Talk:History of telegraphy in Australia

Redundant section

The section "Basic description of a telegraph" is redundant for this article and seemingly forgets the nature of Wikipedia. Even if the reader doesn't know what a telegraph is, and would like to know, all the information can be found by mouseovering the first instance of the word "telegraph". It is the equivalent of having a section devoted to horse biology in an article about the Kentucky Derby. I suggest its removal.

Propose article status upgrade

The article has undergone significant increase in content and citation references, also images added. I am seeking a review by an independant editor/s please to determine if the article is worthy of an upgrade from Start Class. Thanks Geez-oz (talk) 08:20, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

I have rerated C. It is fairly comprehensive, but there are unreferenced sections.--Grahame (talk) 01:33, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

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Change name

I would suggest that we change the name of this article to Electric telegraphy in Australia, to fit with Electric telegraphy in the united Kingdom and the page I am about to start on Electric telegraphy in Imperial Russia. It would be nice to sustain some consistency. This article also has nothing about possible telegraphy prior to the incursion of Europeans.Leutha (talk) 10:59, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Leutha. It does appear that this article is all about electric telegraphy, and I don't know of and cannot easily find info about any pre-colonial telegraphy, so strictly speaking I suppose that title does make more sense (although in common usage the term telegraph inevitably refers to the electrical sort). So a weak/medium support. I can't see an article for the UK though, only Russia. Pinging Samuel.dellit, as the most recent other substantial editor, who is probably more cluey about the terminology than I am. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 08:07, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

South Australia

This section, which I have redacted as unreferenced is preserved here:

A private entrepreneur, James Macgeorge [James McGeorge in original], stole the day by opening a private telegraph from Adelaide to the Port on the very day of Todd's arrival in Adelaide. In 1856 the Government bought the competing line for £80 and promptly dismantled it. Todd completed the Government line from Adelaide to Semaphore in two months. He used a British technique, using an underground cable that proved disastrous. The cable soon failed due to the poor insulation of the wires available in that period.

Reliable Source for any of these assertions would be welcomed. Doug butler (talk) 21:08, 19 November 2023 (UTC)