Saturdays starting from Saturday the 24th June.
9:30am till 2:30pm
Excluding weekends where major events are held
such as Voting Days, Sport Grand Final Days.
Throughout these years many donations of memorabilia have been given to the society for safe keeping so that future generations can be sufficiently informed about the history of this vital utility in the development of the state of Queensland.
PRESIDENT | Don Wellings |
VICE PRESIDENT | John Rostron |
SECRETARY | John Rostron |
TREASURER | Ronald Tew |
COMMITTEE MEMBERS | Greg Curtis-Flynn Lyndley Northcott |
This Uni/Final selector rack was part of the City North Exchange, a 12,000 line exchange servicing Sydney’s inner-city area from 1921 to 1974. In 1974 the customers were cutover to the new Pitt Exchange nearby.
The equipment is the same as what was installed in Australia’s first public automatic telephone exchange installed at Geelong, Victoria in 1912. After it was decommissioned, the “Keith” was packed into a wooden crate and shipped to Nambour Telephone Exchange in Qld. After sitting in Nambour for many years it was discovered by a member of the Brisbane Museum and shipped to Albion, where it sat in a shed for a number of years.
Restoration work began in 2017 with some switches loaned from the Sydney museum, and after two years of volunteer effort, a few adjustments, and some 'oil and dag' it has been brought back to life.
Photo on the left are:
John Campling, and on the right is Leo Molonie.
So far we have used it for nursing homes, a public library's heritage group, Salvation Army Women's League and the Scouts JOTA. We have more visits booked.