worldsciencefestival

25 photos tagged worldsciencefestival, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos taken?

4
1908
2019

 

Where were these photos tagged?

40% of these photos are geotagged.

Tags that often appear on the same photos:

Members using this tag

Photos

Photos tagged worldsciencefestival:

Loading photos…

See more on flickr.com →

Recent uploads

The last upload was July 2020.

Conversations

Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos:

Traeger Pedal Wireless, 1929

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    In the mid 1920’s Alfred Traeger invented the pedal-powered radio, revolutionising communication in the outback. The invention was integral to the founding of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, allowing the Service to make contact with the people who needed their help and vice versa. In 1928 Traeger developed the pedal-powered radio. A floor mounted generator, driven with bicycle pedals, powering a radio transceiver which could send morse code. The following year, a base station was established at Cloncurry, Queensland and the first pedal wireless was installed at Augustus Downs Station, 150 miles out of town. The first transmission was made on the 19th June, 1929 by Gertrude Rothery, the manager's wife, to Traeger’s assistant Harry Kinzbrunner at Cloncurry. Over the next 8 years Treager continued to manufacture and improve the pedal sets, installing them at homesteads, hospitals, missions and the bases of the Aerial Medical Service, which later became the RFDS. Source; www.flyingdoctor.org.au/qld/news/how-alfred-traeger-gave-...

Doctor on Nauru, ca. 1942

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    "Dr Kelvin Kong and Dr Mark Wenitong are two prominent leaders in Indigenous health, but they say they faced several obstacles throughout their journey of studying western medicine while keeping true to their culture." Source: www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/culture/article/2016/10/21/m...
  • Annette Cadell said:
    The Japanese occupied Nauru for three years (26th August 1942 - 13 September 1945). Nauru is a Pacific Island which was under Australian administration. The population of Nauru was decimated by several diseases against which they had no immune defences. The Island was mined for phosphate and was a valuable source of income for Australia. Nauru is still in the process of recovering from the decimation of the Island by mining from Colonial powers as well as by the Japanese Occupied Force. (source Wikipedia)

Conducting experimental television broadcasting, Brisbane, ca. 1934

from State Library of Queensland

  • Aussie~mobs said:
    Qld State Archives has this man listed as Dr. Val McDowall not Thomas Elliott.
    Dr Val McDowell experimenting with television, April 1934
  • Aussie~mobs said:
    And on another site this exact photo is captioned as Dr. Val McDowall. thand.wordpress.com/ples/
  • State Library of Queensland said:
    We have Val McDowall listed as the photographer. Dr. McDowall owned the radio station but all the newspaper reports list Thomas Elliott as primarily responsible for the television experiments. This man is also identified as Thomas Elliott in this newspaper article. nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49687701