AMMPT’s “50 years of television broadcasting in Western Australia” exhibition at the Fremantle Arts Centre
Written on November 6, 2009 by MichaelH
A free public exhibition is currently running at the Fremantle Arts Centre, entitled “50 years of television broadcasting in Western Australia”.
This exhibition is being co-ordinated by the WA branch of the Australian Museum of Motion Picture Technology (AMMPT). It was formally opened by the Honourable John Day, Minister for Culture and the Arts, on Wednesday 7th October 2009.
Hon. John Day, Minister for Culture and the Arts
The exhibition features the development of television from the early 1936 experiments by Blake Horrocks in Harvey, the public demonstration of television at the Perth Town Hall in 1949 and the subsequent establishment of the commercial and national channels.
Interactive displays explain the very origins of the illusion of moving images which are proving very popular with children and adults alike.
The exhibition has four main themes;
1. The pioneering days.
2. Informing the Public (news and current affairs)
3. Personalities and programmes
4. Evolution of the Technology.
The display is open every day from 10 am to 4 pm up till December 4th.
Admission is free, but a gold coin or similar donation would be very appreciated.
Keith Bales (TVW Reunion Chair) with Daryl Binning (AMMPT President)
Ian Stimson (TV Collecter), Earl Reeve (Former ABC) and Terry Spence (Former STW9)
David Hawkes (former ABC) arrives with wife wife Rosemary
Ross McDonald (former TVW engineer and TAIMAC owner)
Julie and Derric Wright (former ABC)
Flapper, Humphrey B. Bear with Terry Spence
Terry Spence with Russell Goodrick
Terry Spence with Richard Rennie
Gordon McColl examines the exhibits
The birth of the TV Newsroom in WA
Now the age of satellites, computers and automation
Monday 5th October, 2009 -to- Friday 4th December, 2009
The Fremantle Arts Centre is the former Asylum building on the corner of Ord and Finnerty Streets in Fremantle.
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