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."
 
Just makes you proud to be a Queenslander!