The aircraft KYEEMA, a Douglas DC-2, crashed into the western face of Mt Dandenong in thick cloud on 25th October 1938. All 18 occupants on board were killed. The aircraft overshot Essendon Airport by 20 miles. The subsequent findings triggered the beginning of air traffic control and the establishment of the Department of Civil Aviation. This photograph was taken in 1938 by First Constable Carl Tepper of Russell Street Police Station. Carl Tepper was a cousin of Frank Child, grandson of Ted Child. They were related through the Dorey family.Sepia photograph showing the wreckage of an aeroplane spread in the forest amongst trees. Sunlight is streaming through a gap in the trees.On reverse: Wreckage of plane crash in Dandenongs flying daily from Adelaide to Melbourne 1930s. No survivors. Taken by late First Constable Carl Tepper Russell Street Police Station.kyeema, carl tepper, frank child, aircraft, aeroplane, crash site, crash, tepper

.1 - Report - 60 pages within a grey cover stapled on the side titled "Summary of Australian Statistics for Transport and Communication for the Years 1926 to 1936", Bulletin No. 27, prepared by the Government Statistician Roland Wilson. Details statistics for Railways, tramways, motor vehicles, aviation, traffic accidents, shipping, posts, telegraphs and telephones and wireless communications. The tramway pages have been scanned. .2 - Photocopy of a similar document for June 1971 - for Tramways, Trolley-bus, Omnibus and Ferry Services. private railways, Gives tables of route miles, vehicle miles, rolling stock, passengers, revenue and expenses, employees and accidents.trams, tramways, statistics, australian trams, melbourne, victoria, ballarat, bendigo

Commonwealth of Australia letter A.S. 822/12/30 dated 20th August 1922, from Defence Department Melbourne No AS/ 4320. addressed to Mr O H Jolley, C/- Life Assurance Co, of A/Asia, Ltd, 31 Queen St, Melbourne. Letter pasted at a later date to writing paper reads, Dear Sir, The following extract from a Minute received from the Senior Medical Officer, R.A.A.F. , is forwarded for your information. Mr O H Jolley has this day been examined by me and has been assessed as medically fit to hold a civil pilot's licence. Signed H E Stricksmead, Controller of Civil Aviation.bendigo, history, aviation 1920s.

Conrad Wood (Woody) graduated from the Victorian School of Forestry in 1957, and after postings with the Forests Commission Victoria (FCV) at Swifts Creek and Sirex surveys, he gravitated into the Forest Protection Division in Head Office in the early 1960s. He championed the setting up of proper contractual arrangements for aviation and was involved in implementing the first ongoing, organised contracts for firebombing in eastern Victoria in the 1960s. An early recipient of a prestigious Churchill Fellowship, Woody travelled extensively throughout 1969 in North America and Europe studying aviation in forestry and firefighting. Afterwards he was very active amongst the Churchill alumni. Woody had a passion for innovation and new technology and was instrumental in introducing new aircraft types and new approaches for forest firefighting and forest management. Amongst many other things, he played a major role in organising the trial of a RAAF C130 equipped with MAFFS for firebombing in south-eastern Australia in 1982-84, even piloting the lead plane. His inimitable style was crucial in successfully bringing together the cultures of the myriad organisations involved. Con advocated for the introduction of helicopters. He developed aerial fertilising and seeding techniques for forest management. He even managed to get involved in cloud seeding experiments for forest fire suppression and for improving water yield. Along with aviation, Conrad was passionate about literature, football, politics, food, drink, motorbikes, gardening and Glen Iris, to name a few. He was a committed campaigner on social justice issues and for many years read for vision-impaired people on public radio. He died in 2014. This painting of Woody by notable Australian artist Joyce McGrath OAM (also a Churchill Fellow) was done in the 1980s. Joyce asked Conrad to sit for this portrait which she planned to enter the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. The portrait hung in Churchill House in Canberra, but when a new building was erected, it was returned to the artist/owner. The painting is now owned by Clare Harwood and is on permanent loan to the Forests Commission Retired Personnel Association (FCRPA) and is displayed at DEECA's Altona Museum.Painting of Conrad Wood by Australian artist Joyce McGrath OAMbushfire, bushfire aviation

VH-UQM (Miss Currie) was the second commercial plane to operate out of Western Junction (after Miss Flinders), the first owned by the Holyman Brothers, which eventually become ANA etc. And we think it was one of the first planes destroyed in WW2, when it was lost in the hangar fire in Broken Hill just after war was declared. It was believed to have been sabotaged by Italian or German workers at Broken Hill at the time. It also was part of the early Flying Doctor service in NSW. Item currently held in Archives Australian National Aviation Museum (ANAM) September 2021

Historical Details: The AARG aircraft as NC13782, the 32nd DC-2 to be constructed, was one of the first ten DC-2's purchased by famed American WW1 ace Eddie Rickenbacker in October 1934 to create his famous "Great Silver Fleet" at Eastern Airlines in the USA. Replaced by D. Description: The Douglas DC-2 holds an important place in world and Australian aviation history with its success in the 1934 England to Australia Air Race. Operating as a scheduled KLM airline service, with passengers and airmail, a DC2 PH-AJU "Uiver" placed outright. Level of Importance: Nationaldc2 uiver

Following the closure of the RAAF Air Base after the Second World War an auction sale was held. Mr Goldsworthy, mechanic and garage owner of Kaniva purchased the clock and hung it on the wall of the garage where it remained when the business was sold to Mr Eddy Rowe of Kaniva. The clock remained in action until the 17th October 2009 when Mr Rowe disconnected the power supply to the clock, and donated it to the Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre (NAHC) to be kept as memorabilia of the Second World War. On completion of the building of a new hangar/exhibition centre at the Nhill Aerodrome, the clock will be hung on the wall and once again connected to the power supply.Clock was used at the air school at Nhill during WW224 hour electric wall clock with Telechron brand on face. It has a pair of hour hands, one red one black and a black minute hand and second hand. A domed shaped Perspex front. The clock face has 24 hour markings. The glass and clock face are set within a steel frame.The clock has Telechron and twenty-four hour numbers written on the clock face. Pasted on the back side is "instructions for setting the clock which is marked WARREN TELECHRON COMPANY/Ashland Mass. U.S.A world war two, clock, electric clock,twenty four hour clock, nhill aerodrome, raaf air base, warren telechron, goldsworthy, eddy rowe

This is a paper back book with a plastic-laminated cover. There are 61 pages with diagrams, photographs, illustrations, advertisements, posters and newspaper cuttings. The cover is mainly grey and white in colour with printed material in a red insert and two photographs superimposed over the background.This book gives details on the life and work of Basil Watson (1893-1917), a pioneer aviator in Australiabasil watson, warrnambool and aviation pioneer, australian aviators

3 pages of plans, drawn in black pen, for replica of John Robinson Duigan's Aircraft, 1919. Plans appear to be copies. A3 Manilla envelope addressed to Dr. L.K. Morgan, 57 McIvor Road, Bendigo contains plans. On rear of envelope: RL Lewis Brightwells Hill, Heathcote, 3523. Front view, side view and plan view written respectively on each plan. On bottom RH of 'Front view' plan is stamp from Civil Aviation Authority Australia , dated 9.12.91. On top RH corner is written ' these drawings are not be be reproduced by anyone other than the builder, Ronald Lloyd Lewis' Items in this collection were donated by Dr. Jan Sherringham, whose husband is a pilot. It can only be assumed that this document belonged to them as it postdates Violet's death.person, bendigo, john robinson duigan, duigan, john robinson, lewis, ronald lloyd, aeroplane, plan

The Samuel Browne belt is named after Sir Samuel James Browne VC. In 1858, Browne lost his left arm in battle (as a result of a sword cut) and as the dress regulations of his regiment required officers to wear their waist belts under their tunics, Browne found this ungainly and devised an external belt supported on the left-hand (sword) side by a shoulder strap. The belt had two shoulder straps when a holster was worn. In the Australian Army, a brown leather version is worn on ceremonial occasions by officers and Warrant Officers Class One of all corps, except those who wear silver dress embellishments (Armoured, Aviation and Nursing Corps). These members wear a black Sam Browne belt. Wide brown pattern stitched brown leather belt with adustable shoulder strap, brass buckle and brass loop fittings (4 at the top and 2 at the bottom) attached to the belt by stitched leather straps.Nonesam browne, belt, clothing

Photos of a trip to an Aircraft Museum, including Legatees George Woodward and George Standish. With about 12 Legatees and some wives it is assumed to be a day trip to the museum. On the shape of the building it looks like the National Vietnam Veterans Museum on Philip Island, or perhaps the Australian National Aviation Museum, in Moorabbin. Also present were L/ John Sullivan, L/ Joe Morton and his wife Mary Morton. The captions included: "Legatee Joe Morton, joined by his wife, Mary. Legatee Morton gave his RAAF overcoat and jacket to the Museum." "The Catalina fan club was out in force Legatees George Woodward and George Standish." They were in a folio of photos from 1988 to 1990 (see also 01042 to 01049).A record of a Legatees on an outing together which shows their comradeship and desire to socialise together.Colour photo x 13 of Legatees visiting an aircraft museum.White paper labels with black type provided captions for the photos.legatee event, comradeship

This is a booklet produced in 1967 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the aeroplane flights of Basil Watson in 1917 (the Mount Gambier to Melbourne 1917 Experimental Air Mail). In the 1967 Mount Gambier/Melbourne air mail flight re-enactment the aircraft was from Aviation Services (Hardingham) Limited, a Piper Cherokee, and on board was Douglas Watson, Basil Watson’s nephew. Basil Watson was a pioneer aviator who built his own plane which had a 50 H.P. Rotary Gnome engine. He flew the first aeroplane to Warrnambool in January 1917, bringing with him the first air mail to the town. In Warrnambool he amazed the crowds with his dare-devil aerial acrobatics over the Warrnambool Racecourse. He died two months later, crashing into the sea near Point Cook. This booklet is of great interest as it gives details of the life of Basil Watson, important in Warrnambool’s history as the first man to fly into the town in 1917 and the first person to bring air mail to Warrnambool, including a letter from the Lord Mayor of Melbourne to the Mayor of Warrnambool. This is a booklet of 16 pages produced to commemorate the Mount Gambier to Melbourne 1917 Experimental Air Mail Flight. It has a grey cover with black printing and an image of an early model aeroplane on the front cover. The text includes illustrations, maps and black and white photographs. The first page has two signatures. The booklet has been stapled but the staples have been removed.‘Donated by Mrs Giles W’bool’ ‘J.C.Hardingham, Pilot’ ‘D.Watson’ basil watson, history of aviation in victoria, history of warrnambool

Michael Turner born in 1934 is a British painter and illustrator specialising in motoring and aviation paintings. After leaving school he attended Art College followed by National Service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers for 2 years. On leaving National Service he worked with a London advertising studio before turning freelance in1957. The Bristol Blenheim depicted in the painting was a British light bomber used extensively for 2 years of the Second World War. It was powered by a pair of Bristol Mercury V111 air cooled radial engines capable of developing 860 bhp. armament was a combination of Vickers, Browning and Lewis machine guns in .303 ( 7.7mm ). A 1000lb (450kg ) could be carried in the internal bomb bay in the centre section of the fuselage. The 114 Squadron was a Squadron of the British Royal Air Force formed in India during the First World War. The Squadron was disbanded in 1971.Large wooden framed painting of an RAF WW2 bomber in flight.Below the painting is the wording " A 114 Squadron Blenheim 1V on a low level bombing run over the power station at Knapsack Cologne, in August 1941 - donated by Laurie Pillar".

This artefact originates from a petroleum company which operated in Victoria from 1933 until 1945. The Alba Petroleum Company of Australia Pty. Ltd. was established by P. J. Adams and A.G. Wales. They had distribution facilities in the industrial estate of Newport in Victoria and also marketed to South Australia and Tasmania. Their advertising during World War 11 emphasised the need to keep petrol profits in Australia. They claimed to have the largest independent bulk storage unit in Australia. They pioneered the use of tar alcohol which was blended with "standard motor spirit to produce a super fuel. They were marketers of ALBA Super, the Aviation Quality Spirit containing Australian produced alcohol, ALBA motor spirit, ALBA power kerosene and ALBALITE lighting kerosene. In 1945 after the war ended, ALBA was incorporated with the Australian Motorists Petrol Company, which in turn, became AMPOL Petroleum Ltd in 1949.This artefact is representative of an Australian innovative company and a product which was widely used on a local, state and national level for industrial and domestic applications.A cylindrical steel/metal can for petrol storage and transfer. It has the brand name of the company ALBA embossed into the lid.On lid: " ALBA"alba petroleum company, ampol, petroleum companies australia

This is a set of 40 photographs taken in 1992 during 4th Field Survey Squadron’s deployment on Operation MIZMAZE 92 in the Kimberley region of Western Australia from the 13th of May to the 14th of July 1992. The area of operations was Wyndham, Halls Creek and Sandfire Flat. It was a two-part operation involving the field completion of topographic maps and the acquisition of mapping control by GPS field parties utilising Texas Instruments TI4100 Global Positioning System receivers. Survey parties conducted field checking of topographic maps and GPS control acquisition in Perentie 110 Series Survey variant FFR Land Rovers. Three Bell Kiowa LOH helicopters provided by 162 Recce Sqn supported field checking and limited deployment of GPS surveys parties. C-l30 Hercules from 36 Sqn supported deployment and extraction of personnel and equipment to and from from the AO. A Cessna 404 Titan Ambassador from Vee-H Aviation was used as the Wild RC10 camera platform for aerial photography acquisition.This is a set of 40 photographs taken in 1992 during 4th Field Survey Squadron’s deployment on Operation MIZMAZE 92 in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The colour photographs are on 35mm negative film and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 96 dpi. .1) - Photo, colour, 1992. CAPT Craig Hersant. .2) - Photo, colour, 1992. Unidentified officer/soldier. .3) & .4) - Photo, colour, 1992. Aboriginal rock art - Wandjina Gunduran, Donkey Creek. .5) - Photo, colour, 1992. Aboriginal rock art - Track Wandjinas, Donkey Creek. .6) & .7) - Photo, colour, 1992. CAPT Craig Hersant. .8) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. CPL Glen Weatherell. .9) - Photo, colour, 1992. Unidentified personnel .10) - Photo, colour, 1992. Supermarket at unknown location. .11) to .13) - Photo, colour, 1992. Caravan park at unknown location. .14) - Photo, colour, 1992. Old bridge at Fitzroy Crosssing. .15) & .16) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party in Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. .17) & .18) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. .19) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. CPL Glen Weatherell. .20) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography, possibly the Bungle Bungles. .21) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. SGT Frank Downie. .22) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography: the Bungle Bungles. .23) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography: the Bungle Bungles. .24) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography: the Bungle Bungles. SPR Neil Pedler. .25) & .26) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography: the Bungle Bungles. .27) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. .28) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party with Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. .29) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. .30) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party outside Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. .31) & .32) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party operating TI4100 GPS Receiver next to Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. SGT Eddie Jacobs. .33) & .34) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party operating TI4100 GPS Receiver next to Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. Unidentified surveyor. .35) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. Hand water pump at well. .36) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party in Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. .37) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. CPL Glen Weatherell. .38) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography viewed from Bell Kiowa LOH helicopter. .39) & .40) - Photo, colour, 1992. Unidentified surveyor field checking a preliminary map in a Bell Kiowa LOH helicopter..1P to .40P – There are no personnel identified. ‘1992 OP MIZMAZE annotated on negative sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, 4 fd svy sqn, op mizmaze 92

In October 1872, State School 1111 Box Rise opened on the corner of Worthing Road and Dane Road. In order for this school to open, School No 442, a Wesleyan School, on the corner of Wickham Road and Chapel Lane, had to agree to close to meet pupil number requirements. Charles Sadgrove was head teacher of the new State School when it opened on October 1st 1872 and he remained until 1878. The school was renamed South Brighton in 1887 to accord with the nearby railway station which opened around that time. The main part of the present building dates from 1890. By the early 1900s the school had been extended to the north. . The school contains a plaque for Harry G Hawker, one of the pioneers of aviation, who attended the school in the closing years of the nineteenth century. The school was renamed Moorabbin in 1909.During the 1940s and 1950s population in the area surged and school enrolments peaked to over 800 under head teacher CS Lansell. Enrollments decreased to 470 in 1969. By the 1990s however, enrollments began to increase again. ( G Whitehead KCC Historian) Since 1890 Moorabbin Primary School No.1111 has been socially significant at a local level providing education for the families of the early settlers in Moorabbin ( South Brighton) Black & White photographs x 4 of pupils at Moorabbin State School Maypole Dancing c1922keys robert, marriott charles, gregg barriecity of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, parish of moorabbin, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b.; bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman stephen, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, methodist church wickham road, box rise state school no.1111, methodist chapel cheltenham, education, early settlers

"On 5 July 1936, locals in Melton South saw a plane emerge from behind clouds above the railway station, in heavy wind and rain. Engine roaring, the plane went into a spin and disintegrated into pieces in mid-air, before crashing to the ground near Arnold’s Creek. The pilot, young Australian aviator Jimmy Melrose, and a passenger, Alexander Campbell, were killed.Jimmy Melrose was a popular figure in international aviation, having been the youngest and only solo pilot to finish the London to Melbourne Centenary Air Race in 1934. His death, at the age of just twenty-two, caused an outpouring of sorrow. He was honoured with a state funeral two days later at St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne, which was attended by thousands of people. Locals Maisie Arthur, Ted Wickham and Bill Cahill gave eyewitness accounts of the accident to the authorities, and an inquest found that it was the result of structural failure and poor weather. A cairn erected by locals near the scene was reconstructed by the Melton and District Historical Society in Brookfield, opposite the Melrose Memorial Reserve, on the 40th anniversary of the crash in 1976".Regional Gazette article of a cairn erected by locals near the scene of the plane accident which involved Jimmy Melrose, and passenger, Alexander Campbelllocal significant events, landscapes of significance

Born on 10 July 1931 in Walwa, Joseph Gordon (Joe) Drage operated a timber mill and earthmoving business, but his great passion was aviation. After obtaining his pilot’s licence at the age of 19, Mr. Drage set about buying vintage aircraft that he feared would be sold overseas. He bought his first aircraft, a Tiger Moth in 1965. In 1972 he established Drage Historical Aircraft Museum on about 60 ha of land in Wodonga, with 5 planes. Over time this grew to 21 planes which Joe maintained so that they were all in flying order. His museum was the location for several air shows which included fly-ins by members of the Antique Aeroplane Association. The land occupied by the Museum was compulsorily acquired by the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation and Wangaratta council bought the aircraft collection for about $2 million. They opened Drage Airworld in 1984. The cost of maintaining the collection became too much for the council which closed it down in 2002. Joe Drage died on 9 August 2017.This image is significant because it depicts a popular Wodonga business which brought many people to the region over more than a decade.A black and white photo of building used as aircraft museum in Wodongaaircraft museum wodonga, joe drage, joe drage airworld

Collection of six Exercise Books (newspaper cuttings re B Watson and WWI aviation), compiled by Robert Keith Munro 126 Forest St, Bendigo. A. (Book #1) : ''Newspaper cuttings'' - first half of book is largely returned/killed soldiers, some cuttings on Basil Watson; second half - Basil Watson related cuttings; b. (Book #2): ''Newspaper cuttings in connection with Basil G Watson's Western District flights'' (1917); c. (Book #3): ''News Cuttings in connection with Basil G Watson, Aviator and Aeroplane'' (1917); d. (Book 4): ''Sundry Newspaper Cuttings re the late Mr Basil G Watson'' (1917; 1918 and Sun News Pictorial 28/3/1942); e. (Book #5): ''Miscellaneous News Cuttings'': mostly other airmen and post-BW cuttings (includes A4 sized poster for BW to appear at 'The Great Carnival' at Caulfield Racecourse March 29-31, 1917; f, (Book 6): containing various posters, tickets and souvenirs relating to BW.