Up Tennant  Creek Overland Telegraph Station Slideshow

This might be of most interest to our Telephone Collector friends, but also a very interesting part of early Australia's history. The Tennant Creek Overland Telegraph Station, one of 11 built every 250 kms along the 3,600 kms Overland Telegraph Line, completed in 1872 and stretching from Adelaide to Darwin.

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