The first telephone cable to be laid across Pumicestone Passage

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TitleThe first telephone cable to be laid across Pumicestone PassageDescriptionJ. Campbell on Clark's Pontoon. Pictured is the first telephone cable to be laid across Pumicestone Passage for telephones on Bribie Island. Bribie Island was connected to the mainland by phone in 1922. The cable was laid by Jim Clark and the Postmaster General's Department. This photograph was taken in the 1920s.Date1920sCollectorJohn Oxley Library, BrisbaneRecord typePhotographFormat typePhysicalOriginal format colourBlack and whiteNotesCopied by the John Oxley Library, BrisbaneLocation of originalsJohn Oxley Library, Brisbane
Negative Number: 8420

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CollectionCaboolture Library Photographic Collection

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PlaceSandstone Point (Qld.)Bribie Island (Qld.)Pumicestone Passage (Qld.)Subject (keywords)cablescable layingcommunication activitiespower & telegraph linesjetties & wharvesferriesgroups (people)people

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The first telephone cable to be laid across Pumicestone Passage