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The Overland Telegraph - Australia's Culture Portal

Jack Laver, Bob Carew up a pole of the Overland Telegraph Line, 1921. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: b2100793. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: B 6793....

Afghan cameleers in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

The introduction of camels and the so-called 'Afghan' cameleers proved to be a turning point in the exploration and development of the Australian interior. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: B 14739. Image courtesy of the State Libra...

The Canning Stock Route - Australia's Culture Portal

Creating the Canning Stock Route was the answer to a host of challenges presented by the Australian outback. Surveyed and created in the early 1900s, the scale of the Canning Stock Route is epic. John Carty, oral historian and anthropologist from the Au...

Early explorers - Australia's Culture Portal

J. C. Armytage, Return of Burke and Wills to Coopers Creek, engraving, in Australia by Edwin Carton Booth, opp. Explorers set out to discover rivers and land suitable for agriculture as well as to survey the land. A major expedition usually produced a p...

The changing face of early Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

A lady holding a small child [Quarantine Station], Tom Gray Collection, 3. Image courtesy of Manly Quarantine Station. Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society...

Papunya Tula art movement of the Western Desert - Australia's Culture Portal

The emergence of 'dot' paintings by Indigenous men from the western deserts of Central Australia in the early 1970s has been called the greatest art movement of the twentieth century. Papunya was described as a 'centralised government settlement establis...

Songs of war and peace: From the call to the trenches - Australia's Culture Portal

Patriotic music written in wartime has been used to express national pride, spread propaganda, encourage enlistment and motivate troops serving in Australia and on overseas duty. Until the First World War, patriotic music written for wars tended to dwell...

Songs of war and peace: From heroes to loss and protest - Australia's Culture Portal

Songs in wartime reflect attitudes about Australia's participation in conflict and war—from the Sudan War in 1885 to the First Gulf War (1990–1991). Some of the most well-known and colourful examples of wartime songs lauding heroes come from ...

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The Overland Telegraph - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: b2100793. Queensland, meanwhile, was pushing for the telegraph line to run from Darwin to Burketown in north western Queensland and exploring potential routes. South Australia proposed that they woul...

94/13/35 Poster, The overland telegraph line, paper, Post Master General's Department, Australia, c. 1959 - D*Hub   (website Design Hub - Your online design resource )

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Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=381239&search=GPO&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=23481&search=GPO&site_id=3 > 85/1076 Envelope with Sydney GPO seal, paper, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1838 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/databa...

Treasures : For teachers : W.A. Crowder,Äôs diary: the Overland Telegraph Line   (website National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries )

explains how people,Äôs use of natural and built features of places changes over time, e.g. uses photographs and maps of a place to identify changes in land use and suggests reasons for this. describes key features of Australian political and legal system...

Treasures : Item : W.A. Crowder,Äôs diary: the Overland Telegraph Line   (website National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries )

An initiative of the Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL), ACT Heritage Library, National Library of Australia, Northern Territory Library, State Library of New South Wales, State Library of Queensland, State Library of South Australia, State Libr...

Repeater Stations along the Overland Telegraph   (website Flinders Ranges Research )

Some of the best known telegraph stations were at Beltana, Alice Springs, Barrow Creek, and Tennant Creek. Alice Springs Repeater Station 1908. The Barrow Creek Telegraph Station is located about 280 kilometres north of Alice Springs on the Stuart Highwa...

Alice Springs Telegraph Station - Attraction Search Detail - Northern Territory Official Travel Site   (website Northern Territory Visitors Centre NT )

The township of Alice Springs obtained its name from the waterhole at this historic Telegraph Station. This historical reserve marks the original site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs. Established in 1872 to relay messages between Darwi...

Arltunga Historical Reserve - Attraction Search Detail - Northern Territory Official Travel Site   (website Northern Territory Visitors Centre NT )

Located 110 kilometres east of Alice Springs, via the East MacDonnell Ranges, the historic town of Arltunga was officially Central Australia's first town and once supported up to 3000 people. The fossicking area is located outside of the reserve, however...

Tennant Creek Itinerary - 4 days - Northern Territory Official Travel Site   (website Northern Territory Visitors Centre NT )

To get a full overview of the Territory,Äôs pastoral and mining history, a drive up from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek is a must. > Alice Springs to Devils Marbles >Depart Alice Springs this morning, heading north on the Explorer,Äôs Way (Stuart Highway...

Tennant Creek Travel Information: Tennant Creek Australia: Northern Territory Official Travel Site   (website Northern Territory Visitors Centre NT )

Adventure lovers have plenty of options in the Tennant Creek area. Tennant Creek in Central Australia sits on the Explorer,Äôs Way, 500 kilometres north of Alice Springs and 1000 kilometres south of Darwin. Aboriginal culture is strong in Tennant Creek. ...

Tennant Creek Itinerary - 6 days - Northern Territory Official Travel Site   (website Northern Territory Visitors Centre NT )

This driving adventure follows the Binns Track up to the Davenport Ranges before exploring the pioneering history and Aboriginal heritage of Tennant Creek. > East MacDonnell Ranges and Davenport Ranges >Depart Alice Springs heading east. > Davenport Rang...

Bitter Springs - Attraction Search Detail - Northern Territory Official Travel Site   (website Northern Territory Visitors Centre NT )

Discovered by surveyors for the Overland Telegraph Line in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Bitter Springs are located approximately two kilometres from Mataranka in the Katherine region. buttons a { background-color: #cecece; color: #000; ...