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Conference Paper

Author
Leybourne-Ward, Neville
Title
The Overland Telegraph Station Alice Springs - a Conservation Study
In
Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings
Imprint
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000, pp. 169-174
ISBN/ISSN
0980960352
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.910687451392884
Abstract

The telegraph repeater station at Alice Springs, Central Australia, was a major station on the Overland Telegraph Line constructed from 1870 to 1872, an engineering project of national significance. It was in continuous operation from 1872 until 1932 a period of 60 years during which time it was expanded both in building fabric and in technology. There were five distinct periods of occupancy up until the present date with varied uses including housing the so called 'stolen children'. In the late 20th Century some conservation was attempted with dreadful mistakes. It is now a government owned tourist venue. The first (1872) building could be a subject for restoration to the original form and serve as a museum of 19th Century telegraph technology and include an engineering heritage plaque.

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