A number of Reports were prepared dealing with the planning, laying, repair and abandonment of the cables across Bass Strait. Some of these are reproduced in this site while others are referenced.
Reports included in the site.
- 1857 (2 December) - Survey for a line of Telegraphic Communication between Cape Otway, Victoria and Cape Grim, Tasmania.
- 1858 (25 October) - Submarine Telegraphic Connection between Cape Otway and Tasmania: Survey for Laying down the Cable.
- 1860 - Report of the General Superintendent of Electric Telegraph .. for the year ending 31st December 1860:
Appendix dealing with the problems of laying the Bass Strait cable.
- From the 1861 Report of the General Superintentent of Electric Telegraph ... for the year ending 31 December 1861:
Appendix A: Report on Bass's Strait Submarine Cable on the Proposition for Leasing the Line.
Report references.