TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION FROM AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND.
It may be interesting, now that the telegraph line between England -and Australia is so near absolute completion, to give the distances spanned in each stage, and the points from which the extension is carried on. The South Australian portion of the telegraph will stretch in a somewhat diagonal direction across the continent from from Port Augusta, 32J deg. S. lat, 1375 deg- E. long, to Palmerstone, Port Darwin 12$ degs. S. lat, 130| degs, E. long., about 1400 miles in a direct line, but from 1700 to 1800 miles as the line is laid. The subjoined table shows the route followed in connecting Australia with, the mother country, with the length of wire or cable between tho different places, and the total distance traversed by message :
No. of Cable Miles, Laid. Falmouth to Gibraltar, 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 ... 1652 1819 Bombay to Madras 600 Land line Madras to Penang ... 1280 1409 Penang to Singapore 399 405 Singapore to Batavia 553 565 Batavia to Ban joewang 480 Land line Banjoewang to Port Darwin 1083 1186 Port Darwin to Port Augusta, S.A. ... 1764 Land line 12,278 10,044 Miles. Total length of cable, including slack ... ... 13,112
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Evening Star, Issue 2938, 19 July 1872, Page 4
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224TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION FROM AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND. Evening Star, Issue 2938, 19 July 1872, Page 4
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