Summary
Telephone listing of the Bureau of Meteorology Telephone Weather Services from Operator Console # 1, current at 29 September 1998.
This equipment was collected from the Melbourne Coastal Radio Station after it was closed in July 2002. In addition to communications equipment and documentation, items in general office use were collected in order to represent as far as possible the working environment at the time of closure.
Physical Description
Enlarged copy of a fax, listing National and State telephone numbers for the Bureau of Meteorology's weather forecasts. Two-sixteen numbers listed per state. Five national phone numbers listed at head of list. List is sticky-taped to the outer left side of the Operator Console.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Michael Greenwood, Aug 2002
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User
Melbourne Maritime Communication Service (Melbourne MCS), Telstra - Australian Maritime Communication Service (Australian MCS), 1225 Boneo Road, Cape Schanck, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, 1998-2002
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Inscriptions
FAX heading: 'CHANNEL2 IDS 16:07 98/10/22 001 OF 001' Body of text: 'BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY TELEPHONE WEATHER SERVICES / (Current as of 29 Sep 1998) / Cost approximately 75 cents per minute, slightly higher from public and mobile phones. Numbers starting "1900 155" use Optus as the carrier, numbers starting "1900 9" use Telstra. Bills for accessing any 1900 service will be sent from the relevant carrier. FREECALL Directory 1800 687 999. / [List of telephone numbers]'
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Overall Dimensions
295 mm (Length), 421 mm (Width)
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References
Melbourne MCS (Melbourne Maritime Coastal Service) accessed 13 March 2012 [Link 1]
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