Orroral Valley Tracking Station, Canberra




In this section:

Introduction

Construction new

Opening ceremony

Station Directors

Story from Ted Barnes

Story from Gordon Owttrim

Photos from Jim Thompson and Clive Broomfield

Frames from film of Orroral

Philip Clark’s Super 8 film

A 1976 Department of Science brochure

A 1987 proposal to maintain the site

The Orroral 26m antenna’s new life in Tasmania


Orroral Valley

The Orroral Valley Tracking Station 26 metre antenna and operations building – looking to the south west. Click for 750kb version.

Photo: Ted Barnes, 1969.