<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A nationwide search is under way for a group of schoolchildren who buried a time capsule back in 1985.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's been 40 years since the kids won a national competition to help Telstra, then known as Telecom, celebrate its 10th anniversary by burying items in a time capsule in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="_blank" title="Adelaide, South Australia."><span>Adelaide, South Australia.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All the participants celebrated their 10th birthdays on July 1, 1985 – the same day they put items in the capsule – and are now hopefully approaching their milestone 50th birthdays. </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/climate-anxiety-what-is-it-rising-tide-protester-alexa-stuart/eb8f9558-3e00-4060-9a6b-2ca0afabc48e" rel="" target="_blank" title="Alexa, 21, has been grappling with 'climate anxiety' since she was a teen"><strong><span>Alexa, 21, has been grappling with 'climate anxiety' since she was a teen</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>Do you have a story? Contact</span></strong></em><span> </span><strong><em><span>reporter April Glover at</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="mailto:april.glover@nine.com.au" rel="" target="" title="april.glover@nine.com.au"><em><strong><span>april.glover@nine.com.au</span></strong></em></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The telco giant is hoping the nearly 50-year-olds can reunite after 40 years to dust off the capsule and sift through a piece of Australian history.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So far, Telstra has only been able to track down one member of the group.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/time-capsule-1985-telstra-hunting-group-of-school-children-from-forty-years-ago/484f04d2-a1b6-48a4-a541-aa9852b201a8" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Telstra regional general manager Michael Patterson told 9news.com.au he wants the people of Australia to help the company find the other nine children.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"People move around all over the place, so we're on the hunt to find these time capsule kids," Patterson said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These are young people from different schools across Adelaide, so they may not have ever come back into contact with each other."</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/federal-election-2025-labor-and-coalition-housing-policies-explained-expert-commentary/413d9d4e-1774-403a-a106-36919fc1b0c9" rel="" target="_blank" title="Tiny home deposits or $50k super: Experts reveal the real winner"><strong><span>Tiny home deposits or $50k super: Experts reveal the real winner</span></strong></a></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/world/china-president-xi-jinping-says-no-winners-in-tariff-wars/8b912e6e-ef1f-4d6e-91d7-e22300bbd88a" target="_blank"><strong><span>Xi's chilling message to America as Beijing prepares for war</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Patterson said Telstra has no idea what is locked inside the time capsule.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Though he hopes it might be a fascinating dive into '80s technology and pop culture.</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," he said.</span></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>"The technology's just evolving constantly."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Telstra plans to crack open the time capsule on July 1 this year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>If you recognise yourself or know someone in the photo, you can contact </span><a href="mailto:timecapsule@team.telstra.com" rel="" target="" title="timecapsule@team.telstra.com"><span>timecapsule@team.telstra.com</span></a><span>.</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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