Radio National’s Conversations With Richard Fiedler
Construction of Australia's Overland Telegraph Line in
1872 was as significant as the arrival of the internet. It
was the most important infrastructure project of the
19th century, but the story remains largely untold.
Richard Fiedler interviews author and OT-150 Committee
member Derek Pugh about the construction of the
Overland Telegraph Line
7NEWS Adelaide at 6pm
150 years ago, a work gang, under the direction of the
legendary Charles Todd, was hacking its way north in a
bid to complete the Adelaide to Darwin telegraph line.
Now, with the state's History Festival approaching, we're
being urged to embrace the story of one of Australia’s
engineering marvels and the man behind it.
The Australian: Revolution That Started a
Conversation
James and Mark Todd, great great grandsons of Sir Charles
Todd, the architect of the Overland Telegraph Line visit the
Alice Springs Telegraph Station Museum. They reflect on
the importance of the Overland Line at the time is was
bulit in the late 1870’s and also its meaning to modern day
Australia.
R.M. Williams Outback: Magazine: Great Connection
It’s 150 years since the completion of the Overland
Telegraph Line which connected the north and south of
the country, and then Australia to the rest of the world.
A challenging feat, one that changed Australia.
STORY KERRY SHARP
A Radio National Science Show special program
A wire around the world; how something that preceded
the internet almost 150 years ago changed Australia
completely. “With me is Julian Todd. Would you please
introduce yourself and say what you have to do with Sir
Charles Todd, the father of the wire around the world.”
Robyn Williams
Twenty to the Mile video by Exposure Productions
Construction of Australia's Overland Telegraph Line in
1872 was as significant as the arrival of the internet. It
was the most important infrastructure project of the
19th century, but the story remains largely untold.
Australia Post
A postage stamp commemorating the Overland
Telegraph Line due for release in August 2022
The Royal Australian Mint
The Mint is due to release a coin commemorating the
Overland Telegraph Line