Pathways

The telephone in Queensland

The telephone provided pathways for people to speak to each other over both short and long distances.

Radio masts tower over the landscape of Queensland. Emerald radio mast for station 4QD an ABC station servicing the Capricornia region, 1960s. Slide by Ken Self, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

The building housing radio station 4QD, an ABC station servicing the Capricornia region, 1960s. Slide by Ken Self, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

The Royal Flying Doctor used a portable high frequency radio to communicate. Powering a portable HF radio using an ambulance battery, Longreach airport, 1973. Slide by Dennis Costigan, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.