Tasmania. Convict Department - Code of Signals used on Tasman's Peninsula, 1844
Tasmania. Convict Department - Code of Signals used on Tasman's Peninsula, 1844
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1844
Call Numbers
B 38
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 1789 (B 38)
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
A code book containing instructions, a list of signal stations, lists of code numbers and pilots signals.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Tasmania. Convict Department - Code of Signals used on Tasman's Peninsula, 1844
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
D.S. Mitchell signature on front end paper
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
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.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
B 38
Record Identifier
nvg8Eyz1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvg8Eyz1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
447460
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