Belconnen Radio Transmitting Station in Canberra was established in 1939 so that the Royal Australian Navy could transmit radio signals to ships in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Radio communication became very important between the First and Second World Wars Read More …
In my previous post, I presented five reasons to record and use oral history. Here are the next five reasons. Oral history is an excellent way to: 6. Learn about old processes The way we do many, if not most, Read More …
The top five posts for 2018 are revealed. Read More …
With the announcement in December 2018 that Adelaide will be home to the new Australian Space Agency, it is timely to reflect on South Australia’s more than 70 year involvement in space activities. Memories of Woomera In 1947, the Australian Read More …
Some places are more likely than others to elicit ghostly experiences. The former Belconnen Naval Transmitting Station, or Bels, in Canberra was one such place. Bels was the most powerful radio transmitting station in the southern hemisphere. It operated 24 Read More …
Sue Gibbs and Peter Zajicek spent their childhoods in Woomera, 450 km north of Adelaide, in the 1960s and 1970s. The isolation of Woomera made it an ideal place to look at the stars, free from the light pollution of Read More …
Woomera is a dry place – most of the time. Sometimes however it is inundated with rain, and then the landscape changes dramatically. Plants that have laid dormant come to life, and seeds from ephemeral plants germinate and grow. I Read More …
I recently went behind the scenes at the State Library of South Australia to interview audio engineer, Peter Kolomitsev, about his job. It quickly became apparent that in helping to preserve the state’s audio heritage, he encounters a diverse range Read More …
I usually restrict myself to interviewing humans, however I recently overheard two koalas in a nearby tree. Hearing one koala is not unusual in the Adelaide Hills, but this was the first time I had heard two. I couldn’t resist Read More …
Barbecues were some of the most frequent social events in Woomera. Often they were held in backyards. Terry Clark, who lived in Woomera in the 1960s and 70s, recalled in an oral history interview one particular barbecue that had an Read More …