Pietro Baracchi and Port Darwin

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A biography of Pietro Baracchi, engineer and astronomer, who, together with colleagues, accurately determined the longitude of Port Darwin in 1883 by use of telegraph signals on the undersea cable to Indonesia and Singapore. The biography includes details of his visit to Darwin and his subsequent distinguished career as an astronomer in Melbourne.

Pietro Baracchi and Port Darwin

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Acknowledgement of country

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.

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