Overland Telegraph Line 150th Anniversary 1872–2022 SOUTH AUSTRALIA EVENTS Activity OT-150 Symposium with multiple presenters Type Presentations Date July 21 Venue University of SA, City West Campus Sponsor OT-150 Contact Mac Benoy [email protected] Activity A Celebration of the Final Cable Join on the OT and a recreation of Telstra’s Overland Telegraph Centennial Commemorations. Type Presentation, Video, Display Date July 21 2022 Venue TBA Sponsor Institution of Engineering Technology and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Retired Engineers Group (IET/IEEE REG) Contact Don Grigg [email protected] Activity ANPEX 2022 National Philatelic Exhibition with a special emphasis on the Overland Telegraph Type Exhibition Date 20-21 August 2022 Venue Hectorville Community Centre Sponsor Philatelic Council of South Australia Contact Martin Walker [email protected] Activity The OTL story told through the diaries of Stuart, Giles and others. Charles Todd’s work as a founding member of the RGSSA Type Display Date May - Dec 2022 Venue State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Wing Sponsor Royal Geographic Society of South Australia Contact Melissa Gibbs admin@rgs sa.org.au Activity The Overland Telegraph, A Line of Enquiry Type Presentation Date August 2022 Venue TBA Sponsor South Australian Museum Contact Philip Jones [email protected] Activity John McDouall Collection Type Museum Date Every Monday to Thursday 10 am to 4 pm Venue Adelaide Masonic Centre, 254 North Terrace Sponsor John McDouall Stuart Society Contact Fred Moore [email protected] Activity Stories of pioneer South Australians involved in the construction of the Overland Telegraph Type Presentation Date August 2022 Venue TBA Sponsor The Pioneers Association of South Australia Contact Robin Mulholland [email protected] Activity The Overland Telegraph: A 21st Century Planning Perspective Type Presentation Date August 18 2022 Venue State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Wing Sponsor Royal Geographic Society of South Australia Contact Frances Gnodke admin@rgs sa.org.au An initiative to corordina Telegraph Line and for future generations. 34 Australia’s Explorers’ Way
