Musgrave, Queensland

The Musgrave Telegraph Office was erected in 1886 and commenced operation on 23 December that year. It was named after the then Governor of Queensland, Sir Anthony Musgrave, It was constructed as one of several telegraph offices on the overland Cape York Telegraph Line from Laura, at the southern end of Cape York Peninsula, to Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. This telegraph was considered one of the outstanding achievements in the development of Queensland's colonial telegraph network On 22 June 1929, the Musgrave Telegraph Office was closed, but building was reused as a station homestead. It is now part of the Musgrave Roadhouse complex, which serves travellers on the Peninsula Developmental Road. ==Heritage listings==

Musgrave has a number of heritage-listed sites, including • Musgrave Telegraph Station, Peninsula Developmental Road () == Geography ==

Climate Musgrave has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw) with a wet season from November to April and a long dry season from May to October. On average, the town experiences 45.8 clear days and 131.0 cloudy days per annum. The wettest recorded day was 17 April 1894 with of rainfall. Extreme temperatures ranged from on 1 December 1992 to on 29 July 1996. ==References==