447460
- TitleTasmania. Convict Department - Code of Signals used on Tasman's Peninsula, 1844
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- Call numberB 38
- Level of descriptionfonds
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1844 - Type of material
- Reference code447460
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 1789 (B 38)
- Physical Description1 volume - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript) - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
During the convict era a chain of semaphore stations was set up on Tasman's Peninsula that relayed important messages between the penal settlement at Port Arthur and Hobart. Three lines of moveable arms attached to a mast could be extended at different angles to send numerically coded messages which were deciphered with the use of a code book. - Scope and ContentA code book containing instructions, a list of signal stations, lists of code numbers and pilots signals.
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D.S. Mitchell signature on front end paper - Subject
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