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 Western 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.
- Telegraph Messages Act 1874
- Telegraphic Messages Act 1877.
Special purpose Reports.
- A Brief History of the Establishment and Development of the Electric Telegraph in Western Australia (By its Projector: Edmund Stirling).
- 1876 Report upon the Eucla Telegraph Line by the Postmaster-General and the Superintendent of Telegraphs.
- 1873 (7 October) - Telegraphic Communication with Western Australia. Authorised by the House of Assembly, Soutth Australia..