At one stage it also included the terrestrial radio microwave analogue link along the eastern coast of Australia, operated by the Postmaster-General's Department which was the forerunner of Telstra. This communication link rejoined the undersea cable section at Cairns in north Queensland.[2][1]
↑Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) (1966). In Seacom: the South East Asia Commonwealth Cable. Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia), Sydney