Archive | June 19, 2014

Alice Springs Telegraph Station

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The Telegraph Station marks the original site of European settlement in Alice Springs. It was built as a relay station for the Overland Telegraph line. Messages were relayed from Darwin to Adelaide through here. The station operated for 60 years before becoming a school for Aboriginal children. Some of the buildings have some really interesting displays explaining how the children grew up here.

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