Southport Cable Hut (Former) is located in Main Beach.
Address: Cable Park, 2 Cable Street, Main Beach.
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The Southport Cable Hut (c1951) is historically important in demonstrating the evolution of the Gold Coast’s history as a vestige of the Australian terminal of the Pacific Cable, Australia’s second telegraph link with Great Britain and the first to be government owned. The Cable Hut is the only structure associated with the Southport terminal of the Pacific Cable that remains in its original location. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of cable huts; small buildings where submarine telegraph cables were linked to their terrestrial counterparts. The hut holds significance for the Overseas Telecommunications Veterans Association and former workers of the Pacific Cable station.
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Queensland Heritage Register: YES
Heritage protection boundary: –
