Guide to the Records of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission collected by Guntis Berzins
MS 10751
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: October 2023
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Guntis Berzins
- Title
- Records of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission collected by Guntis Berzins
- Date Range
- 1947 - 2013
- Collection Number
- MS 10751
- Extent
- 0.06 metres (2 folders)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Content Description
This collection consists of material created and collected by Guntis Berzins, who worked for the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) as an engineer during the 1960s and 1970s. The collection includes a series of 20 lectures on "Telecommunications Organization and Procedures" issued by the Commission, working documents regarding testing of the concept and establishment of a system to distribute television to the Australian outback, examination papers for promotion to a clerical position, and ephemera relating to the official opening of the South-East Asia Commonwealth Cable (SEACOM) on 30 March 1967. This submarine telephone cable linked Cairns with Guam, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10003164).
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10003164).
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission collected by Guntis Berzins, National Library of Australia, MS 10751, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Item Descriptions
Class 1. Consignment received 2023, 1947 - 2013
This consignment includes lectures on "Telecommunications Organization and Procedures" from the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia), examination papers for a clerical position, documents relating to the proposal to distribute television to outback Australia and ephemera relating to the official opening of the South-East Asia Commonwealth Cable (SEACOM) in 1967.
TV distribution to the Australian outback, 1947 - 2013 (File 1) - Box (Shared)
Includes working documents regarding testing of the concept and establishment of the distribution system.Also includes an unpublished article written by Guntis Berzins, relating to the early genesis of the system, testing of the concept and theorganisational arrangements which were subsequently made toestablish the system.
Papers relating to telecommunications, 1963 - 1964 (File 2) - Box (Shared)
Includes a series of 20 lectures on Telecommunications Organisation and Procedure, together with examination papers for promotion to a clerical position, and ephemera relating to the official opening of the South-East AsiaCommonwealth Cable (SEACOM) on 30 March 1967. This submarine telephone cable linked Cairns with Guam, Hong Kong and Singapore.