| Topic | Relevant Location | Description. |
| War | South Australia (Normanville and Yankalilla). |
Threat of attack from America and pirates. |
| South Australia (Williamstown) | Preparations for War. | |
| Australia | Telegram from Prime Minister Joseph Cook notifying the Premier of WA that War has broken out with Germany". | |
| Australia | Telegrams notifying families of fatal casualties. | |
| Marconi Radio Wartime telegram from Egypt to Moonee Ponds. | ||
| Frank Larkin's War Telegrams. | ||
| Wattle | Australian delivery envelope with a generic design (AA-GGE-2). | |
| Wedding speech | To the Senior Operator at Ballarat (1874) | |
| Wedding telegrams - always renown for being on the rough side. | BE CAREFUL and don't read if you take offence easily. | Text jokes: iinet. |
| Western Australian Telegraph Company | Western Australia | Private company to construct the first WA line. |
| Wheatstone & Cooke | First experiments using electricity to convey messages. | |
| Wheatstone telegrams | Australia | Forms. |
| Whitlam, Gough | Australia | 1973 telegram from Whitlam. |
| Window envelopes | Australia | UPU and ISO standards |
| Wireless telegraphy | Australia | Main page |
| Wireless transmitter sets | Queensland | Used at Birdsville in Queensland in lieu of the telegraph. |
| Wine | Australia | Telegram AB-DO-4D to Penfolds Wines in 1930. |
| Worms | 1872 cable from Europe | Burrowing into the undersea cable - see paragraphs 194-202 of the Report. |
| Young, Johnny | Australian pop singer in 1966++ | Congratulations telegram for reaching Number 1 on the Top 40 hits.. |
| Zoom/Google Meet | Melbourne CTO | Meeting for 4 hours using the telegraph directly. |
The role and involvement of women.
| Women as a postmistress | Victoria | 21 women appointed as Postmistresses, etc (1873 Report page 21 - page 11 of the file). |
| Victoria - Bruthen. | Improper hours for a woman. | |
| Victoria - Huntly | Strategy to save money. | |
| Girls employed as messengers. | Mainly Queensland references. | |
| Save money - employ women. | Birregurra and Winchelsea | |
| Women in UK Aylesbury prison making twine and sewing the canvas for postal bags. | Western Australia reference. | |
| Support for the Suffragette Movement | Victoria - Elsternwick opening | 1 vote for a woman, 2 votes for a man. |
| The plight of a desperate wife. | Australia (1932). | Use of a telegram form to record a very sad life and situation (which was not uncommon). |
| No work after marriage. | Queensland | Nurses can't work after marriage. |
| Western Australia | Postmistress forfeited her office on marriage. | |
| Women doctors | The Surgeon on the Ship Macquarie argues the case that women made better doctors. |