THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH
The South Australian portion of the tele* graph will stretch in a somewhat diagonal . direction across the continent from Port Augusta, 32idegs S. lat, 137'; clegs E. long, to Palmerstono, Port Darwin 12idegs S. lat. ! E. long., about 1400 miles in a direct line, but from 1700 to 1800 miles as the f lino is laid. ) The subjoined table shows the route . followed in connecting Australia with the i mother country, with the length of wire or ; °able between the different places, and the total distance traversed by message, i No, of Cable f , Miles. Laid. . Falmouth to Gibral--1 tar, via Lisbon ... 1061 1154 Gibraltar to Malta ... 1008 1120 , Malta to Alexandria 828 924 , Alexandria to Suez... 224 Land line ’ Suez to Aden ... 1346 1462 ' Aden to Bombay ... 1632 1819 s Bombay to Madras... 600 Land line y Madras to Penang ... 1280 1409 = Penang to Singapore 399 405 Singapore to Batavia 553 565 , Batavia to BanjoeBanjoewang to Port o „ Da ™ 1083 1186 Port Darwin to Port Augusta, S,A. ...1764 Land line a 12,235 10,044 s Miles. Total length of cable, excluding 10,044 ; Black ... 3,068 e Total 13,112
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Evening Star, Issue 2844, 1 April 1872, Page 2
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190THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH Evening Star, Issue 2844, 1 April 1872, Page 2
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