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Functional object - Marconi Shed, Geelong Trade School, 2005

  • Timber shed built as a replica of original Shed used in Point Lonsdale to send first wireless message to Devonport, Tasmania

    Replica of the Marconi Shed used in Point Lonsdale to send first wireless message to Devonport, Tasmania

  • A replica of the shed used to make the first transmission from Point Lonsdale to Launceston

    Replica of the Marconi Shed interior recreated at the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum

  • Timber shed built as a replica of original Shed used in Point Lonsdale to send first wireless message to Devonport, Tasmania
  • A replica of the shed used to make the first transmission from Point Lonsdale to Launceston

Historical information

Replica shed built in 2005 to house radio equipment for the centenary celebration of the first radio transmission from mainland Australia to Tasmania in 1906. A re-enactment was performed in Royal Reserve between Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff. The replica radio equipment inside was supplied by the Geelong Amateur Radio Club Inc [GARC Inc]. The shed was built by a Geelong Trade School with materials donated by Fagg Bros Pty Ltd.

Significance

Commemoration of a local historical event.

Physical description

Building, Marconi shed

Subjects

References

  • 1900-1909 1901: The six states federate into the Commonwealth of Australia. Section 51(v) of the Australian Constitution gives the federal government power over "postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services". 1905: Wireless Telegraphy Act (1905) placed broadcasting in the control of the Australian Government. This has remained in place ever since. Italian Guglielmo Marconi’s company builds Australia's first two-way wireless telegraphy station at Queenscliff, Victoria. 1906: first official transmission between Queenscliff and Devonport, Tasmania.
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