How Australia built the internet of the 19th century
Mar 18, 2022•46 min
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Episode description
Northern Territory historian Derek Pugh recalls the 36,000 poles, undersea cable and sheer ingenuity that went into the greatest feat of engineering in 19th century Australia — the Overland Telegraph Line
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