Musgrave | |
|---|---|
_(2003).jpg/1280px-Musgrave_Telegraph_Station_(former)_(2003).jpg) Former Musgrave Telegraph Station, now Musgrave Roadhouse, 2003 | |
| Coordinates: 14°46′51″S 143°30′13″E / 14.78077°S 143.50372°E / -14.78077; 143.50372 (Musgrave) | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Queensland |
| City | Yarraden |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
| Postcode | 4892 |
Musgrave is a neighbourhood in Queensland, Australia. It is within the locality of Yarraden in the local government area of the Shire of Cook. It bordered on the tribal lands of the Yetteneru to the east.
History
The Musgrave Telegraph Office was erected in 1886 and commenced operation on 23 December that year. It was named after the then Governor of Queensland, Sir Anthony Musgrave, It was constructed as one of several telegraph offices on the overland Cape York Telegraph Line from Laura, at the southern end of Cape York Peninsula, to Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. This telegraph was considered one of the outstanding achievements in the development of Queensland's colonial telegraph network
On 22 June 1929, the Musgrave Telegraph Office was closed, but building was reused as a station homestead. It is now part of the Musgrave Roadhouse complex, which serves travellers on the Peninsula Developmental Road.[1]
Heritage listings
Musgrave has a number of heritage-listed sites, including
- Musgrave Telegraph Station, Peninsula Developmental Road (14°46′57″S 143°29′05″E / 14.7825°S 143.4847°E / -14.7825; 143.4847 (Musgrave Telegraph Station (now roadhouse)))[1]
References
- ^ a b "Musgrave Telegraph Station (former) (entry 600431)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
Attribution
This Wikipedia article incorporates text from "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).
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