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 Bass Strait Cable service to Tasmania.
The list below provides links to those Reports which have been accessed and uploaded to this site. 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:
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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.