Dave, I am away at the moment and will be until Sunday. When I am back home I will have a look at the back of the set. This one was purchased on Ebay and brought back to NSW from NZ and as far as I remember it has "British Made" rather than "Made in Australia" which indicates it was an export model and also as far as I remember it has both AU and NZ station callsigns on the dial.

Thanks Brad,
I should have mine by then. I will be good to compare. You just don’t see many of these sets about. My one has Made In Australia on the back. Interesting?

Hello Brad,
That R244 is a lovely radio. I was wondering what the veneer was that they used on that cabinet. The front is Queensland Walnut on all of those models as well as the R146 which I have, but I am curious what was used on the top and sides, my 146 has Australian Cedar sides. Some of the R244 units had Bocote on them which looks a little like zebra wood. Are you able to share some more photos of this radio? Perhaps the back, sides and a closeup of the dial? It would be nice to see the NZ stations.. that is rather unique.

It would be nice to know how consistent they were in timber choice across a specific model or whether they used whatever was available at the time.. cheers, and thanks for sharing what you have there.