Western Australia: Cocos Islands.
Telegraphic messages forwarded.

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List of the telegraphic messages sent from Cocos Islands to Perth for onward transmission.

The date shown in the first column is the date sent from Cocos which is written on the postcard. The date of the date stamp on the postcard is generally a day or so after that date.

The forwarded messages are described by the type of card used in the second column.

Date in Cocos	Type of card	Addressee	Country	Signed
27 January 1902	P&T PC2	Mrs May	China	Macartnay
21 April 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss Young	Scotland	Will
5 May 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss Young	Scotland	Will
13 May 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss Young	Scotland	Will
10 June 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss Young	Scotland	Will
7 July 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss Pfordten	Malta	Ben
2 September 1907	P&T PC 13	Unknown	Malta	Unknown
8 September 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss Pfordten	Malta	Ben
13 October 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss Pfordten	Malta	Ben
21 October 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss Pfordten	Malta	Ben
18 November 1907	P&T PC 13	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
24 November 1907	P&T PC 13	F von Pfordten	Malta	Ben
1 December 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss Pfordten	Malta	Ben
8 December 1907	P&T PC 13	Miss B. Pfordten	Malta	Ben
29 December 1907	P&T PC 13	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
12 January 1908	P&T PC 13	Mrs Pfordten	Malta	Ben
27 January 1908	P&T PC 13	Miss Pfordten	Malta	Ben
16 February 1908	P&T PC 13	Unknown	Malta	Unknown
5 April 1908	P&T PC 13	Unknown	Malta	Unknown
12 April 1908	P&T PC 13	Miss Pfordten	Malta	Ben
2 December 1908	P&T PC 13	Miss Pfordten	Malta	Ben
9 December 1908	P&T PC 13	Miss Pfordten	Malta	Ben
10 April 1910	P&T PC 17	Miss Young	Sotland	Will
2 January 1911	P&T PC 17	Miss Young	Scotland	Will
10 April 1911	P&T PC 18	Mrs Pfordten	Malta	Unknown
7 May 1911	P&T PC 18	Mrs Pfordten	Malta	Unknown
2 July 1911	P&T PC 18	Pfordten	Malta	Arthur
30 July 1911	P&T PC 18	Unknown	Malta	Unknown
27 August 1911	P&T PC 18	Pfordten	Malta	Unknown
3 September 1911	P&T PC 18	Pfordten	Malta	"Well. Love to all".
8 October 1911	P&T PC 18	Unknown	Malta	Unknown
16 October 1911	P&T PC 18	Unknown	Malta	Unknown
26 November (?)1911	ASC PC 1	Mrs Pfordten	Malta	Turie (?)
3 December 1911	ASC PC 1	Pfordten	Malta	Unknown
11 February 1912	ASC PC 1	Pfordten	Malta	"Love to all"
23 October 1915	ASC PC 7	D. White	Shanghai	Kerr
25 December 1916	ASC PC 8	John Howeson	Calcutta	Percy
28 September 1919	ASC PC 11	Unknown	Norfolk	Jack
20 December 1919	ASC PC 11	Unknown	Norfolk	Jack
10 January 1920	ASC PC 11	Unknown	Norfolk	Jack
29 October 1921	ASC PC 14	Unknown	Norfolk	Jack
3 Decenber 1921	ASC PC 14	Unknown	Norfolk	Jack

Based on a listing in Black Swan, December 2007, p. 96 with additions.