All the news in a flash Rottnest communications 1829-1979
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AuthorMoynihan, John F.Corporate AuthorTelecom Australia; Institution of Engineers, Australia. Western Australian DivisionDescriptionThis book traces the development of communication with Rottnest from the State's first settlement in 1829 to its sesquicentenary in 1979. Types of communication fall neatly into two eras - the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Flag, fire, boat and heliograph sufficed until the end of the nineteenth century. A tragic shipwreck then forced the authorities to lay a submarine telephone cable to the island early in 1900. From that time other events took place resulting in today's modern telecommunications system linking the island with the world at largeImprintPerth, W.A. Telecom Australia and The Institution of Engineers, Australia 1988Collationxx, 261 p. ill., ports., facsims., maps, plans 24 cm.LanguageEnglishDate Published1988NotesBibliography: p. 249-250; Includes indexISBN0642121079 (Telecom); 0909421218 (Institution of Engineers)Dewey Class380.3099412 MOYPublication FormatBook
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Moynihan, John F., All the news in a flash Rottnest communications 1829-1979. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 04/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/22722
