Author: O'BYRNE, DENIS
Title: Telegraph Stations of Central Australia Historical Photographs.
Description: Alice Springs, Australia: Northern Territory Government Printing Office, 1993. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 072451595X. Soft cover is stapled wraps. Booklet appears as if unused. No date listed, but per World Cat, probably 1993 or 1995 . Extensively illustrated with 36 b/w photographs and 5 maps. Photos include pictures of Aborigines, horse drawn carriages, camels used for work, many aspects of daily life in Central Australia. Chapters include: History of the Overland Telegraph Line; History of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station; History of hthe Barrow Creek Telegraph Station; History of the Tennant Creek Telegraph Station. "The Telegraph Stations in Alice Springs, Barrow Creek and Tennant Crreek remain largely intact since their construction in the 1870s. These Telegraph Staions provide a fascinating insight into the early years of settlement in Central Australia...these sites record forever one of the great events in the historyy of Australian development---the construction of hte Overland Telegraph Line between Port Augusta and Darwin...marked the beginning of settlement of the arid centre. ; B&W Photographs; 7 x 9 1/2; 36 pages; Very slight bumping and rubbing/scuffing.. Fine .

Keywords: 072451595x Telegraph; History of Communications; Australian History; Aborigines; Settlers; Pioneers; History of Technology; Camels; Photojournalism; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Animals Geography Reference Anthropology/Language/Linguistics Gover