In 1899 the telegraph station closed and only one hotel remained.
A mail receiver was in place but no telegraph station.
At that time it received a telegraph station and six 16-pounder guns.
This is one of the four remaining original telegraph stations in Australia.
A temporary telegraph station was also set up in 1901.
The museum also covers the building and operation of the telegraph station back to the 1880s.
The town was established in 1914 as a telegraph station.
It took two months for the news of his death to be carried to the nearest telegraph station.
There's no need to go to a money wiring office, telegraph station or even a bank.
The town served as a telegraph station, with an Austrian ship coming in every two weeks.