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The monument marks the site from where the first overseas wireless transmission from Australia was sent by Lord Northcote, the Governor-General, to the Governor of Tasmania. A re-enactment of the event was held in 2006.
In July 1906, Queenscliff was the scene of a technological sensation when the first official wireless message was sent 215 miles across the sea to Tasmania.
More than 200 guests gathered on the top of a hill by the sea to attend the opening ceremony of the first Marconi Company wireless telegraph station. Lord Northcote sent the following historic message to the Governor of Tasmania: “The Commonwealth greets Tasmania and rejoices at the establishment of a new means for uniting the people of Australia more closely together.”
Location
| Address: | Point Lonsdale Road & Anderson Street, Royal Park, Point Lonsdale, 3225 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -38.275928 Long: 144.618331 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Technology |
| Sub-Theme: | Industry |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 12-July-1906 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 12-July-1906 |
Dedication
From this spot on Twelfth July 1906, the first overseas wireless messages from Australia were sent by Lord Northcote
Governor - General
Sir R. Talbot Governor
Hon. A. Deakin Prime Minister
Hon. A. Chapman Postmaster-General
Hon. R. A. Crouch M.P. for Corio
Equipment supplied and operated by Marconi Wireless Coy Ltd
From this spot on Twelfth July 2006 the re-enactment of the first overseas wireless message from mainland Australia to Devonport, Tasmania in the presence of the Governor of Victoria Professor David de Kretser A.C.
