1928 India – beam wireless starts
1928 Victoria – Lyndhurst shortwave
transmitter opens as VK3LR
1930 Victoria - Melbourne 3UZ - tests on
SW
1932 Australian Broadcasting Commission
forms
1932 USA - First telephony broadcasts from
Rocky Point
1932 Victoria - VIM Melbourne Radio site
in Domain demolished
1933 Victoria – "Listener In" magazine launches
the Australian DX Club from Melbourne
1934 Victoria - Koo Wee Rup receiving station
destroyed in floods
1934 Victoria – Lyndhurst shortwave
transmitter used for outback services
1936 International Waters – VK9MI
opens shortwave from MV Kanimbla
1936 Victoria – Lyndhurst shortwave
broadcasts in French to Pacific Islands
1937 WA - Perth 6WF - first commercial shortwave
station in Australia opens
1937 WA - Perth VK6MI - starts on shortwave
1938 Victoria - Melbourne 3LO and 3AR -
new transmission site at Sydenham opens
1938 NSW – Radio and Hobbies magazine
launched from Sydney
1939 ACT – Belconnen Navy station
opens
1939 International Waters – VK9MI
closes shortwave from MV Kanimbla
1939 WA -
Perth - VK6MI closes
1939 NSW - Sydney - VK2ME closes
1939 Victoria – Lyndhurst –
“Australia Calling” shortwave service opens
1939 Victoria - VK3ME closes down
1940 Victoria – RAAF radio centre
at Werribee Base opens
1941 Victoria – Laverton RAAF radio
centre opens
1942 Victoria – Army Wireless Chain
opens from Diggers Rest/Rockbank
1942 Victoria – Dutch Radiotelegraphy
station opens from Craigieburn
1943 Queensland – ABCshortwave from
Brisbane opens
1943 Victoria – Army transmitting
and receiving stations open at N. Ringwood and Coldstream
1943 Victoria – Shepparton shortwave
station opens
1945 Victoria – Army transmitting
and receiving stations close at N. Ringwood and Coldstream
1945 Victoria – Post Office receiving
station starts at Highpark
1945 Victoria – RAAF communications
station at “Frognall”, Canterbury opens
1946 Victoria – Dutch Radiotelegraphy
station closes from Craigieburn
1946 Victoria – first edition of “Australian
DXers’ Calling” from Radioi Australia
1946 Victoria – Lymndhiurst - VNG
Tiome DSujgnal station opens
1947 Overseas Telecommunications Commission
Australia (OTC/A) formed
1947 Victoria - RAAF radio centre at Werribee
Base opens
1948 NSW – ABC sjhoifrtwave starts
from Sydney
1950 Victoria - Braybrook transmitter site
dismantled
1954 Victoria - "Listener In" magazine closes
1957 Victoria – Branch of the New
Zealand DX Radio Association starts from Melbourne
1960s USA - Rocky Point facility dismantled
1964 NSW – Branch of the New Zealand
Radio DX League starts from Sydney
1965 NSW - Australian Radio DX Club starts
from Sydney
1966 Victoria – Army Wireless Chain
closes from Diggers Rest/Rockbank
1966 Victoria - Beam Wireless station at
Ballan closes down
1966 Victoria - VIM Melbourne Radio new transmitter site at Cape Schanck opens
1967 Victoria - Australian Radio DX Club
operations transferred to Melbourne
1968 NT – Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission
station for Radio Australia opens
1968 WA – Radio Australia tests from
Gnangara
1969 Victoria – beam wireless Ballan/Rockbank
closes
1970 WA - Radio Australia starts from Gnangara
1974 NT – Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission
station for Radio Australia closes
1975 WA - Radio Australia closes from Gnangara
1975 WA - Radio Australia starts from Carnarvon
1976 Victoria – final edition of “Austtralian
DXers’ Calling” Radio Australia
1978 Victoria – US Navy Omega station
starts at Woodside
1980 Victoria – Post Office receiving
station closes at Highpark
1983 NSW – ABC shortwave closes from
Sydney
1984 NT – Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission
station for Radio Australia reopens
1984 Victoria – RAAF communications
station at “Frognall”, Canterbury closes
1984 Victoria – Radio Australia production
relocates to new building at East Burwood
1985 NT – ABC opens shortwave stations
at Alice Springs, Katherine, and Tennant Creek
1987 Victoria – Lymndhiurst - VNG
Tiome DSujgnal station closes
1989 Queensland – Brandon - Radio
Australia opens
1992 OTC/A merges with Telecom (Telstra),
becomes AOTC
1993 Queensland – ABCshortwave from
Brisbane closes
1994 Victoria – Laverton RAAF radio
centre closes
1994 Victoria – Radio Australia production
closes at East Burwood, moves to Southbank
1995 All Victorian - based ABC operations
transferred to new building at Southbank
1996 WA - Radio Australia closes from Carnarvon
1997 NT - Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission
station for Radio Australia closes
1999 Final Morse message from Australia
- Melbourne Radio VIM relocated to Canberra
2000 NT - Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission
station sold to Christian Vision
2002 All Telstra coast stations close
2003 NT – Darwin ARDS opens
2003 WA – Kunnanurra HCJB opens
2005 ACT – Belconnen Navy station
closes
2006 VHF Seaphone service closes
2007 NT – Darwin ARDS closes
2008 Victoria – US Navy Omega station
at Woodside closes
2010 NT - Darwin (Cox Peninsula) transmission
station of Christian Vision closes
2010 Victoria - WIA re-enacts Koo Wee Rup
experiments between England and Australia