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Wireless Hill Park is a park in Ardross, Western Australia that is the location of the former Applecross Wireless Station, an early radio station in Western Australia. The station buildings have been preserved and now house the Wireless Hill Museum. The site is listed in the Register of the National Estate〔"The Engine Room", Information displayed inside the Wireless Hill Museum, 2015-05-17〕 and the State Register of Heritage Places. The park is also a significant urban bushland area. ==History== In 1909 the Commonwealth Government decided that wireless telegraphy stations should be established around the coastline of Australia, and in 1910 awarded the contract for the Perth station to Australasian Wireless Limited. Clearing of the site and construction began in 1911, with the Applecross Wireless Station completed and officially opened on 30 September 1912.〔 The station was initially owned and operated by Australasian Wireless, on behalf of the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG), as a commercial service for shipping.〔〕 In 1916, as a consequence of World War I, the Royal Australian Navy took control of the station (and all Australian coastal radio stations), retaining existing staff and giving them naval ranks as non-commissioned officers.〔〔〔"World War I", Information displayed inside the Wireless Hill Telecommunications Museum, 2012-10-14〕 The Navy retained control until 1920.〔〔 The Navy took control of the station again from 1939 to 1945, during World War II,〔〔 again retaining the existing staff. In 1947 the newly formed Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) took control over all wireless stations from the PMG.〔 Between 1967 and 1968 OTC moved all of its operations from Wireless Hill to its new station in Gnangara, and in 1968 the Wireless Hill station closed.〔 The land was transferred to the City of Melville in 1969, and in 1971 was formally renamed as Wireless Hill Park. (The site was already commonly referred to as Wireless Hill by the local residents.)〔〔 In 1970 the West Australian VHF Group (an amateur radio club) proposed establishing a telecommunications museum.〔 In 1974 work began on converting the station, and in 1979 the Wireless Hill Telecommunications Museum was officially opened〔 as a contribution to Western Australia's sesquicentennial celebrations.〔 In 2015, after refurbishment, the museum was re-opened as the Wireless Hill Museum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wireless Hill Museum Reopens )〕〔"The Museum", Information displayed inside the Wireless Hill Museum, 2015-05-17〕 Wireless Hill Park was classified by the National Trust of Australia in 1992,〔〔 and listed on the Western Australian Register of Heritage Places in 1997. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wireless Hill Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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