Aerial view looking south across Clayton Telecom Research Laboratories site under construction and Clayton Village drive-in, Blackburn Road, 1975
The buildings of the Telecom Research Laboratories (TRL) on Blackburn Road, Clayton, were constructed during the 1970s. The first staff moved in during 1977 and the site was officially opened in 1978. Located next to the Clayton drive-in on a 27-hectare site, the campus was involved in a variety of technological developments and housed the Speaking Clock service. The location's proximity to Monash University (with which there was a "strong professional affinity") was a major factor in its selection. The site was to be developed over 4 stages. The final stage was planned to be built on the adjacent Clayton Village drive-in theatre site. The drive-in closed in 1984 but this stage did not proceed.
TRL was closed in September 2007 and its buildings demolished. Only the buildings associated with the Telstra Global Operations Centre (Telstra GOC) on the eastern end of the site remain. The drive-in site is now home to the Australian Synchrotron.
The photographs selected for publication here are curated from over 3000 images available online from the National Archives of Australia. Those dated 1975 are titled Clayton PMG and those dated from 1976 to 1980 are titled Clayton ATC, reflecting the organisational name change from Postmaster-General (PMG) to the Australian Telecommunications Commission (ATC). ATC traded as Telecom Australia. Additional images are titled using the later Telecom Research Laboratories (TRL) name. For convenience, we have used the Telecom Research Laboratories name for this photo set.
See locale on Google Maps.
Sources:
www.coxhill.com/trlhistory/history/accomm.htm
www.coxhill.com/trlhistory/history/monashsubmission.pdf
Title: Clayton PMG research laboratories - aerial photograph
Date range: 1975 - 1975
Source: From the National Archives of Australia
Series/Control symbol: B6295, 3949E
Item ID: 30627780
Aerial view looking south across Clayton Telecom Research Laboratories site under construction and Clayton Village drive-in, Blackburn Road, 1975
The buildings of the Telecom Research Laboratories (TRL) on Blackburn Road, Clayton, were constructed during the 1970s. The first staff moved in during 1977 and the site was officially opened in 1978. Located next to the Clayton drive-in on a 27-hectare site, the campus was involved in a variety of technological developments and housed the Speaking Clock service. The location's proximity to Monash University (with which there was a "strong professional affinity") was a major factor in its selection. The site was to be developed over 4 stages. The final stage was planned to be built on the adjacent Clayton Village drive-in theatre site. The drive-in closed in 1984 but this stage did not proceed.
TRL was closed in September 2007 and its buildings demolished. Only the buildings associated with the Telstra Global Operations Centre (Telstra GOC) on the eastern end of the site remain. The drive-in site is now home to the Australian Synchrotron.
The photographs selected for publication here are curated from over 3000 images available online from the National Archives of Australia. Those dated 1975 are titled Clayton PMG and those dated from 1976 to 1980 are titled Clayton ATC, reflecting the organisational name change from Postmaster-General (PMG) to the Australian Telecommunications Commission (ATC). ATC traded as Telecom Australia. Additional images are titled using the later Telecom Research Laboratories (TRL) name. For convenience, we have used the Telecom Research Laboratories name for this photo set.
See locale on Google Maps.
Sources:
www.coxhill.com/trlhistory/history/accomm.htm
www.coxhill.com/trlhistory/history/monashsubmission.pdf
Title: Clayton PMG research laboratories - aerial photograph
Date range: 1975 - 1975
Source: From the National Archives of Australia
Series/Control symbol: B6295, 3949E
Item ID: 30627780