Photographs used in the Marconi centenary exhibition in the State Library vestibule, April-July 1974...
Photographs used in the Marconi centenary exhibition in the State Library vestibule, April-July 1974, including photographs of a bust of Marconi, Ashfield
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April-July 1974
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PXA 1364
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Pictures and Photographs
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20 photographs - 13.5 x 20 cm. (smallest); 20.5 x 26 cm. (largest) - gelatin silver
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Photographs are captioned on reverse, and include:
Site testing for the high power long wave transocean service, Australia-England, 1922: AWA's first "mobile laboratory", operated by Eric Burbury and Charles Tapp. Photo probably taken near Mulgoa;
Marconi station at Queenscliff, Victoria, which first bridged the Bass Strait with wireless...
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Photographs used in the Marconi centenary exhibition in the State Library vestibule, April-July 1974, including photographs of a bust of Marconi, Ashfield
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Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.3105 as part of the eRecords project 2011-2012
Contextual Information
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Donated by Mr Geeves, A.W.A., July 1974
Pic.Acc.3105
Administrative / Biographical history
The photographs were donated to the Library by AWA via Mr Philip Geeves, AWA Archivist. They were used in the Marconi centenary exhibition created by Paul Brunton and Rose Smith, which was set up in the State Library of NSW from 10 April 1974 to 15 July 1974. The originals were held in the archives of AWA. After the exhibition closed the archivist...
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PXA 1364
Record Identifier
YoldvWG9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YoldvWG9
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910189
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