Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk (8 August 18868 July 1965) was an

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businessman and entrepreneur who was the founder (1913) and later managing director (1916) and chairman (1932) of

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(AWA). In 1944 was appointed managing director of the

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music empire. On 22 September 1918 he proved the possibility of direct radio communication from the UK to Australia by receiving the first such message at his Sydney home, "Lucania". A memorial was erected on 14 December 1935 to celebrate the achievement. Throughout his career he held many key positions in the electronics industry. In the 1950s he predicted that color televisions would be in world-wide use within 30 years, and solar power would be used to cool and heat houses. Fiskville,

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, about 10 kilometres south of Ballan, is named after him. From 1927 to 1969 it was the location of the shortwave wireless transmitting complex operated by AWA as part of the

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Honours

Fisk was

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on 11 May 1937.It's an Honour
Retrieved 15 July 2013

Gallery

File:Ernest Fisk house 01.jpg, Ernest Fisk's house "Lucania", Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia. Site of the first wireless message from Wales to Australia, 22 September 1918. File:Monument celebrating first wireless broadcast between Wales and Australia 1918.jpg, The monument erected 14 December 1935. File:Monument celebrating first wireless broadcast between Wales and Australia 1918 2.jpg, The monument. File:Monument celebrating first wireless broadcast between Wales and Australia 1918 3.jpg, The monument with "Lucania" behind. File:Monument celebrating first wireless broadcast between Wales and Australia 1918 4.jpg, Detail of inscription on the monument Part I. File:Monument celebrating first wireless broadcast between Wales and Australia 1918 5.jpg, Detail of inscription on the monument Part II. File:Monument celebrating first wireless broadcast between Wales and Australia 1918 6.jpg, Detail of inscription on the monument Part III. File:Monument celebrating first wireless broadcast between Wales and Australia 1918 7.jpg, Bicentennial plaque celebrating the achievement 70 years later in 1988.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisk, Ernest Thomas 1886 births 1965 deaths Australian Knights Bachelor Radio pioneers 20th-century Australian businesspeople British emigrants to Australia