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Radio mast and Sir Ernest Fisk's home, Wahroonga

Radio mast and Sir Ernest Fisk's home, Wahroonga

Full title: Radio mast and Sir Ernest Fisk's home, Wahroonga

Author/creator: Hood, Sam, 1872-1953.

Date: after 1917 [probably Sept 1918].

Call Numbers: Home and Away - 7681

Record Identifier: 1xqLLWQY

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Formats: Pictures, Photographs

Contents: Photographs - 1 glass photonegative

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Notes: "At 3.15am GMT on the 22nd September 1918 the first direct wireless message was transmitted from the United Kingdom to Australia. The message sent for the Australian Prime Minister, Billy Hughes, whilst visiting his birthplace in Wales, was transmitted by Guglielmo Marconi from Carnarvon and received by Ernest Fisk at Wahroonga, 20 kilometres north of Sydney." (Wahroonga Amateur Historical Radio Association) [The Union Flag flies from the top of the mast and the Australian Flag, in the picture, from the arm ? They are drawn in or highlighted] Digital order no:hood_07681

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MMS ID: 110002386

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    Radio mast and Sir Ernest Fisk's home, Wahroonga

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    Radio mast and Sir Ernest Fisk's home, Wahroonga

    Author / Creator

    Hood, Sam, 1872-1953

    Date

    after 1917 [probably Sept 1918]

    Call Numbers

    Home and Away - 7681

    Record Identifier

    1xqLLWQY

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    Pictures and Photographs

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    Lucania (1 Stuart Street, Wahroonga, N.S.W.) Australian flags Federation architecture historic sites mansions Norfolk Island pines radio masts Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Australian National Flag Fisk, Ernest, Sir, 1886-1965 Union Jack

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