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Overseas Telecommunications Satellite Earth Station

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00472
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Location

Mahony Av Brown Range

Location Details

Lot 2 on Plan 401280 and Lot 28 on Plan 015963

Other Name(s)

OTC Earth Station
OTC Telecommunications Station
Overseas Telecommunications Station
The Dish

Local Government

Carnarvon

Region

Gascoyne

Construction Date

Constructed from 1964 to 1969

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List Adopted 23 Jun 2015 Shire of Carnarvon
Heritage List Adopted 26 Feb 1988 Shire of Carnarvon
State Register Registered 04 May 2001 Register Entry
Assessment Documentation

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Register of the National Estate Indicative Place

Municipal Inventory Adopted 23 Jun 2015 Category 1

Category 1

EXCEPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE: Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example.

Shire of Carnarvon

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
NASA, particularly the Apollo project Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
5980 Conservation plan for OTC Satellite Earth Station (fmr) (1966) : Carnarvon : Western Australia. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2002
7548 OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon : Casshorn Dish and Parabolic Dish : conservation works 2005 (final report). Conservation works report 2005

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use VACANT\UNUSED Vacant\Unused
Original Use Transport\Communications Comms: Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Other Style

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other CONCRETE Other Concrete
Other METAL Steel

Historic Themes

General Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Space exploration

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

25 Sep 2019

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