Gallery of log for Dinkem Dunnies
Went for a walk in Wireless Hill Park to look for native orchids.
While there, checked out the buildings whick have a fascinating history (see below). As these were built long before deep sewerage reached the area an outbuilding was required to serve the personal needs of the personel. It's a very impressive 2 holer with the nightmans' back door bricked in but still visible.
Wireless Communication comes to Western Australia
In 1912 the facilities at Wireless Hill enabled wireless communication to be carried out for the very first time between the east and west coasts of Australia, between the mainland of Australia and ships that were up to 1,600km away in the Indian and Southern Oceans, and between Australia and the rest of the world.
In order to transport the German-designed wireless antennae from the Swan River to Wireless Hill, the first bitumen road was built in Western Australia. The remnants of this road can be seen from the Heritage Walk in the park.
The Park played a significant role in the security and defence of the Australian coastline from 1912 through to 1968. During World War I, the Applecross Wireless Station received an emergency signal from the Cocos Islands giving the position of the German light cruiser, SMS Emden. The station relayed the information to the HMAS Sydney, which was escorting a troop convoy close to the Cocos Islands. The Sydney gave chase and captured the Emden in one of Australia’s most famous sea battles of the First World War.
Wireless Hill station was officially decommissioned in 1967. It was vested in the City of Melville in August 1969 for the purposes of developing it as an urban bushland reserve, and was named Wireless Hill Park in February 1971. A community radio station - 101.7 Capital Radio - broadcasts from the old buildings
While there, checked out the buildings whick have a fascinating history (see below). As these were built long before deep sewerage reached the area an outbuilding was required to serve the personal needs of the personel. It's a very impressive 2 holer with the nightmans' back door bricked in but still visible.
Wireless Communication comes to Western Australia
In 1912 the facilities at Wireless Hill enabled wireless communication to be carried out for the very first time between the east and west coasts of Australia, between the mainland of Australia and ships that were up to 1,600km away in the Indian and Southern Oceans, and between Australia and the rest of the world.
In order to transport the German-designed wireless antennae from the Swan River to Wireless Hill, the first bitumen road was built in Western Australia. The remnants of this road can be seen from the Heritage Walk in the park.
The Park played a significant role in the security and defence of the Australian coastline from 1912 through to 1968. During World War I, the Applecross Wireless Station received an emergency signal from the Cocos Islands giving the position of the German light cruiser, SMS Emden. The station relayed the information to the HMAS Sydney, which was escorting a troop convoy close to the Cocos Islands. The Sydney gave chase and captured the Emden in one of Australia’s most famous sea battles of the First World War.
Wireless Hill station was officially decommissioned in 1967. It was vested in the City of Melville in August 1969 for the purposes of developing it as an urban bushland reserve, and was named Wireless Hill Park in February 1971. A community radio station - 101.7 Capital Radio - broadcasts from the old buildings
