Territory Stories
Charlotte Waters
Details:
Title
Charlotte Waters,
Photo number
PH0057/0001,
Collection
John Blakeman Collection.,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Charlotte Waters,
Description
Charlotte Waters, about 250km south east of Alice Springs. The place was named by the surveyors R. B. Knuckey and A. T. Woods engaged on the Overland Telegraph Line. They had been reading Byron's "Childe Harold" which had been dedicated to Lady Charlotte Bacon as Ianthe. Knuckey wrote: "We solemnly filled our pannikins and I named the "Waters" Charlotte after Lady Charlotte Bacon, daughter of the sixth Earl of Oxford.",
Notes
Date: Unknown,
Subject
buildings, structures & establishments,
telegraph offices,
Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S. Aust.),
Digital format
2000ppi ; 13Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : negative.,
File type
image/tiff.,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/28633 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/28633
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/747939 ,
Territory Stories
Charlotte Waters
Details:
Title
Charlotte Waters,
Photo number
PH0057/0001,
Collection
John Blakeman Collection.,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Charlotte Waters,
Description
Charlotte Waters, about 250km south east of Alice Springs. The place was named by the surveyors R. B. Knuckey and A. T. Woods engaged on the Overland Telegraph Line. They had been reading Byron's "Childe Harold" which had been dedicated to Lady Charlotte Bacon as Ianthe. Knuckey wrote: "We solemnly filled our pannikins and I named the "Waters" Charlotte after Lady Charlotte Bacon, daughter of the sixth Earl of Oxford.",
Notes
Date: Unknown,
Subject
buildings, structures & establishments,
telegraph offices,
Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S. Aust.),
Digital format
2000ppi ; 13Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : negative.,
File type
image/tiff.,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/28633 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/28633
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/747939 ,