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Australian Aviation

by State Library of NSW

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Amy Johnson motorcade in Sydney, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood

Mr C. J. Melrose beside his plane at Mildenhall Aerodrome before the start of the MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia, 1934; this is one of the first three photographs digitally transmitted by radio, in the world

Faith in Australia on the beach at Murawai [Muriwai] ready for take-off with First Official Airmail from N.Z. to Australia, 17 Feb 1934

Maurice Guillaux and his Bleriot XI monoplane after the first mail and cargo flight Melbourne-Sydney, 18 July 1914 / photographed by A. J. Perier

Amy Johnson & friends, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood

Royal Mail DC-2 "Bungana" VH-USY of Holyman's Airways, ca. 1936 / photographed by Sam Hood

William Hart, Ascot Racecourse, 15 June 1912

Sgt. Bennett, mechanic ; Keith Smith ; Ross Smith ; Sgt. Shiers, mechanic (left to right), on Sydney Town Hall steps after first UK-Australia flight, 14 Feb 1920

Arrival of first aerial mail in Brisbane on De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth, April 23rd 1929, P. H. Moody, Pilot

DH 88 Comet "Grosvenor House" G-ACSS moved into Martin Place to a spot near the Sun-Telegraph Building, Elizabeth Street, for public display (adults 1s, children 3d)

W.E. Hart in his Boxkite biplane, 1911 / photographed by J. L. Turner

Bert Hinkler with his wife & mother, 1927-1931

Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, on landing after the first trans-Pacific flight, Mascot, 10 June 1928

Lawrence Hargrave and James Swaine with the kites and other gear used in the kite-lift experiment at Stanwell Park beach, 12 November 1894 / photographed by C. Bayliss

Woman war worker, 1944 / Rob Hillier

Qantas flying boat 'Coolangatta', Rose Bay, Sydney, 20 June 1936 / Sam Hood

Qantas flying boat 'Coolangatta', Rose Bay, Sydney, 20 June 1936 / Sam Hood

ANA DC-3 "Kurana" VH-UZK over Melbourne, c. 1940s, by unknown photographer

Pilot in De Havilland DH-60M Moth VH-UOZ, Mascot, Sydney, 1934 / photographer Sam Hood

Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction, 1930, with two aeroplanes, Charles Ulm's "Southern Sun" & a Gypsy Moth / photomontage by Edward Searl

Houdini airborne in his Voisin at Diggers Rest, 1910, by Marcel Poupe

VH-UVU Tugan LJW.7 Gannet, Wilcannia, NSW, between 1935-1937 / photographer Reverend Edward ("Ted") Alexander Roberts

RAAF Lockheed Hudsons, before 19 February 1942, by Sam Hood

Charles Kingsford-Smith with his Mother and Father, 1928, photographer unknown