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FLOOD, FIRE AND FEVER A History of Elwood |
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Acknowledgements
Recreation on the Hill and the Beach Radio 3EF Elwood A Visit to Elwood Junction 1940s and 1950s |
Herbert Maddick House at 91 Spray Street (1918) is named for a well-known amateur radio operator who ran radio station 3EF every weekend from a shed in his back yard. He was nicknamed ‘Cockatoo Maddick’ after he put to air a cockatoo that was formerly the pet of gangster Squiggy Taylor. It swore profusely leading to an investigation by the Chief Inspector of Wireless. In 1926, Dorothy Maddick, aged eight, climbed onto a box to inform listeners that her father was busy and then announced the next item on the programme. Dorothy continued as a regular participant till the station closed in 1932, earning fame as the youngest broadcaster in the world. She died on 29 March 2000.
91 Spray Street
Dorothy Maddick (St Kilda Historical Society)
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