100 Years of Music History.
Ready to write yours.
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301 turned 100 in October 2026.
It started in this factory in Homebush.
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On 14 October 1926, the Governor of NSW officially opened it.
It was the only recording studio in Australia.
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Kingsford Smith and Ulm came in to record the story of their flight across the Pacific.
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Columbia and HMV merged to form EMI.
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Columbia captured the Melbourne Cup call.
Cut from the broadcast relay onto wax.
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The studio left the factory for the city: 301 Castlereagh Street.
That’s where the name comes from.
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The studio’s first transistor console, designed and built by EMI.
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The factory is self storage now. The studio never stopped.
From 1999, Mitchell Road in Alexandria.
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A new studio on Ellis Avenue, built from the ground up.
16 months and 134,000 hours of labour.
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100 years of music history.
Moved to Surry Hills in 2025.
Ready to write yours.
Photos: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (Sam Hood); National Library of Australia; Studios 301 archive. Audio: the opening speech, 14 October 1926.
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