Queensland - Colonial: 1861-1900.
Summary of Reports related to Telegraphic Communication.

There are many original documents which are important to reference so as to obtain precise details of a wide variety of aspects related to the development of the Telegraph service in Queensland.

The list below provides links to those Reports which have been accessed and uploaded to this site. Each report can be accessed through the lists below. Each Report is in PDF format. When it loads after clicking on the desired link, the second icon from the right is a small rectangle with very small up and down arrows:

 

Annual Reports:

  1. 1865 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department for the Year 1865 - also the annexed map showing the routes of the Telegraph Lines (tabled 1866).
  2. 1867 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department (tabled 1868).
  3. 1868 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department for the Year 1869 (tabled 1869).
  4. 1869 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department for the Year 1869 (tabled 1870).
  5. 1872 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department for the Year 1872 (tabled April 1873).
  6. 1873 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department for the Year 1873 (tabled June 1874) -
    also the annexed map showing the routes of the Telegraph Lines to Europe.
  7. 1874 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department for the Year 1874 (tabled 1875).
  8. 1875 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department for the Year 1875 (tabled 1876).
  9. 1876 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department for the Year 1876 (tabled 1877).
  10. 1877 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs on the working of his Department during the Year 1877 (tabled 1878).
  11. 1878 - Report from the Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs for the condition of his Department for the Year 1878 (tabled 1879).
  12. 1881 - Report of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Year 1881 (tabled 1882).
  13. †1886 - Report of the Post and Telegraph Department of Queensland for the Year 1886 and the relevant Tables (tabled 1887).
  14. 1897 - Report of the Post and Telegraph Department of Queensland for the Year 1897 (tabled 1898).

† … only the pages and tables relevant to telegraphs are included here.

 

Queensland special purpose Reports - communications beyond Australia..

  1. 1867 - Ocean Postal Communication (Papers connected with) - printed 15 May 1867 - Pages 1 - 19.

    1a: 1867 - Ocean Postal Communication - "As regards the Postal Service" - Pages 19 - 23.
    1b: 1867 - Ocean Postal Communication - "As regards the Telegraph Service" - Pages 23 - 28.
    1c: 1867 - Ocean Postal Communication - "Eastern Mails" - Pages 28 - 38.

  2. 1870 (May): Proposed Submarine and Land Telegraph between Singapore and the Australian Colonies (3 pages) - Queensland.
  3. 1873 Papers and Correspondence relating to Telegraphic Communication with Europe via Norman Mouth and Java - Part 1 (Pages 1 - 17).
  4. 1873 Papers and Correspondence relating to Telegraphic Communication with Europe via Norman Mouth and Java - Part 2 (Pages 18 - 33).
  5. 1875 - Construction of the Telegraphic Cable between New Zealand and New South Wales and between Normanton and Singapore (Papers and Correspondence respecting - March 1874 to April 1875).
  6. 1875 - Construction of the Telegraphic Cable between New Zealand and New South Wales and between Normanton and Singapore (Papers and Correspondence respecting - March to May 1875).
  7. 1886 - Establishment of Telegraphic Communication between Australia and Great Britain (via United States and Canada) - also the annexed Map.
  8. 1888 - Submarine Telegraph Cables (Further Correspondence respecting) - Representation of Queensland at the International Conference for security.
  9. 1900 - Imperial Government position (on the proposed Pacific Cable) and Appointment of a Committee to consider the Scheme.
    Also includes a remonstrance by the Eastern Extension Companies against the proposed attitude of the Imperial Government.
  10. 1900 - The Eastern Extension Company and the Colonies - Cape Cable - Rates, etc.

 

Reports related to the Overland Telegraph Line and the Queensland alternative.

  1. 1870 - Queensland - Proposed Submarine and Land Telegraph between Singapore and the Australian Colonies (Further Correspondence Reflecting). May to July 1870.
  2. 1870: Proposed Submarine and Land Telegraph between Singapore and the Australian Colonies
    Further correspondence respecting. June to October 1870. (11 pages - Queensland).
  3. 1870: Proposed Submarine and Land Telegraph between Singapore and the Australian Colonies
    Further correspondence respecting. August to September 1870. (4 pages - Queensland).
  4. 1871 - Overland Telegraph Lines in Queensland and South Australia (Correspondence relating to).
    Letters from Thos L. Murray-Prior and W. J. Cracknell.
  5. 1873-74: Telegraph Cables - Papers relative to conditions for construction between New South Wales and New Zealand and between Normanton and Singapore.
    Executive Council, Sydney New South Wales.

 

1856: Submarine Electric Telegraph between Great Britain and Her Majesty's Australasian Colonies - PETITION