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Wireless Hill Park
Wireless Hill Park is a 40-hectare (99-acre) park in Ardross, Western Australia that is the location of the former Applecross Wireless Station, an early radio station in Western Australia. The station buildings have been preserved and now house the Wireless Hill Museum. The site is listed in the Register of the National Estate and the State Register of Heritage Places.
The park is also a significant urban bushland area.
Wireless Hill is on the land of the Beeliar residence group of the Whadjuk Noongar people, who have lived in the area for millennia. They know the area as Yagan Mia.
In 1909, the Commonwealth Government decided that wireless telegraphy stations should be established around the coastline of Australia. The following year, it contracted Australasian Wireless Limited to build the Perth station, at the location now known as Wireless Hill. Clearing of the site and construction began in 1911, with the Applecross Wireless Station completed and officially opened on 30 September 1912.
The Applecross Wireless Station was initially owned and operated by Australasian Wireless, on behalf of the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG), as a commercial service for shipping.
In 1916, as a consequence of World War I, the Royal Australian Navy took control of the station (and all Australian coastal radio stations), retaining existing staff and giving them naval ranks as non-commissioned officers. The Navy retained control until 1920. The Navy took control of the station again from 1939 to 1945, during World War II, again retaining the existing staff.
In 1947 the newly formed Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) took control over all wireless stations from the PMG.
Between 1967 and 1968 OTC moved all of its operations from Wireless Hill to its new station in Gnangara, and in 1968 the Wireless Hill station closed. The land was transferred to the City of Melville in 1969, and in 1971 was formally renamed as Wireless Hill Park. (The site was already commonly referred to as Wireless Hill by the local residents.)
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Wireless Hill Park
Wireless Hill Park is a 40-hectare (99-acre) park in Ardross, Western Australia that is the location of the former Applecross Wireless Station, an early radio station in Western Australia. The station buildings have been preserved and now house the Wireless Hill Museum. The site is listed in the Register of the National Estate and the State Register of Heritage Places.
The park is also a significant urban bushland area.
Wireless Hill is on the land of the Beeliar residence group of the Whadjuk Noongar people, who have lived in the area for millennia. They know the area as Yagan Mia.
In 1909, the Commonwealth Government decided that wireless telegraphy stations should be established around the coastline of Australia. The following year, it contracted Australasian Wireless Limited to build the Perth station, at the location now known as Wireless Hill. Clearing of the site and construction began in 1911, with the Applecross Wireless Station completed and officially opened on 30 September 1912.
The Applecross Wireless Station was initially owned and operated by Australasian Wireless, on behalf of the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG), as a commercial service for shipping.
In 1916, as a consequence of World War I, the Royal Australian Navy took control of the station (and all Australian coastal radio stations), retaining existing staff and giving them naval ranks as non-commissioned officers. The Navy retained control until 1920. The Navy took control of the station again from 1939 to 1945, during World War II, again retaining the existing staff.
In 1947 the newly formed Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) took control over all wireless stations from the PMG.
Between 1967 and 1968 OTC moved all of its operations from Wireless Hill to its new station in Gnangara, and in 1968 the Wireless Hill station closed. The land was transferred to the City of Melville in 1969, and in 1971 was formally renamed as Wireless Hill Park. (The site was already commonly referred to as Wireless Hill by the local residents.)
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