Corporate Body
Overseas Telecommunications Commission (1946 - 1992)
- From
- 12 August 1946
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 1 February 1992
- Functions
- Telecommunications and Advisory or regulatory body
- Reference No
- CA 270
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Sydney, New South Wales
Summary
The Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) was established in August 1946 for the purpose of controlling Australia's international telecommunications. In 1992 a merger took place between the OTC and the Australian Telecommunications Corporation, creating the Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation.
Related entries
Timeline
1901 - 1975 Postmaster-General's Department
1946 - 1992 Overseas Telecommunications Commission
1992 - 1993 Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation
1993 - Telstra Corporation Limited
Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7113933. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-627558. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 270; Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia), Registration of entity: 14 September 1976', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%20270. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_o.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 20 August 2001, Last modified: 3 February 2010
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