"The resonant-cavity magnetron was one of most revolutionary inventions of the war and helped tip the balance in favour of the Allies."
It’s unlikely the Australian government knew at the time how important this factory would become, but it must have been at least relieved when the Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) and Radio Corporation of America (RCA) joint-venture to make radio valves in Australia became a reality in 1932. Events during the 1930s made it clear war clouds were gathering and in the event of war, Australia couldn’t guarantee the supply of the overseas technology components it now relied on.
Made in Australia
The first Amalgamated Wireless Valve (AWV) factory in Ashfield in Sydney’s inner
