South Australian Observatory and Telegraph Department

P006711 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2019-11-19 human Elizabeth Daniels updated 2024-02-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006711b.htm State Records South Australia Agency ID: GA2640 corporateBody South Australian Observatory and Telegraph Department Colony of South Australia AACR2 1856 1869 Telecommunications Regulatory Body Meteorology Astronomy or Space Science Observatory The Observatory and Telegraph Department was established in 1856, its staff included Astronomers, Meteorologists and experts in Telegraphy. The Observatory was established first and then the Telegraph system in 1860. In 1869 the Observatory and Telegraph Department merged with the governments postal department forming the Post and Telegraph Department (1870 - 1901). Todd, Charles (1826 - 1910)

Astronomical Observer and Superintendent of Telegraphs 1855 - 1870

South Australian Post and Telegraph Department, Colony and State of South Australia (1870 - 1975) Colony of South Australia (1834 - 1901) 'South Australian Observatory and Telegraph Department', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology South Australian Observatory and Telegraph Department Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: GA2640 Observatory and Telegraph Department GA2640 Observatory and Telegraph Department State Records of South Australia Agency Details, State Records of South Australia