Wireless Hill Museum — Attraction in Ardross

Applecross Wireless Station (fmr) now known as Wireless Hill Telecommunications Museum and Park, was built in 1912, on Reserve 29813, Swan Location 8404 (formerly Cockburn Sound Location 605), It is in the suburb of Ardross in the City of Melville, and bounded by McCallum Drive to the east, Davy Street to the south, Canning Highway to the north and Barnard Street to the west. The park comprises 40 hectares. The research methodology followed for this conservation plan includes the use of primary and secondary sources, including discussions with City of Melville's Heritage and Museum Services, members of the Wireless Hill Telecommunications Advisory Committee and representatives of the Melville History Society, The documentary evidence covers both the concise history of Applecross Wireless Station (fmr) as well as the social and contextual history which contributes to the reasons for the station being constructed and the way it was used and developed.

The Wireless Hill Museum collection consists of objects, photographs and documents that relate to telecommunications and the site itself. These include remnants of the Wireless Hill station, Morse Code equipment, electronics, QSL cards, transmitters and receivers.

Some industrial relics such as steel cabling and glass conductor fragments were recently unearthed during an archaeological site dig near the mast base in 2012. A rare set of plate glass negatives found onsite at the Hickey Street Cottages also form part of the collection.

The Wireless Hill Museum also houses an extensive collection of domestic radios, some of which were manufactured in Western Australia and are very significant to the...

Attended The Wire exhibition where we learnt about morse code and we could attempt a game where we unravel the secret message on each picnic table in the park! That was fun! I was then brought back to my younger days where they displayed items that were used many decades ago. Dial-round telephones, Walkmans, huge mobile phones, phonograph, gramophone, etc. Very informative and eye opening especially for younger ones.

Children had fun on the nature playground and worth going up to the tower to see the view of the river.

Great place for bbq and picnics and a good walk around...

We always love an afternoon outing. This day we picked a lunch destination and some shade for the strong spring sun. We know the hill well for its outlook and vicinity to local shops and centres. After lunch Mum tool the kids to the playground and dad burnt down to the Civic Centre for some compostable bags with tokens, a nose hair trimmer from the shaver shop, and an opportunistic pick up of previously ordered safety spectacles. Burn back up the hill, pick up the family and head home for an afternoon...