Class Year
2024
Document Type
Review
Date of Creation
Spring 2021
Department 1
History
Abstract
Throughout a period of exploration in the colony of Australia, the development of the Overland Telegraph, as discovered by Charles Todd, increased Australian interaction on a global scale. Although the documentary A Wire Through the Heart does not depict all of the complex struggles English colonizers faced when settling Australia, the film accurately reflects the technological advancements, the significance of explorers, and environmental difficulties many colonizers encountered in Australia throughout the early 1800s. Alongside the increase in communication with the rest of the world, the Overland Telegraph assisted in the development of a unique, Australian culture separate from its original intent as a mercantilist colony.
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Recommended Citation
Lomax, Addison E., "Australia and A Wire Through the Heart" (2021). Student Publications. 921.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/921
Included in
Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, History of the Pacific Islands Commons
Comments
Written for HIST 228: Modern Australia