Western Australia - Colonial: 1854-1900.
Original Documents including Annual Reports.


A number of original documents are held by the developer which are important to reference to get 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 uploaded to the site. If other Reports or Annual Reports for other years are required, please contact me.

Annual Reports.

  1. Telegraph Messages Act 1874
  2. Telegraphic Messages Act 1877.

Special purpose Reports.

  1. A Brief History of the Establishment and Development of the Electric Telegraph in Western Australia (By its Projector: Edmund Stirling).