This chapter comprises a series of education resources detailing the changes that communications and technology have brought to the Northern Territory. It focuses particularly on the Overland Telegraph Line and the history of this engineering feat. There are biographical details of some of the prominent people of the time. Also covered is the turbulence that accompanied the line and its operation; civil unrest in Darwin and violence between settlers and Aboriginal people.
The Historical Society of the Northern Territory acknowledges the Larrakia people, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which History House stands, and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea, and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.