There are many original documents which are important to reference so as to obtain precise details of a wide variety of aspects related to the development of the Telegraph service in South Australia.
The list below provides links to those Reports which have been accessed and uploaded to this site. Each Report is in PDF format. When it loads after clicking on the desired link, the second icon from the right is a small rectangle with very small up and down arrows:
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Annual Reports.
- Todd Report to the House - 1857;
- Todd Report to the House - 1859;
- Todd Report to the House - 1861.
- The South Australian Telegraphs 1878. Extracts from Todd's Report to the House.
Special purpose Reports - within Australia.
- 1868 (December) - Report on the Determination of the Boundary Line of the Colonies of South Australia and New South Wales by Charles Todd F.R.A.S.
- 1871 - Overland Telegraph Lines in Queensland and South Australia (Correspondence relating to).
Letters from Thos L. Murray-Prior and
W. J. Cracknell.
- 1873 (7 October) - Telegraphic Communication with Western Australia. Authorised by the House of Assembly.
- 1874 Papers relating to the Boundary Line between South Australia and Victoria.
South Australian special purpose Reports - communications beyond Australia.