Candlestick telephone, 1966

Candlestick telephone, 1966

Location

Australia
H26975
Queensland Museum
Sweden
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
213mm
152mm
97mm

Headquarters and signals room of Emergency Civil Defence Services, Green Street, West End (Townsville), set up in 1972 after Cyclone Althea struck in December 1971. Slides by Lynne Clancy, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Lynne Clancy and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

ABC TV transmitter tower, Mount Coot-tha, 1959. Slide by Patrick Conaghan, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Patrick Conaghan and Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Post and telegraph offices, Mackay, c1908. Postcard Folder, Collection of John Young, Centre for the Government of Queensland

© John Young and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Former post office and telephone exchange, Cracow, 1980. Slide by Michael Keniger, Collection of the Fryer Library, the University of Queensland           

© Michael Keniger and the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Telephone Exchange, Ayr, 1992. Slide by Michael Keniger, Collection of the Fryer Library, the University of Queensland.               

© Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Dismantled telephone-wire poles were collected and burned, Chinchilla Shire, 1979. Slide by Neville Sim Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

© Neville Sim and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Redundant telephone-wire pole is pulled from the ground, Chinchilla Shire, 1979.  Slide by Neville Sim Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

© Neville Sim and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Equipment used for laying telecommunication cable, Darling Downs, 1978. Slide by Neville Sim Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

© Neville Sim and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

The Arrilalah Telephone Exchange, the last telephone exchange in Queensland, 1986. Slide by Doug Rumsey, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

© Doug Rumsey and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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