1919 Air Race: Why didn’t Smithy fly the Kan …
The Blackburn Kangaroo, named because of the location of the observer in the forward ‘pouch’. It’s…
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Local resident Norman Ellison’s Southern Cro …
Headline story for the ‘Brisbane Daily’ 10 June 1928. Source: Trove At 10.50 am, June 9,…
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James Noel Maclean
WWI Enlisted 27th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, 6 Aug 1917 aged only 16 yoa SERN 20765…
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Summer ’14-18 style: Surfing firsts with Smi …
Source AWM ARTV00141 Don’t they know there’s a war on? Charles Kingsford Smith enlisted on his…
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ADDENDUM TO THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE: MOSMAN …
In his book Their Name Liveth for Evermore: Mosman’s Dead in the Great War 1914-1918, George…
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Two books by Ian Mackersey reviewed
Smithy: The life of Charles Kingsford Smith Whilst researching Kingsford Smith, I happened apon Ian Mackersey’s…
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Reading about the other ‘flu Pandemic
Pandemic 1918 I’m currently reading Pandemic 1918: The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History by…
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Taronga Zoo opening invitation, Oct 7 1916
The 7th of October 1916 is Taronga Zoo’s birthday. It was timely that I happened a…