| Name | SCS = Streetcab (FLPC) – standard full-cab, decal on back FLPC (Full length payphone cabinet) |
| Date | 2000 to present |
| Manufacturer | Telstra |
| Usage | Public call box |
| Notes | See below- modern version of the standard phone box that has no door and sits flat on the ground. Note the very narrow transoms at either side of the door entry. |
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Above- the Telstra “Streetcab” model (incorporating advertising screen behind box). With thanks to https://wiki.payphonetag.com/wiki/Cabinet
Above- a Telstra Streetcab booth in Narooma NSW that was recently (2026) given National Trust heritage status for its community role allowing people to communicate during the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires. Click here for National Trust Telstra Payphone – The Disaster Responder, Narooma – NT Listing Card (PDF). Report prepared by the writer and historian Naomi Parry Duncan on behalf of Telstra.
SCS5 = Streetcab (Adbooth) – full-cab, built-in adcase
Above- Prestige booth (in Melbourne). Below- Prestige model at Tom Ugly’s Bridge in Sydney (rare model)
| Above- Clem’s Chicken Shop’, King Street North Newtown, 2009 |
This is the current Australian full height telephone booth. It evolved from the previous flat roofed design and was designed to be doorless for accessibility (hence the full width opening). It typically houses the Telstra Smart Payphone. Above- A phonebox that melted in the December 2000 “Black Christmas” bushfires in Cobargo and is now part of the National Museum collection in Canberra. Below- Phone Box artwork by Megan Hales. Impressive live size painting of a phone booth. https://visit.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/in-gallery/aws24-labels/sulman-2024-kids/megan-hales/ |
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