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How the Electric Telegraph Tamed Australia’s Wild West
When gold fever transformed Beechworth into a chaotic frontier in 1852, the remote Victorian settlement faced a critical isolation problem. Thousands of prospectors and 14,000 ounces of gold arriving every fortnight demanded more than basic horse-bound couriers; the town required a modern nervous system to survive its own volatility.









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