FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Overland telegraph - The Untold Story

The Overland Telegraph Line revolutionised Australia 150 years ago and broke its extreme isolation

It was the internet before the internet and it changed the country forever, built in a race against the clock and the harsh elements of the outback to connect Australia to the globe.

ABC News · Aug 21, 2022

Two sides of the wire: how the Overland Telegraph brought colonial triumph and Aboriginal devastation

The project connected Australia to the world 150 years ago, but central Australia’s Aboriginal communities paid a terrible price

The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2022

Ryan Butta says Afghan cameleers were ignored by Henry Lawson, and our national story is the poorer for it

Many people are unaware of the history of the Afghan cameleers in Australia and their early contribution to society.

ABC News · Aug 2, 2022