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Charles Kingsford Smith - Australia's Culture Portal

Unknown, Portrait of Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, between 1919 and 1927. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's love of excitement led to career as a pilot. Charles Kingsford Smith was born in Hamilton (a suburb of Brisbane), Queensland, in 1897. ...

Aviatrices - Australian women of the air - Australia's Culture Portal

Unknown photographer, Freda Thompson (1906-1980), Pictured here in 1934 just before take off at Lympne Airport when she became the first Australian woman to fly solo from England to Australia, 1934. Courtesy of National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Avia...

Australian civil aviation - Australia's Culture Portal

The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was as influential on Australian civil aviation as it was on early Australian aviation. Two former AFC officers, Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness, established what later became known as Qantas, with Fysh also supporting th...

Aviation museums - Australia's Culture Portal

Aviation has been very significant in Australia. As a country with large distances to cross and a sparse population, aviation was an ideal way to provide services such as mail, transport, medical support and goods supply. All around Australia, a large n...

Early Australian aviation - Australia's Culture Portal

Until the Second World War, Australia was one of the world's leaders in aviation in terms of both air mileage and prominent aviation pioneers. Since the early development of powered flight in Australia in 1910, various air services have been established:...

Charles 'Moth' Eaton - Australia's Culture Portal

Gp Capt Eaton Charles, CO RAAF Station Darwin. Image courtesy of the Charles Eaton Photographic Collection and Peter Dunn's Australia @ War. Eaton entered Australian aviation legend when commanding the air searches for two lost aircraft, the Kookaburra ...

Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been established to bring these important health services to remote and regional Australian communities. The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides free emergency and medical care to people w...

Women and air defence - Australia's Culture Portal

Women's involvement in air defence forces in a flying capacity was highly limited until the 1970s. For decades, women's roles in air defence were restricted to jobs on the ground and within Australia. Australian women's involvement in air defence servic...

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NMA Collections Search - Gold and silver plated brass handbuilt model of the Fokker tri-motor monoplane 'Southern Cross', flown by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

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NMA Collections Search - Gold and silver plated brass handbuilt model of the Fokker tri-motor monoplane 'Southern Cross', flown by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

<img alt='Gold and silver plated brass handbuilt model of the Fokker tri-motor monoplane 'Southern Cross', flown by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith' border='0' src='media? Description>Gold and silver partially-operable scale model of the Fokker tri-motor mono...

NMA Collections Search - Newspaper and journal articles related to Charles Kingsford Smith.   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Newspaper and journal articles related to Charles Kingsford Smith. Description>Newspaper and journal articles related to Charles Kingsford Smith. ...

NMA Collections Search - Model of Charles Kingsford Smith's and Charles Ulm's Fokker aircraft the 'Southern Cross'   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Solid metal model of the aeroplane 'Southern Cross', finished in drab olive green, and mounted on a rectangle of black glass with a layer of green felt on the bottom. '...

NMA Collections Search - Australian bicentennial commemorative medal depicting Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>A silver coloured metal commemorative medal depicting the Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. The front of the medal contains a depiction of Kingsford Smith and his plane with a map of Australia and the dates "1897-1935". The back contains text sta...

NMA Collections Search - Charles Kingsford Smith   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A framed photograph of Charles Kingsford Smith with an inscription on the back that reads "480H-3-8-13-28 CAPTAIN CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH TRIP TO SYDNEY YOUNKER BROTHERS...

NMA Collections Search - Half-size bronze profile of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, on a timber base   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Life mask consisting of a rectangular varnished wood mount with a metal profile portrait of Kingsford-Smith on the front. On the back a metal plate reads "Sculpture pro...

NMA Collections Search - Charles Kingsford-Smith commemorative envelope addressed to Austin Byrne   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Two envelopes featuring a brown and cream coloured picture of Charles Kingsford Smith, with the text "50th Anniversary first Official Air Mail Australia-UK 1931/81" written underneath. The envelopes are addressed to Austin Byrne from John S P...

National Museum of Australia - Charles Kingsford Smith and the first trans-Pacific flight, 1928   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Charles Kingsford Smith and the first trans-Pacific flight, 1928 was a free display on show in the Hall at the National Museum of Australia in July and August 2008. In 1928 two Australians, Charles Kingsford Smith ('Smithy') and Charles Ulm, became the fi...

National Museum of Australia - Charles Kingsford Smith and the first trans-Pacific flight, 1928   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

In 1928 two Australians, Charles Kingsford Smith ('Smithy') and Charles Ulm, became the first to make the 11,585 kilometre flight in the Southern Cross. Gold cigarette case given by Charles Ulm to Charles Kingsford Smith in 1928 after the trans-Pacific f...

87/276 First day envelopes and letters (2), sent on the first official airmail flight piloted by Charles Kingsford Smith between from Melbourne and London, paper / ink, envelopes made by Postmaster-General's Department, Australia, 1931, letters written by   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Philately > First day envelopes>>+ 94/54/5 First day cover, Olympic Games 1... > + 94/247/6 Envelope, Kingsford Smith and U... > + 94/247/7 Envelope, Bert Hinkler, Austral... However, in the same year as the "Southern Cloud" crash, Kingsford Smith flew th...

87/276 First day envelopes and letters (2), sent on the first official airmail flight piloted by Charles Kingsford Smith between from Melbourne and London, paper / ink, envelopes made by Postmaster-General's Department, Australia, 1931, letters written by   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Philately > First day envelopes>>+ 94/54/5 First day cover, Olympic Games 1... > + 94/247/6 Envelope, Kingsford Smith and U... > + 94/247/7 Envelope, Bert Hinkler, Austral... However, in the same year as the "Southern Cloud" crash, Kingsford Smith flew th...