PROFILE

This Heritage Study is a work by Bob Padula, OAM, of Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia.

 

He is a Chartered Professional Communications Engineer, (RMIT University), holding the rank of Life Member, Institution of Engineers (Austraiia), providing specialized technical consultancy services and authorship in the field of international high frequency broadcasting

 

He is a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia., awarded for "Service to Shortwave Radio".

He also has a keen interest in hiking, bushwalking, coastal walking, and light railway history, and exploring the mountains around Melbourne, activities which support his involvement in amateur photography.

He's a member of the Australian Light Railway Research Society, Bushwalking Victoria, and the Great Dividing Trail Association.

His affinity for research into the history of the Forests, Timber Mills, and Water Supply Systems to the east of Melbourne is reflected in his authorship of several popular on-line Heritage Projects about those themes.

 

MAJOR ON-LINE PROJECTS (free)

Autobiography

 

History of Shortwave Broadcasting in Australia

 

Pictorial Heritage of Victoria.

 

Mont Albert District - Pictorial History

 

Tracks, Trails and Coasts in Victoria