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A crowd gathered on a beach as a cable is landed

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Landing of the submarine cable, Port Darwin, 1871

A black and white photograph of a crowd on the shore at Port Darwin on 7 November 1871, when the submarine telegraph cable came ashore.

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By
State Government Photographer
Licence
CC0 (opens in a new tab): free for any use, including commercial
Source
Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Tags
submarine cable, port darwin, telegraph, history

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