History This Week
A look at events
that made history this week -
compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW
Sunday 22 October 2006
1853 F. Cobb arrives in Australia to set up Cobb &
Co. stagecoach lines.
1861 First transcontinental telegraph message San Francisco
to Washington. The Pony Express completed its last run the same day.
1891 P.B. Browning patents first mailbox.
1896 Passengers alighting from Ferry 'Brighton' at Manly
are screened in Sydney.
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