Telecom Payphone enclosures

Plastic and glass head box enclosures were used in sheltered supervised areas to give some privacy. Mostly supplied by Telecom.

NamePayphone enclosures
Date1980s
ManufacturerPMG / Telecom / Telstra
UsagePublic call box
NotesThere were a number of head boxes in use in the 80’s that are now largely forgotten.
Further notes


Above- this simple half booth head box (with a brown colour scheme and smoky tinted glass) as seen on Dixon Street Haymarket, 1985, was widely in use in the 80s (typically housing the CT3).


Below- 1968 anti-Apartheid protectors during the Springboks tour (SLNSW)
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