Calling all lovers of Tasmanian Deaf History!

Furniture from 5 Elizabeth St

Queensland Deaf Society

Queensland Deaf Society

Queensland Deaf School

Early Teletext decoder, which was connected to home television sets to enable display of subtitles (c. 1980s)

Donation Box used by the Royal Tasmanian Society for the Blind & Deaf, late 20th C. Note the one cent and two cent coins taped to the top.

Flashing light doorbell equipment, date unknown.

Printacall SSI-240 TTY, c. 1980s-90s. This model included both electronic and paper displays.

A story of disappointment

TTY: C-Phone Inc. St Louis Missouri

Headphones: Telex 530

This photograph was taken by the Mercury newspaper in Tasmania in 1962, at Lady Rowallan House school in Hobart. It is described as showing a hearing loop being used to help deaf children to hear better in the the playground.

Headphones: Telex 530 – St James Church of the Deaf

This grandfather clock was in the building at 262 South Terrace from its earliest days. It has a small plaque saying that it was donated to the Ladies Room in 1926 by the “Deaf Ladies Working Bee” – so it

TTY: Ultratec

Film Projector: Lenroc Limited, Pulteney St Adelaide

Furniture from 5 Elizabeth St