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Roadmasters House Museum, 1 McMinn Street, Darwin. Trevor Menzies MSIA has provided the photographs and text. The heritage listed building is leased by the Crown to the National Trust NT for the nominal rent of $1 per annum. A requirement of the lease is that it be used as a museum and be open to the public for 16 hours

Part 1: Television, calculators and computers When television, calculators, and computers were introduced, doomsayers and critics predicted they would destroy social fabric, ruin intellectual capabilities, and cause massive unemployment, often framing the technologies as addictive, lazy, or intellectually lazy alternatives to human effort. Here is what the critics said about each technology: Television The “Lazy” Medium: In 1939, the New