Addresses
Type of place
Telephone exchange
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Free Classical
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Telephone exchange
Telephone exchange
Addresses
Type of place
Telephone exchange
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Free Classical
Lot plan
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Face brick
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
Lot plan
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Face brick
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
History
A budget of £12039 was placed aside in the 1923-24 Commonwealth budget for the construction of an automatic telephone exchange at Albion. A tender for the erection of the exchange building was accepted in September 1924 and the contractor had begun to clear the site by October. The Albion Automatic Telephone Exchange was erected on land acquired by the Commonwealth in 1914. Additional adjacent property was purchased in 1926.
Additional contracts for some internal fittings were let in May 1925. The Deputy-Postmaster-General announced in July that the automatic exchanges would not arrive in Brisbane until August, and that it would likely take a few additional months before it was completed. The project obviously experienced some delays and the Post & Telegraph Department did not take possession of the building until 5 January 1926. The installation of the automatic exchange by Siemens Bros Ltd was expected to take several months. The Albion Automatic Exchange was brought into operation on 1 August 1926.
The building remains in use as part of the telecommunications system.
Statement of significance
Relevant assessment criteria
This is a place of local heritage significance and meets one or more of the local heritage criteria under the Heritage planning scheme policy of the Brisbane City Plan 2014. It is significant because:
References
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National Archives of Australia - www.naa.gov.au
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Digitised newspapers and other records. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)