia cable at Port Darwin November 7th 1871. Numbered key on photograph to people as follows. 1. Captain RC Halpin, Commodore, 2. J Moody, Captain 'Investigator', 3. LH LeGuay, 2nd officer 'Investigator', 4. Willy Halpin, 3rd officer 'Investigator', 5. WB Whitmore, Surgeon 'Investigator', 6. David Davies, Boatswain 'Investigator', 7. Carpenter 'Investigator',
Language
English,
Subject
Overland Telegraph Line,
ships,
submarine cables,
Digital format
4770 x 6000 pixels : 24bpp ; 83.87Mb, back 86.38Mb, framed 81.21Mb, jpeg 5.14Mb, back 5.25Mb, framed 5.68Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : sepia ; 14.5 x 18.5 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/10070/305260 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/359690
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/359691 ,
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/359692 ,