From: richard@ex-parrot.com   
      
   On 23/02/2020 13:23, Tickettyboo wrote:   
      
   > According to this page:   
   > https://www.mitel.com/en-gb/articles/history-telegraph-communications   
   >   
   > 'In 1872 the last country to be conected by telegraph was Australia,   
   > which then made it possible for news to spread worldwide'   
      
   Australia was indeed connected in 1872, but it wasn't the last country   
   to be connected.  New Zealand wasn't connected until 1876, and I'm sure   
   some more obscure and/or less developed countries were later still.  I   
   can't find out when Bhutan was connected, but that's the sort of country   
   that I can imagine may well have been left unconnected very late indeed.   
      
   Richard   
      
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