The Geography of South Australia Historical Physical Political Commercial
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TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION. The South Australian telegraphic system was the first in Australia to establish direct communication by cable with the world at large. The cablegrams which appear in the daily papers of all the States, and which give us information of what is going on in all parts of the world, are being transmitted almost hourly by means of the Transcontinental Telegraph, connect- ing Adelaide with Darwin, a distance of 1, 975 miles. This great national undertaking was accomplished m...ainly through the foresight and energy of Mr. (Sir Charles) Todd, the first Superintendent of Telegraphs in South Australia. He was an assistant at Greenwich Observatory to the then Astronomer Royal (Sir G. B. Airey), by whom he was recommended for the post of Superintendent of Telegraphs and Astronomical Observer to the South Australian Government. Mr. Todd entered on his duties in 1855, and shortly after his arrival in Adelaide MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORT 257 the first government telegraph was established which connected Adelaide with the Port.
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