The Telecom Decorator from 1982
In
1982, Telecom Australia (Telstra) had already introduced their “Premium”
range of telephones as an alternative to the standard rental telephone service.
These telephones had additional features and were a sale only item.
Based on surveys conducted through the early ’80’s the Telecom “Decorator” range of telephones was released to cater for personal tastes in décor.
The initial telephones were pulse
signalling dial phones without any enhanced facilities, such as, abbreviated
dialling, last number redial, hands free etc. The telephones were a high priced
luxury item at around one week’s average salary. Although quite a number were
sold, they are now reasonably rare.
The range was comprised of seven different telephones, namely
Ø 1. Minette Leather
Ø 2. Minette Onyx
Ø 3. Minette Porcelain
Ø 4. Regale Onyx
Ø 5. Regale Rosewood
Ø
6.
Diplomat Beechwood
Ø
7.
Heritage Hand Painted Craquelle
