<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A group of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/time-capsule-1985-telstra-hunting-group-of-school-children-from-forty-years-ago/484f04d2-a1b6-48a4-a541-aa9852b201a8" rel="" target="_blank" title="former schoolchildren who buried a time capsule in 1985"><span>former schoolchildren who buried a time capsule in 1985</span></a><span> have reunited exactly 40 years later to crack open the contents.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Telstra, at the time known as Telecom, organised the time capsule in Adelaide, South Australia, to celebrate the company's then-10 year anniversary.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The telco giant, with the help of </span><a href="http://9news.com.au"><span>9news.com.au</span></a><span>, tracked down all of the original 10 children – now adults approaching their 50th birthday – and held an event to open the time capsule.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/east-coast-low-fears-of-bomb-cyclone-sydney-nsw-coast/058a06e0-ee22-472d-acd8-79afe1046280" target="_blank"><strong><span>Millions on alert as 'dangerous' storm ramps up flood fears</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Inside were Polaroid photos, a copy of </span><em><span>The Australian</span></em><span> and </span><em><span>The Advertiser </span></em><span>newspapers from July 1, 1985, birthday cards, an old Australian Telecommunications Commission Book and a note from John Houston, a Telecom worker who helped with the project.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Vicki Nuske, one of the schoolchildren in the photo, said she always wondered what happened to the time capsule she helped bury.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was always in the back of my mind – every birthday I thought I'm one year closer to opening the time capsule," she said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/telstra-time-capsule-all-ten-former-adelaide-schoolkids-reunite-50-years-after-burying-time-capsule-in-1985/9aaf28f5-cce2-4a79-9925-f47951572fb0" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I did not think we'd have the mobile phones we have now. The technology we have today has surpassed anything I could have imagined back then."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/minimum-wage-paid-parental-leave-superannuation-everything-changing-for-australians-july-one-explained/499f957b-565b-4fe5-90d4-ce381ac3f664" target="_blank"><strong><span>Pay, parental leave, super: Everything that's changing today</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>David Kyriacou was also aged 10 at the time and was tickled to see what was inside and reunite with his former peers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I vaguely remember writing a letter of some sort – hopefully it was a prediction of the future," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's fantastic we're all here again and can all catch up."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The contents of the buried box also offered a fascinating glimpse into how technology has evolved over the past four decades.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the time in 1985, many Australians still relied on rotary-dial landlines, the internet was yet to reach most homes, and fax machine and VCR tapes were common household items.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In that era, they had the landline, they were using payphones… it wasn't until two years later that the first mobile handset came out," Telstra regional general manager Michael Patterson told </span><a href="http://9news.com.au" rel="" target="_blank" title="9news.com.au"><span>9news.com.au</span></a><span> earlier this year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-construction-manager-facing-deportation-after-ms-diagnosis/fde1ef5e-90b8-4211-b683-bcab115a68ab" target="_blank"><strong><span>Sydney construction manager facing deportation after health diagnosis</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've since had the invention of social media, we've got artificial intelligence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Telstra launched a nationwide hunt for the children in the photo in April.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Following publication of a </span><a href="http://9news.com.au"><span>9news.com.au</span></a><span> article, multiple people came forward after recognising themselves in the old snap.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Thanks to the support of everyday Aussies and media outlets across the country, the story gained momentum and, one by one, all ten of the original kids came forward," a spokesperson for Telstra said today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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