Coloured Photo of Telecom Communication Tower near the corner of Egerton Road and Cook Street, Mitcham.telecom communication tower, mitcham, telecom australia

This photo of the Telecom Tower was one of a series of photos taken of landmarks and houses of the area by Ken Hall in c1980. The PMG / Telecom / Telstra tower was built in 1961-1963 as a relay station to support television and radio links between city and regional broadcasting stations. The tower itself was 45 m in height with a 2 storey building for equipment and staff surrounded by garden. From the beginning it was opposed by local residents. In response to a Telstra application to replace it with a 40m slimline monopole, the City of Whitehorse controversially sought to have the structure heritage-listed, a move which caused much debate. In May 2015 Council ultimately rescinded its decision and gave permission for demolition, however Telstra deemed the permit conditions to be too restrictive and decided to continue to use the tower. The permit (to replace the tower) expired in September 2017. A black and white photo of local landmark visible from many vantage points in Surrey Hills and surrounding area, as it was built on the high point of the area.telecommunications tower, city of whitehorse, heritage overlay, heritage study, development, pmg tower, telstra, telecom, harding street, canterbury road

Colour photograph of part of township showing Jemmys Point, Mount Barkly, Kalimna Heights, North Arm & old North Arm bridge, looking beyond to Rigby Island. Photo taken from near Telecom Tower on Merrangbaur Hill. Lakes Entrance Victoriatopography, township, waterways, bridges

Colour photograph of township, showing building on Bullock Island, Cunningham Arm and small white shed on old New Works Jetty near the entrance, view towards the barrier. Photo taken from near telecom tower on Merrangbaur Hill. Lakes Entrance Victoriatopography, township, waterways, bridges

Colour photograph of township, showing buildings, Jemmy's Point, Mount Barkly, Kalimna Heights, North Arm with old North Arm bridge and Rigby Island beyond. Sea Vista flats in foreground. Photo taken from near Telecom Tower on Merrangbaur Hill. Lakes Entrance Victoriatopography, township, waterways, bridges

Colour photograph of township of Lakes Entrance showing North Arm, North Arm Bridge, Jemmy's Point, Mount Barkly, Kalimna Heights, Cunningham Arm and sand dunes on left. Looking west to Bullock Island and Rigby Island. Photo taken from near Telecom Tower on Merrangbaur Hill. Lakes Entrance Victoria bridges, waterways, islands, township

Colour photograph, image of part of township, showing Jemmy's Point, Mount Barkly, North Arm and old North Arm bridge, football ground mid picture. View towards Rigby Island, Hopetoun Channel and dunes. Photo taken using telephoto lens from near Telecom Tower on Merrangbaur Hill. Lakes Entrance Victoria bridges, waterways, township

Colour photograph of township showing, North Arm and North Arm Bridge, Jemmys Point, Mount Barkly, Kalimna Heights on right, Cunninghame Arm and sand dunes on left. Looking towards Bullock Island and Rigby Island and Hopetoun Channel in centre background. Sea Vista flats in foreground. Photo take from near Telecom Tower on Merrangbaur Hill circa 1985. Lakes Entrance Victoria bridges, waterways, township

\Colour photograph of township showing, North Arm and North Arm Bridge, Jemmy's Point, Mount Barkly, Kalimna Heights on right, Cunninghame Arm and sand dunes on left. Looking towards Bullock Island and Rigby Island and Hopetoun Channel in centre background. Sea Vista flats in foreground. Photo take from near Telecom Tower on Merrangbaur Hill circa 1985. Lakes Entrance Victoria bridges, waterways, township

All photographs seem to have been takenfrom the Telecom tower on the corner of Browning and Wolseley Streets in Orbost 3259.1 is a view of the Orbost township looking north-east. The swimming pool and bowling club can be seen in the foreground. 3259.2 is aview looking north-west and showing the tennis courts and clubhouse, the Recreation Reserve oval, the Youth Centre, Historical Museum, Municipal Offices, Senior Citizens clubrooms with the fire station in the foreground. 3259.3 is a view looking south with the Shire of Orbost Municipal offices and Ruskin Street in the foreground. Munro Street can be seen running from Ruskin Street to St Joseph's School in the middle distance. Lochiel Park oval, Lochiel House, the Snowy River and highway bridge are in the background. 3259.4 is a view looking south showing the Club Hotel, C.B.C. Bank in the middle distance and Hoffman's paddock (Forest Park) and the Snowy River beyond. 3259.5 is a view looking north-east over houses. 3259.6 is aview over the main street, Nicholson Street.showing the main shopping precinct. Shop signs for Permewans, Williams Shoes, F.B. Dicken and Orbost Bakery can be seen. 3259.7 is a view looking south west and shows Forest park and beyond towards Bete Bolong.These photographs are detailed pictorial records of the township of Orbost.Seven black / white photographs taken from above a township. Chimney smoke can be seen in the photographs.orbost-township-1980s aerial-photograph-orbost

7258 Cannon Arthur Rutter Stawell 24/6/1988 -1 Cannon Arthur Rutter Stawell 24/6/1988 -2 Carol Hughes, Michelle Harrington 18/6/1986 -3 Angela Murphy, Doug Hutton -4 CYNTHIA Peterson, Michelle Paul -5 Andrea Cooper, Ashley Cooper 30/12/1991 -6 Chris Reid, Stawell -7 David Lovell Stawell -8 Terri Scarsi, Helen Raitt, Colin Raitt, Kyle Raitt, Barry Cashin -9 Wedding Photo, Linda Hateley and Raymond Schampers -10 Paul & Carolyn Trowell of Stawell with Joshua. $1000 of Goods from Kmart -11 Richie Cashin Stawell F.C. -12 Christopher Miller 5y/o, Julie & Geoff Stawell. Santa -13 Marnoo breeders Ken and Helen Newall and their sons Andrew and David with one of the Oak-Lea stud’s show rams. -14 Master Pianist Alexander Semetsky. Student Jonathan Thomas, Great Western -15 Susan Lahie from Wisconsin USA. Brett Haumann from South Africa. Graeme McDonough Stawell -16 Helga Saunders. Stawell council wants new Telecom Tower. -17 Peter Marshall Stawell. Community Residents Health Department Wimmera Base -18 Stawell Builders Award Barry Larkin 27/11/1987 -19 Wedding 1/1/1988 Stawell -20 Norma Cosson Art exhibition Stawell 29/6/1987 -21 Mrs Morcom, Belinda Morcom, Geoff Morcom 11/7/1986 -22 Vesper Hewetson, Allen Templeton Stawell 11/6/1986 -23 Stawell Lions Club, Annette Johns, John Jones, Len Hunter, Colin Mibus -24 Mixer Lindsay Seehusen & mixer John Wilson, Stawell 11/12/1985 B/W Photographs

A book titled ' Tower Hill and Other Volcanoes a survey ' by Shay Docking. Warrnambool Art Gallery February - March 1987. Bendigo Art Gallery April 1987. Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery May - June 1987. Supported by the Telecom Exhibition Development Fund. Photography by Gil Docking and Greg Weight. Publislhed by the Warrnambool Art Gallery, February, 1987.artwork, tower hill, book, books, artist, tower hill, volcanoes, shay docking, female, person, individual, warrnambool art gallery, artwork, sciences, photography, place, david hansen, gil docking, survey, exhibition

After the 1939 bushfires, the Forests Commission Victoria invested heavily in a radically new communications network. After suffering some inevitable delays due to the war, radio VL3AA switched into full operation in October 1945 proudly beaming out 200 watts across the State. But by today’s standards, the technology was primitive and the reception poor unless the user was on a high point somewhere. The radio signal was "line-of-sight" and bounced between fire towers and relay transmitters across the mountains back to the District offices. The advent of solid-state electronics in the 1960s replaced the more delicate valve sets which enabled greater use of vehicle mounted radios. The Commission continued to research, develop and build new radios at its many workshops around Victoria. The network was supported by a large team of skilled radio technicians. The more secure and versatile State Mobile Radio (SMR) digital trunk system came into operation in about 1995. Upgraded Tait Radios were purchased in 2014 after recommendations of the 2009 Bushfires Royal Commission. But it was the convergence of separate technologies such as 5G mobile phones, high-capacity and light-weight lithium batteries, Wi-Fi, the ever-expanding internet, cloud data storage, digital cameras, GPS, personal organisers and hundreds of supporting Apps into powerful smartphones and tablets which revolutionised bushfire communications from the mid-2000s. Manufactured in both UK and Australia, the 400 series telephone was developed for the PMG in 1957 based on the British, prototype, no.700, Bakelite phone. They became obsolescent by the early 1960s but because some magneto exchanges persisted in Australia for another quarter of a century and alternatives were not cost effective, PMG/Telecom regularly repaired or refurbished these obsolete phones until they were superseded by automatic exchanges. Used to communicate to remote fire towers Single wire (with earth return) often run through the bush from FCV district officesMagneto table telephone Christmas Hills South Instructions for use around winderbushfire, radios, forests commission victoria (fcv)