Photograph, Wakapuaka Cable Station staff quarters, 1906-07
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TitlePhotograph, Wakapuaka Cable Station staff quarters, 1906-07About this objectBlack and white photographic print featuring the cable station staff quarters in Wakapuaka, New Zealand, 1906-07. Built in 1876 in Wakapuaka, located to the north of Nelson in New Zeland, the station was to facilitate the submarine telegraph cable connecting La Perouse, Australia and Wakapuaka, New Zealand. This cable station was burned down on 1 June 1914. Object No.2016.87SourceLa Perouse MuseumThemesSocial history