Telegraph Station

The Alice Springs telegraph station was built as a repeater station. In the 1860’s an overland telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin was run. The Overland Telegraph liners completed in 1872 and opened up Central Australia to the world.

The station was built near a spring which was named Alice spring. Unfortunately after the heavy rains it dried up so no longer a spring!

Since this is working postal station what better time to write some postcards,Read more