API: The First Seventy Years – The History of the Australian Post-Tel Institute in New South Wales, 1921–1991 by Gordon Goudie

Author: Gordon Goudie (1920–)
Published by: Fine Arts Press, Sydney, 1991
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 148 pages
Dimensions: 28 cm
ISBN: 0646044583
Condition: Good – light wear and small tears to dust jacket, shelf wear to base of boards; internally clean and sound

Description:
This commemorative volume traces the history of the Australian Post-Tel Institute (API) in New South Wales from its founding in 1921 to its 70th anniversary in 1991. Compiled by Gordon Goudie, API: The First Seventy Years offers a well-illustrated record of the Institute’s development, key figures, and contributions to the telecommunications community. With historical photographs, member portraits, and an index, it is a valuable archival reference for those interested in Australia’s postal and telecommunication heritage.

Why You’ll Love It:
This is a unique institutional history documenting an important part of Australia’s social and professional infrastructure. It holds special interest for collectors of communications history, former API members, and those researching 20th-century public service networks.