Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Telegraph Station at Alice Springs, central Australia celebrating 150 years since the completion of the overland telegraph line connecting Australia to Europe. 36,000 telegraph poles carried a single telegraph wire through the centre of Australia with many repeater stations set up to rebroadcast the telephone signal via Morse code. The telegraph station at Alice Springs was approximately the centre of the Australian continent.
Telegraph Station at Alice Springs, central Australia celebrating 150 years since the completion of the overland telegraph line connecting Australia to Europe. 36,000 telegraph poles carried a single telegraph wire through the centre of Australia with many repeater stations set up to rebroadcast the telephone signal via Morse code. The telegraph station at Alice Springs was approximately the centre of the Australian continent.
