Territory Stories

Ships

Details:

Title

Ships,

Other title

Samuel Sweet,

Photographer

Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886,

Photo number

PH0238/0406,

Collection

Peter Spillett Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1871,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Description

Published photograph of the Telegraph Fleet anchored in Darwin Harbour by Captain Sweet. L-R: side by side the Gulnare and the Bengal, Hibernia, Investigator, Edinburgh. These ships were involved in the construction of the Overland Telegraph and the laying of the submarine telegraph cable to Java. The Gulnare brought surveyor George Goyder to Darwin in 1869.,

Language

English,

Digital format

4609 x 6000 pixels : 48bpp ; 162.05Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 14.2 x 18.6 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/10070/12478,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/733322