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Overland Telegraph Line
On a recent trip north I saw a couple of Wedge Tail Eagles around 70kms North of Port Augusta. After heading into the scrub to capture them, I was amazed to find piles of old tins, wire & rubbish laying about the shrubs & sand of the Arid Lands . I also noticed what can only be discribed as tree branches lined up for miles at 20 or 30m intervals. I finally made the correlation when I noticed that most of these posts had wire & or metal brackets on them. I'm assuming that this is the original Overland Telegraph Line that ran from Adelaide to Darwin. Erected in 1872, running a single Telegraph Line between the two capitals, if my vague memories from school are correct, this line did run through the Flinders Ranges.
A little more research tells me that the single strand line spanned 3,178kms.
Now that I've gone to this trouble to explain my find & shot, I'm certain someone will inform me that I was nowhere near the Overland Telegraph Line!
Overland Telegraph Line
On a recent trip north I saw a couple of Wedge Tail Eagles around 70kms North of Port Augusta. After heading into the scrub to capture them, I was amazed to find piles of old tins, wire & rubbish laying about the shrubs & sand of the Arid Lands . I also noticed what can only be discribed as tree branches lined up for miles at 20 or 30m intervals. I finally made the correlation when I noticed that most of these posts had wire & or metal brackets on them. I'm assuming that this is the original Overland Telegraph Line that ran from Adelaide to Darwin. Erected in 1872, running a single Telegraph Line between the two capitals, if my vague memories from school are correct, this line did run through the Flinders Ranges.
A little more research tells me that the single strand line spanned 3,178kms.
Now that I've gone to this trouble to explain my find & shot, I'm certain someone will inform me that I was nowhere near the Overland Telegraph Line!