Wire and wireless : a history of telecommunications in New Zealand, 1860-1987

Object detail

Accession number

99-71

Maker

A. C. WIlson

Description

Overseas antecedents -- The telegraph's arrival in New Zealand -- Growth and drift under Charles Lemon, 1867-1894 -- Telephony: the first phase (1877-94) -- Turning the century: telephony, wireless and cable -- World War I -- The interwar years -- World War II and its aftermath -- 'Golden Years': 1950s to 1980 -- Departmental telecommunications: the final years.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

236 p. :ill. , facsims. , portraits ; 25 cm.

ISBN/ISSN

0864692102 (pbk.) :

Credit line

A. C. WIlson. 1994. Wire and wireless : a history of telecommunications in New Zealand, 1860-1987, 99-71. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Book Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

Palmerston North Manawatu District Whanganui - Manawatu New Zealand

Subject: all levels

History New Zealand Telegraph History New Zealand Telephone History New Zealand Radio History New Zealand Telecommunication

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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