Looking Back - 1939 to 2011 - the Autobiography of Robert V. J. Padula, OAM

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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1941 - Bikes and Cars
1943 - Hiking - Hills and Coasts
1944 - Growing up in the War Years - Part 1
1944 - Growing up in the War Years - Part 2
1944 - Growing up in the War Years - Part 3
1945 - Auburn schooldays - Part One
1945 - Auburn Schooldays - Part Two
1945 - Auburn Schooldays - Part Three
1945 - Upwey and the Puffing Billy
1945 - Gramaphones and Record Players
1946 - Flinders St Station
1946 - Astronomy
1946 - Beach and Swimming Adventures
1946 - Going to the Pictures
1947 - Adventures at the Altona Bungalow
1947 -The Listener-In Magazine
1947 - Balwyn WIldlife Sanctuary
1948 - Fishermen's Bend Aerodrome
1948 - Radio Australia QSL cards
1948 - Excursions
1949 - Australian Rules Football
1949 - Radio Monitoring at Auburn
1950 -Trains and Ships
1950 - Radios for Communications
1950 - Radio Listening Clubs in Australia
1950 - World Radio TV Handbook
1950 - Shortwave Radio Propagation Research
1950 - Medium Wave Radio Propagation Research
1950 - Radio and Hobbies Magazines
1950 - Discovering shortwave radio at Auburn
1951 - Photography
1951 - Competitions on local radio stations
1952 - Camp Buxton - YMCA Shoreham
1952 Tennis and Ten Pin Bowling
1953 - Stamp Collectiong
1953 Camberwell High School
1954 - Royal Visit to Melbourne
1954 - Shortwave Radio reception at Auburn
1956 - Melbourne's Olympic Games
1956 - Trainee Telecommunications' Technician
1957 - Trainee Technician - field work
1957 - National Service Registration
1958 - Laverton Air Show
1958 - MOOMBA Parade
1958 - Trainee Technician - field work
1959 - The move to Mont Albert
1960 - Working at Deepdene Telephone Exchange
1963 - Trade Unions, Staff Associations, Industrial Relations
1964 - Senior Technician work in the Melbourne CBD
1964 - Project support for Radio Australia
1964 - Project support for Radio Australia
1964 - Amateur Radio
1964 - Media Writing
1964 -Travels
1964 - Engineering Support for International Broadcasters
1965 - Professional Employment with PMG/Telstra
1967 - Professional Qualifications - Institution of Engineers Australia
1967 - Australian Radio DX Club Photo Gallery (to 1979)
1972 - Wireless Institute of Australia
1972 - Natural disasters in Melbourne
1980 - Australian Radio DX Club Gallery (to 1995)
1981 - Award of the Medal of the Order of Australia
1995 - Padula Books
EPILOGUE
LINKS TO AUTHOR'S PERSONAL WEBSITES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEPENDENT BIOGRAPHIES
SPECIAL CHAPTER - Oldtime Australian Radio Drama from the 1930s
SPECIAL CHAPTER - Radio Monitoring Clubs in Australia - 1920 to 1949
SPECIAL CHAPTER - Melbourne Picture Theatres - History - 1906 to 1970
Extensive use was made of many print and on-line publications, and various orgnizations, in the compilation of this work.

They include:

The Listener-in magazine (from February 1925)
Shortwave Radio News 1936-1940
Wireless Weekly 1929
AWA Radio Guide 1926
The Institution of Engineers Australia
AWA Engineering publications
AWA Commerce publications
Marconi School of Wireless
Newsletters of the Australian DX Club 1937-1949
The Constant Voice - published by Radio Australia for its 30th anniversary 1969
Many articles about Australian shortwave radio history (by Dr Adrian Peterson, Adventist World Radio, USA)
The Lyndhurst Transmitter Site (by Robert Jones, dec)
Radio and Hobbies, Radio TV and Hobbies, Electronics Australia magazines - various issues
Amateur Radio (Wireless Institute of Australia) various issues
Newsletters and various publications of the Australian Radio DX Club (1964-2000)
Then Victorian DX Listener (newsletter of the Victorian Branch of the New Zealand DX Radio Association (1963-1964)
The First 20 Years - 1965-1985, the Development of the Australian Radio DX Club(Padula)
The History of DXing in Australia - 1920-1971 (Padula)
Internal publications of the Australian Post Office - various issues
Picture Australia
Country Fire Authority -Victoria
National Libnrary of Australia
State Library of Victoria
Shire of Melton Heritage Study
Australian Broadcasting Corporation archives
City of Boroondara library
World Radio TV Handbook - many editions from 1947 to present
Balwyn Historical Society
Australian Screen and Sound Archives
Australian War Memorial
Camberwell High School - past students' group
Auburn Central Primary School 
Robert Cochrane Free Kindergarten - Hawthorn 
Hawthorn Football Club
Listening to the Shortwave - 1945 to the present (author Jerome S. Berg, USA)
The Melbourne Argus newsaper

Additional background was researched from the National Library of Australia via its digitized newspaper on-line service.

Many of those sources are available on-line and readers are invited to use any of the popular Internet Search Engines for the latest URLs.
 
 
 
 

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