Item details:
- Parent item: BUFF2024-7: General Correspondence 1956-67
- Title: Three TV Viewer's Licenses
- Date range: 1961 March 15 Wed – 1962 March 15 Thu
- Tags: Buffalo Club; television
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- Description:
Two examples of Television Viewer's Licenses and one of a Broadcast Listener's Licence, dating from 1961 and 1962. The licence holder was E.S. Holland, secretary of the Buffalo Club. The licences cost £5, which was equal to about $185 in 2026.
The licenses are dated 1961-08-30, 1961-03-15, and 1962-03-15.
TV licenses in Australia were introduced in 1956, and were abolished along with radio licenses in 1974 by the Whitlam Government.One of these is also uploaded at commons:File:Australian TV Licence, 1962, BUFF2024-7 0204.jpg