Radio Waves
Discover how radio technology and programs have changed, consider the impact of radio on our lives and create your own radio programs!
This large wooden Mendelsohnn "console"
radio is from the early 1940s.
Listening to this type of radio Australians heard Prime Minister Menzies announce on 3 September, 1939 that Australia was at war with Germany and had entered the Second World War.
[554kb] Listen to an extract from Menzies' famous speech.
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This medium sized AWA (Amalgamated
Wireless Australasia) kitchen model radio is
from the mid 1950s.
This medium sized AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) kitchen model radio is from the mid 1950s.
This is the type of set upon which many Australians would have heard their favourite radio serials.
[1.75mb] Listen to an extract from the Australian version of Superman!, a serial that was very popular with young people in the 1940s and 1950s.
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This small Normende 'Transista' radio is
from the early 1960s.
This small Normende 'Transista' radio is from the early 1960s.
This is the type of portable radio that Australians might have taken to the beach or on a picnic to listen to their favourite music.
[2.58mb] Hear Blue Suede Shoes, a song made famous by Elvis Presley and performed here by the Australian singer Vic Sabrino and the band Red Perksey And His Orchestra in 1956.
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