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Conference Paper

Author
Leybourne-Ward, N.
Title
Australia's Overland Telegraph Line 1870-1872
In
First Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage 1994: Old Ways in a New Land; Preprints of Papers
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 1994, pp. 103-113
ISBN/ISSN
0858256223
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.625694582063521
Abstract

The Overland Telegraph Line (OT Line) from Port Augusta to Port Darwin was Australia's first national development project and the greatest engineering achievement of the last Century. It is significant for its political, military and economic importance. The route was over country which had just been traversed by John McDouall Stuart and was considered by the Government of the Colony of South Australia to be vital to the opening up of the centre of Australia to pastoral and mining ventures.

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