After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, Melbourne scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Victorians, in the weeks that followed, a Sydney archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story published in the Sydney Morning Herald read:-
"New South Wales archaeologists, finding traces of 130-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 30 years earlier than the Victorians".
One week later, the Courier Mail in Brisbane, Queensland, reported the following:-
"After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Beenleigh, Queensland, John Brown, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely nothing at all.
John has therefore concluded that 130 years ago, Queensland had already gone wireless."
found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion
that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Victorians, in the weeks that followed, a Sydney
archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story published
in the Sydney Morning Herald read:-
"New South Wales archaeologists, finding traces of 130-year-old copper wire,
have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 30 years earlier than the Victorians".
One week later, the Courier Mail in Brisbane, Queensland, reported the following:-
"After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Beenleigh, Queensland,
John Brown, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely
nothing at all.
John has therefore concluded that 130 years ago,
Queensland had already gone wireless."
Just makes you proud to be a Queenslander!