About

[EViL] Industries Telecoms Museum

We preserve the hardware, paper, and odd little artifacts that built Australia’s communications networks, especially the 1970s–1990s Telecom Australia and early Telstra eras.

What we collect

Handsets and terminals, switching and transmission gear, field equipment and test gear, cabling and plant artifacts, signage and advertising, documents and internal manuals, awards, ephemera, and the occasional replica or third-party oddity that tells a real story.

Why it matters

Networks are culture. The objects people touched to reach each other are history you can hold. Our goal is to keep the collection usable for research, restoration, and exhibition, not sealed away like a polite tomb.

Access

We’re open by appointment for collectors and researchers. The online catalogue exists so the collection stays visible even when the doors are shut.

Help the museum grow

Donations are welcome: items, documentation, spare parts, or clean provenance details. If you have something you think belongs here, get in touch and we’ll do the rest.