| Name | Three Panel Aluminium Phone Booth |
| Date | 1967-1985. In the 80s some were converted to CT3 use. None are in service today. |
| Manufacturer | PMG. Based on the US Airlight booth. |
| Usage | Public call box |
| Notes | First Australian Aluminium booth See more notes below. |
| Link | The US Airlight booth of 1954, a possible inspiration for this design. |
Development of the Three Panel Aluminium Phone Booth
| The late 1960’s saw experiments with the first aluminium cabinet to be adopted. This cabinet underwent basic design changes in recent years and the curved roof has been abandoned in favour of the more functional flat roof. With the establishment of Telecom Australia in 1976, which took responsibility in this area from the Australian Post Office, Telecommunications Division, the red livery of cabinets was abandoned in favour of Telecom Gold, and interiors of existing wooden cabinets to be recoloured gold dappled with orange. The Coin Telephone No.3 programme will mean the replacement of all wooden cabinets in NSW with the modern aluminium type by the early 1980’s. All of the types of cabinets depicted were used in NSW and some were peculiar only to NSW, whilst other states had types which were only used locally and thus not seen here. Originally they had the red roundel phone signage and this was converted to yellow Telecom signs in 1974. |
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