Books by Norman Ellison
Flying Matilda (1957) From the inside cover: The early days of aviation in Australia were rich…
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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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‘That spirit of restlessness’: Charles …
Charles Thomas Phillippe Ulm was born in 1898, the son of Gustave, a Parisian-born artist1, and…
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Books by Sir P.G. Taylor
Books by Bill Taylor include: Pioneering flights are recalled in his books. Those with Charles…
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Sweet Nell’s memento, Smithy’s lucky c …
Nellie Stewart and Charles Kingsford Smith were the rock stars of their day. But before Smithy…
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Gareth Morgan at Mosman Library: ‘The Great …
The development and use of aviation 1914-1919. An illustrated talk by Gareth Morgan of the Australian…
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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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Fokker fodder and castor oil: life above the trenc …
Another good crowd filled the Mosman Room for this month’s talk, delivered by Gareth Morgan, President…
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24 April 1916: The Easter Rising – Éirí Amach …
Schoolmaster, poet and linguist Patrick Pearce (Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais) stood on the steps of the…