Victorian Telecommunications Museum, Melbourne

Name: Victorian Telecommunications Museum
Address: 375 Burwood Rd, Melbourne, 3122, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9819 1199

#486 among attractions in Melbourne

Museum, Specialty museum

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The Victorian Telecommunications Museum is a small museum in the Hawthorn Telephone Exchange, Burwood Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. It houses historical telecommunications equipment that had been used by what originally was called the Postmaster-General's Department. The Department split in 1975 into Telecom Australia and Australia Post. In 1993 Telecom Australia was renamed Telstra after the merger of Telecom Australia and OTC. ()

Coordinates: 37°49'21"S, 145°2'10"E

Address

375 Burwood RdBoroondara (Hawthorn)Melbourne 3122 Australia

Contact

+61 3 9819 1199

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Victorian Telecommunications Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Burnley Golf Course, Glenferrie Road, Burke Road, Glenferrie Oval.

1.1 miSW
37°49'45"S • 145°1'1"E
Burnley Golf Course, Melbourne
29 min walk • Golf
~1410 ftS
Shopping, Shopping district
Glenferrie Road, Melbourne
7 min walk • Glenferrie Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia. It runs from Kew to Caulfield North, and includes major shopping districts at both Hawthorn and Malvern.
1.2 miE
Shopping, Shopping district
Burke Road, Melbourne
31 min walk • Burke Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia. It runs from Ivanhoe East to Caulfield East and through the major shopping district at Camberwell. It is aligned with the western boundary of Elgar's Special Survey, and does not conform to the 1 mile interval cadastral survey grid for Melbourne.
~1130 ftNW
Sport venue, Sport
Glenferrie Oval, Melbourne
6 min walk • Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
1.2 miN
Area
Kew, Melbourne
31 min walk • Kew is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 5 km east from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Boroondara. At the 2016 Census, Kew had a population of 24,605. Kew used to be a city in its own right.
0.7 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, Children's museum
Melbourne Tram Museum, Melbourne
19 min walk • Hawthorn tram depot was built in April 1916 by the Hawthorn Tramways Trust. It was built on the corner of Power Street and Wallen Road, Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The depot was close to the junction of the HTT's two main lines. It was taken over by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1920.
1.4 miSE
Church, Sacred and religious sites
Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Melbourne
36 min walk • Our Lady of Victories Basilica is a Catholic church located in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell. Romanesque in style, it was designed by architect Augustus Andrew Fritsch and was completed in 1918.
~180 ftS
City hall, Art gallery, Classes and workshops
Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne
1 min walk • The Hawthorn Arts Centre is a former civic building located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Designed by architect John Beswicke in the Second Empire style, the hall was built from 1888 to 1890 and housed the council chambers for the City of Hawthorn.
1.2 miW
Bridge
Hawthorn Bridge, Melbourne
30 min walk • The Hawthorn Bridge crosses the Yarra River, five kilometres east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, connecting Bridge Road and Burwood Road. It is the oldest extant bridge over the Yarra River and is one of the oldest metal bridges in Australia.
1.2 miSE
Nightlife, Cinema
Rivoli Cinemas, Melbourne
30 min walk • Rivoli Cinemas is an eight-screen multiplex in the Hawthorn East suburb of Melbourne. Noted for its Art Deco architecture, the cinema was first built in 1940, and reopened as a multiplex in 2000 following a renovation and expansion.
1 miW
Bridge
Hawthorn Railway Bridge, Melbourne
27 min walk • The Hawthorn Railway Bridge is a steel truss bridge that crosses the Yarra River 5 kilometres east of Melbourne between Burnley and Hawthorn stations on the Alamein, Belgrave and Lilydale railway lines.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Victorian Telecommunications Museum?

Nearby attractions include Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne (1 min walk), St. Columb's Anglican Church, Melbourne (6 min walk), Melbourne Tram Museum, Melbourne (19 min walk).

How to get to Victorian Telecommunications Museum by public transport?

The nearest stations to Victorian Telecommunications Museum:

Tram

Stop 73: Burwood Road • Lines: 16, 16d (1 min walk)
Stop 74: Glenferrie Station • Lines: 16, 16d (3 min walk)

Train

Glenferrie (3 min walk)
Auburn (14 min walk)

Bus

Auburn Station/Auburn Rd • Lines: 624 (13 min walk)
Riversdale Road • Lines: 624 (17 min walk)