Relay Station

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

07199

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Location

Cape Leveque

Location Details

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1956, Constructed from 1955

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	30 Jun 1996	Criterion 3A	Criterion 3A Research Value - It has demonstrable potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the natural or cultural history of the local district.

Statement of Significance

Relay Station is a landmark on the coast. It provides an essential telecommunications function and has operated continuously, with change and development, since the late1960s.

History

Outpost radio stations came into being in 1935 through Darwin Radio, to provide radio communication for pastoral stations and missions in the north-west. The stations became part of the Outpost Radio Service during World War Two, handling emergency communications and spoken telegrams for the pastoral stations and missions and supplementing the communication facilities of the Royal Flying Doctor Service network. Outpost Radio Service continued to operate after the War, and the operation of the Service through Broome was handled by the staff at the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) Station (see Broome Bowling Club) despite this not being an official OTC function. By late 1960s, international telecommunications were being transmitted via satellite and the OTC stations in Western Australia were superseded by the Intelsat earth station at Carnarvon. With the closure of the Broome OTC Station, Outpost Radio Service was provided with an automatic relay station at Cape Leveque. Others were situated at Derby and Port Hedland.

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Shire of Broome's Municipal Inventory.		1996
	Heritage Council:" Assessment Documentation place 298"
	"The Australian Encyclopedia".		1983

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Other
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Other

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	METAL	Other Metal

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Telecommunications

Creation Date

30 May 1997

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Approved

Last Update

09 Jun 2021

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