23TennCk20.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; bush pigeons at the Telegraph Station. Smaller than ones at home, but with a taller crest and prettier colouring.
DSC_0103.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the kitchen and living quarters. This large verandah added about 1911.
23TennCk16.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; verandah supports are cut-down Oppenheimer telegraph poles.
DSC_0136.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the wagon shed in the back of the "work" building.
DSC_0155.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the cemetery at the Telegraph Station.
DSC_0145.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; very basic windows in the "work" building.
23TennCkPan09.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the buildings of the Tennant Creek Overland Telegraph Station (c1872). (panorama)
DSC_0121.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; some remaining Oppenheimer telegraph poles.
23TennCkPan10.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; Tennant Creek Overland Telegraph Station. (panorama)
DSC_0142.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; very basic windows in the "work" building.
DSC_0092.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the cellar for food storage, is constructed above and extending deep below ground for cooling
23TennCk19.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; some of the information panels
DSC_0156.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; Telegraph Station flora.
23TennCk17.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; some remaining Oppenheimer telegraph poles.
DSC_0129.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; insulaters were often stolen by the Aboriginals after they found that when broken, they could be made into very sharp cutting tools.
DSC_0158.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; Telegraph Station flora - the must be an awful lot of very uncomfortable Teddy Bears wandering around.
DSC_0135.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; some later model batteries stored in the "work" building.
DSC_0098.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the smoke house used for preserving locally butchered meats.
23TennCk14.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; in our travel, we see so many of these termite mounds that seem to be "giving us the bird" that we took some pics at the Telegraph Station.
23TennCk21.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; inside the cellar. The roof beams are restored as original using hand adzed Mulga timbers.
23TennCk13.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; some early images on display.
DSC_0152.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the buildings of the Tennant Creek Overland Telegraph Station viewed from the cemetery. (panorama)
DSC_0101.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the smoke house roofing.
23TennCka.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the buildings of the Tennant Creek Overland Telegraph Station.
23TennCk18.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; some of the information panels
DSC_0137.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; a butcher's rail for moving heavy animals into the store, inside the "work" building.
23TennCk15.jpg=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; more of them
DSC_0157.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; Telegraph Station flora. This plant produces seeds locally called "Lifesaver Burrs", or Teddy Bears Arseholes.
DSC_0122.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the telegraph office would have been manned 24 hours per day.
DSC_0130.JPG=Tennant Creek, Northern Territory; the "work" building. Accommodation for linesmen, wagon shed, and at the far end, the butcher's area.
