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ABC Radio Mast and transmitter station
Sydenham Road, SYDENHAM VIC 3037 - Property No 50

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2026 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1998

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Statement of Significance

The ABC radio mast at Sydenham is of considerable historical importance because of its association with the early years of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, established in 1932, eleven years after the first experimental broadcast in Australia. As the transmitter for 3LO and 3AR, the Sydenham mast (built in 1938) is a link with earlier radio structures in the region notably a transmitter at Braybrook. The 705 foot mast was a major technical achievement and is still amongst the highest radio masts in Australia.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  ABC Radio Mast and transmitter station - Physical Description 1
  
  Steel lattice radio mast with wire stays standing 705 feet high (215 metres). The tower is a triangular lattice Cream Brick transmitter building generally reflecting the Commonwealth public works architecture of the 1950s. A notable feature is the 'anti-fading' radiator incorporating the 'facility of simultaneous operation of both transmitters on the one mast'. Smaller masts are scattered around the site which occupies a large triangle of land between Sydenham Road and Taylors Road. The location was evidently chosen for its relatively high position on the edge of the metropolis which provides uninterrupted signals to the north and west of Melbourne.
  
  Physical Conditions
  
  ABC Radio Mast and transmitter station - Physical Conditions
  
  In good condition with most early elements intact. Small modern structures (including some of the other masts) have been added in recent decades.
  
  Intactness
  
  ABC Radio Mast and transmitter station - Intactness
  
  Substantially intact.
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  ABC Radio Mast and transmitter station - Historical Australian Themes
  
  4 Building settlement, towns and cities
  4.2 Supplying urban services
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study
  
  Author: G. Vines
  Year: 2000
  Grading: Local
- Show:
- Sydenham Railway Station
  
  National Trust
- Callitris glaucophylla
  
  National Trust
- Sydenham Memorial Gateway
  
  Vic. War Heritage Inventory
- 1 Fordham Court
  
  Yarra City
- 1) SWEENEY'S COTTAGE, 2) BARN, 3) GLASSHOUSE, 4) GOLDEN ASH TREE, 5) LEMON SCENTED GUM TREE, 6) PEAR TREE, 7) PINOAK TREES, 8) YELLOW BOX TREES, 9) OTHER MATURE PLANTING AND 10) GARDEN
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- 10 Fordham Court
  
  Yarra City