1 The Telegraph Station was the original site for the town of Stuart, the town moved a couple of miles and became Alice Springs as we know it. |
2 The Telegraph Station was an important morse code repeater station that was the only link between Australia and the rest of the world. |
3 The reason why they picked this site??? They thought they had a plentiful source of permanent water. |
4 Camels were introduced as the beast of burden during construction of the line. |
5 Everybody say "ooooohhhhhh aaahhh aaawwwwhhhh ... how cute" |
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