Laying the Pacific Cable from Bondi, Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand

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Laying the Pacific Cable from Bondi, Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand

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Description

This photograph probably depicts the cable steamer SILVERTOWN at sea while men onshore at Bondi Beach, Sydney work on laying the Pacific Cable. Crowds, including surf lifesavers, appear surrounding the ditch and observing the work being carried out. As the work commenced on 16 November 1912, Pacific Cable Board officials were present overseeing ...

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Date created

1912-11-16

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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/8757100540

Locations

Bondi Beach,

Related subjects

Samuel J Hood Collection / HOOD COLLECTION / Hood / Pacific Cable / Bondi / 1912 / SILVERTOWN / cable ship / cable steamer / New Zealand / Muriwai / Bondi Beach / surf / surf life saving / lifesavers / Pacific Cable Board / oos

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