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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
Crew checking fuselage; First England-Australia flight, Keith and Ross Smith, 1919 - Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia / photographer unknown
Plane crash Katherine River, 22 January 1939
Australian National Airways Limited (A.N.A.) hanger completed, Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, 1929 - 1931
Portrait of aviator John Robertson Duigan, Bendigo, Victoria 1911
Portrait of aviator Jean Batten, Sydney, 30 May 1934
Pioneer Aviator, Jean Batten with her cat mascot 'Buddy', Sam Hood, 1934