The Aeradio Station at Nhill, on the Adelaide-Melbourne air route in
western Victoria, was one of the original twelve standardised Aeradio
stations constructed by Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) in 1938-39
for DCA. This photo shows the station
at the time of commissioning in 1939.
The structures in the foreground are, from left to right:
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the tower for the aerodrome's rotating light beacon, which has not yet been installed
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the station Power House, housing two generators
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the Aeradio office
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the 33 Mc 'Lorenz' Radio Range antenna tower with adjacent transmitter hut
Behind the buildings can be seen two masts supporting the station's HF radio reciever antenna. The station's HF transmitter and associated antenna were located about a mile away.
As of 2007, the former Aeradio office at Nhill is the only known survivor of these historic buildings.
Click here to take a tour inside the similar Cloncurry Aeradio station
(Photo: CAHS/Ivan Hodder collection)
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