Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- The development of telecommunication services to the north-west of Australia
- In
- Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
- Imprint
- vol. 37, no. 10-11, Oct-Nov 1965, pp. 367-378
- Description
Paper No.1935, presented before the Engineering Conference, 1965, in Perth from 5th to 9th April, 1965.
Mr. A. Gravell BSc, is Sectional Engineer, Transmission and Line Planning, Headquarters Planning Branch, Engineering Division, Postmaster-General's Department.
Mr. R. J. Pontague BSc, is Divisional Engineer, Trunk Planning, Western Australian Planning Section, Engineering Division, Postmaster-General's Department.- Abstract
This paper describes the development of communication facilities to the sparsely settled north west of Western Australia, with particular reference to the recent extensions of the national telephone system to serve the area. It describes the difficulties faced by the communications engineer in designing an economic telephone system in an area where very great distances, very small population, severe climate and difficult terrain are encountered, and the solutions adopted by the Australian Post Office.
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- Moyal, Ann, Clear across Australia: a History of Telecommunications (Melbourne: Nelson, 1984), 453 pp. Details
isRelated
- Gravell, A; Pontague, R. J.; Dawson, F. W.; Caudle, W. L., 'The development of telecommunication services to the north-west of Australia (Discussion)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 37 (10-11) (1965), 378-379. Details