DiscoverPeople's History of AustraliaEp 23 – Resistance on the line: the radical history of telephone operators
Ep 23 – Resistance on the line: the radical history of telephone operators

Ep 23 – Resistance on the line: the radical history of telephone operators

Update: 2025-07-13
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From the 1880s until the 1980s, telephone operators were at the centre of the communications industry in Australia. Before the invention of the internet or mobile phones, virtually all telecommunication across the country and internationally took place through landline telephones. And operators, who connected calls to their intended destination, were completely essential to that process....
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Ep 23 – Resistance on the line: the radical history of telephone operators

Ep 23 – Resistance on the line: the radical history of telephone operators

People's History of Australia