The logo for the historical society of the northern territory inc.
The logo for the historical society of the northern territory inc.
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Communications and Technology

Communications and Technology -
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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.

A post and telegraph office is located on the side of a brick building

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