One of the nation’s most significant engineering feats has been celebrated this week with the heritage listing of undersea telegraph cables in the Northern Territory.
Historians describe it as ‘the internet of the 1870’s’ – providing the first connection between Australia and the rest of the world.
Laetitia Lemke reports.
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-28/australia-undersea-telegraph-cables-heritage-listed/12395264
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