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Marconi demonstration of communication from Queenscliff, Victoria to Devonport, Tasmania

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Title

Marconi demonstration of communication from Queenscliff, Victoria to Devonport, Tasmania

Date

1906

Creator

Description

Forms part of: Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library collection. Digitized images. Photographed at: Deakin University, Geelong; in the late 1990s. Colour TIFF images at 300 dpi. The image forms part of the Brookes family album. The album spans the latter part of Alfred Deakin's life, circa 1910-1920. This event took place during Alfred Deakin's second term as Prime Minister. The Governor-General, Lord Northcote read the transmitted message at Point Lonsdale. (Williams, David. 2001, Potatoes, piers & panoramas, David Williams, Vermont South, Victoria) The photograph album forms Series 2 of MS0001.

Rights

Deakin family. Contact Deakin University Library for enquiries.

Relation

Brookes family 'Arilpa' Point Lonsdale photograph album

Format

2 photographs.

Language

eng

Citation

Brookes family., “Marconi demonstration of communication from Queenscliff, Victoria to Devonport, Tasmania,” Fusion: Deakin Exhibits Online, accessed February 17, 2025, https://fusion.deakin.edu.au/items/show/633.

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