History of the Telstra Research Laboratories

 

Unofficial Staff Related and other Photographs

Be aware there may be some duplication of photographs. Some things I am not sure what they are and have indicated as such.

Gathering to celebrate 100 years of the Research Labs
Held Sat 22
nd June 2024 at Wheelers Hill Hotel.

Gathering to celebrate 100 years of the Research Labs
Held
Sat 22nd June 2024 at Wheelers Hill Hotel.

2023 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve in December.

2020 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve in
December.

2016 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve in
December.

2015 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve in
December.

2014 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve in
December.

Clayton Buildings Refit
Don’t know what for

2011 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve in December.

2010 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve in
December.

Dave Clutterbuck Sendoff
The best clerical person we ever had in TRL

2009 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve in
December.

Internal Trivia Session 2005
Looks like they had fun.

TTIP Conference 2005
Telstra Technology Innovation and Product conference. See also a series of videos.

2005 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve on Friday 9th December.

2004 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve on Friday 10th December. Thanks to Brendon Edwards for taking the photos.

2004 TRL Christmas function
Held at Cuckoo Restaurant in Olinda. Thanks to Joe Briganti for making the photographs available.

Staff Photos 2004

80th Birthday
Celebrating 80 years from 1923 to 2003. Even had a cake and Dr Karl Kruszelnicki as a guest speaker. See also a series of videos.

Farewell Function July 2003
For Trevor Long, Rick Coxhill, Mal Brown and Bob Backway. Held in the Function room M8.

2002 ExTRLers Christmas Gathering
Held at Valley Reserve on Friday 13th December. Thanks to Fiona Hamilton for taking the photos.

2001 TRL Christmas function
Held at Caulfield Racecourse.
Thanks to Steven Spicer for making these available.

Staff Photos 2000

TRL Barbecue
Do not know where or when this was.

Staff Photos 1998

1991 IST Closing Down Party
Invite letter
Thanks to Evelyn Swenson for making these available.

Laboratory Design
Selection of photographs.

Mike Crarey Send Off
I think that what it is.

Monash Fun Runs
Held in the 1980’s
inside Monash University. There used to be an (illegal) opening in the University fence we could sneak through.

Outstanding Achievement Awards
2001
2003
2004

Selection of Photographs Taken for New Horizons Magazine
Some photos may appear elsewhere.
1995
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Auditorium
Miscellaneous

Location Based Technology 2001
Don’t know anything about it.

Labs BBQ
In 1987, for the first time since the late 1930’s, all of the Laboratories were on the one site. A BBQ was held to celebrate the occasion.

Kevin Curley Memories
A charismatic leader of the Technical Services Section in the 1970’s. Mostly his photos.
Kevin Curley rose from the equivalent of a technician in the post war PMG to become the first technical section head in the Telecom Research Laboratories. He was an inspirational leader who had the knack of dealing with people.
During his career he nurtured many young lads who may, or may not have been, “naughty boys”, and as a result, created a pool of technical experts that no one had previously seen. Without his technical support team, many projects including crossbar exchanges, signalling systems and computer controlled digital telephony, would not have been possible.
Kevin was one of around 350 who escaped from Rabaul during World War II. Escaping down mountainous jungle tracks without food, medicine or equipment took its toll on those who survived. His health never recovered from that time. Even though he smoked, his lungs were in a bad way from Malaria and other jungle diseases.

Monash Uni & TRL Digital Courses
Held in 1980’s.
1984 names
1985 names
See also:
Basic Digital Transmission System Theory Course Outline
Basic Digital Transmission System Theory Course
Miscellaneous Course Notes

A Collection from Gavan Rosman
Thanks to Gavan for making these available.

A Collection from Steven Spicer
Thanks to Steven Spicer for making these available.

A Collection from Brian Booth
Images have been converted from slides, so image quality is not ideal.
Most photographs are from the Nullabor Plain field sites that the Labs used in the late 1960's.
Thanks to Brian
for making these available.

A Collection from Dave Duckworth
PMG Research, Nullarbor Field Trips 1966 & 1968

A Collection from Steve Barnett
Thanks to Steve for making these available.

A Collection from Howard Timbury
Thanks to Howard
for making these available. From the prototype shop at 59 Little Collins Street c1960s.

IST
IST installation.

Labs Engineering Library
At 59 Little Collins Street Melbourne in 1978. A massive engineering library once used extensively by PMG, Telecom Australia and later Telstra staff. They even arranged copies of pages out of magazines.

Telephone Standards
Photographs of Telephone testing and the Voice Ear team testing the quality of voice transmission.

Switching & Signalling Branch group photo 1 - 1976

Switching & Signalling Branch group photo 2 – 1976

Customer Services and System Services 20th July 1988

Multimedia Services 28th June 1996

Miscellaneous Photographs


Last updated Dec 2023