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The Shoalhaven Telegraph
''The Shoalhaven Telegraph'' was a weekly newspaper published in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia from 1879 until 1937. It was first published as ''The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser''. History ''The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser'' was first published by Joseph Weston on 27 February 1879 in competition with the '' Shoalhaven News''. Weston installed his brother-in-law John Maclean as the newspaper's editor. The ''Telegraphs name was changed to ''The Shoalhaven Telegraph'' in 1881. The ''Telegraph'' was sold to Maclean in 1886, who in turn sold it to Henry Rauch in 1900. In 1937 the ''Telegraph'' was absorbed by the ''Shoalhaven News''. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph And Shoalhaven Advertiser 27 February 1879
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not. Ancient signalling systems, although sometimes quite extensive and sophisticated as in China, were generally not capable of transmitting arbitrary text messages. Possible messages were fixed and predetermined and such systems are thus not true telegraphs. The earliest true telegraph put into widespread use was the optical telegraph of Claude Chappe, invented in the late 18th century. The system was used extensively in France, and European nations occupied by France, during the Napoleonic era. The electric telegraph started to replace the optical telegraph in the mid-19th century. It was first taken up in Britain in the form of the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, initially used mostly as an aid to railway signalling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
