The Flight from Pompeii was designed by Professor Carlo Benzoni and carved by Charles Francis Summers, one of five white marble statues housed in the Statuary Pavilion, Ballarat Botanical Gardens.The Pavilion and its statues were unveiled in 1888 by Premier Duncan Gillies, a former colleague of James Russell Thompson whose bequest to the City enabled the purchase, in Italy, of the statues. The Flight from Pompeii and the four accompanying statues are housed in the Statuary Pavilion in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. The Flight from Pompeii, in the centre, was designed by Professor Carlo Benzoni and carved by Charles Francis Summers while the four accompanying statues were all designed and carved by Charles Francis Summers. The octagonal Pavilion was specially designed by T.E. Molloy in 1887 to house the statuary. The five statues and Pavilion are believed to be unique in Australia. The Flight from Pompeii, Modesty, Rebekah, Ruth and Susannah are aesthetically significant as they are a group of statues, which are a fine example of the design of Professor G.M. Benzoni [Flight from Pompeii] and the design and carving of Charles Francis Summers. The carving of the Flight from Pompeii is both sensitive and finely done and both the design and carving of Modesty, Rebekah, Ruth and Susannah is sensitive and delicate with great attention to detail. The group is historically important as it epitomises the 'beautification' of the city in the 1880s by men who made their money from gold and who wished to give to the city money for projects such the statuary Pavilion and its contents. The Flight from Pompeii group is located in the Botanical Gardens, which were then also being developed in the Victorian style. This also illustrates the social feeling of the time in which the wealthy had made their money and were wanting to develop in a most substantial way, as well as to 'beautify' the city in which they lived. The Pavilion, designed by the major Ballarat architect T.E. Molloy, is unusual for its top-lit central lantern and curved roofs. The statues are seen to their best advantage because of the provision of all-round and top natural lighting. Classified: 03/03/2003 Victorian Heritage Database.White marble statue of a male, female and baby (family) in flight.The Flight From Pompeii by Charles Summersflight, pompeii, benzoni, summers

Colour Photos.1. Farewell The Last Flight 2. Ground crew with Pilot of The Last FlightCo 2 SQN and his Navigator - Farewell The Last Flight / Ground crew with Dave Smith - Pilot of The Last Flight.2 squadron raaf

From title page: Maritime is Number Ten. A history of No 10 Squadron RAAF. The Sunderland Era compiled and researched by Flight Lieutenant K C Baff, RAAF.Hard cardboard cover, black buckram, yellow print on front & spine. On front is a colour illustration of a Sunderland aircraft in flight. 466 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black & white photos, maps, illustrations. Mid blue ribbons page marker.book, number 10, raaf, sunderland

Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (1897-1935) is one of Australia's most known Australia’s fliers. Born in 1897 at Hamilton, Qld. He spent his early life in Sydney enlisting in the AIF in 1915. He served at Gallipoli before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He was shot down and wounded in the foot in 1917. In 1929, Kingsford-Smith flew from Australia to England in the record-breaking time of 12 days, 18 hours. The following year he completed an east–west crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 31 hours, followed by a record-breaking solo flight from England to Darwin in 10 days. He was knighted for services to aviation in 1932. He made the first west–east trans-Pacific flight in 1934. In 1932 was selling joy-flights at ten shillings a trip. Most of his flights, including the joy flights, were made in the three-engine Fokker plane known as the 'Southern Cross', now preserved in a special display area at Brisbane Airport. In late 1935 Kingsford Smith took off on the second leg of a flight from England to Australia with John ‘JT’ Pethybridge. The plane and pilots were never seen again, believed to have crashed into the sea at night somewhere off the coast of Burma. White ticket stub with black ink. It includes a photographic portrait of Charles Kingsford-Smith, and a drawing of the Southern Cross aeroplane. Gift of the Chatham-Holmes family.Printed on ticket 'Souvenir Flight in 'Southern Cross' piloted by C.E. Kingsford-Smith. No refund will be made on this ticket unless BOTH these"chatham, chatham family collection, kingsford-smith, charles kingsford-smith, smithy, southern cross, aeroplane, flight, joy ride, entertainment, airport, charles kingsford smith

A flight of two Australian Hercules transport aircraft flying over Sydney.R.A.A.F Hercules transport over Sydney. A flight of two Planes.On front of picture is a title "R.A.A.F. Hercules transports over Sydney." Photographer : Bruce Adamsaustralian hercules transport aircraft flying over sydney.

Charles Kingford Smith and C.T.P. Ulm discuss making a flight to New Zealand, together with their American wireless operator and navigator.aeroplane, charles kingsford smith, c.t.p. ulm, aviation, flight

To provide an image of the central marble statue in the Gardens' Statuary Pavilion, '"Flight From Pompeii".Clear image of significant central item in the Statuary Pavilion and Sculptor recorded as Giovanni Maria Benzoni. 1809-1873.Photographed marble statue. Clearly delineated in copy of photograph Heading on Photograph: Giovanni Benzoni, Italian, 1809-1873. Flight From Pompeii, 1873Possibly photocopied on paper already used. Background lettering Art Institute, Chicagojohn garner collection, garner, dr, flight from pompeii, photo, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens, benzoni, statuary pavilion, benefactor

Sgt. R.Bryson qualified as a Flight Engineer on B24 Liberator.on 16/Aug.1944Rectangular blue linen bound hard cover bookForm 1767 Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators Air Bombers Air Gunners Flight Engineers. Robert Bryson

Text book used by trainee flight mechanicsHardcover note book bound with cord, blue cover, 199 pagesRAAF Fitters II.E Flight Mechanics Course Notes, Engineering School, Issue 5, August 1945, The book is RAAF property and is not to be reproduced without authority.text book, note book, trainee mechanic, lac dixon, pr dixon

Black and white photographic image of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Captain P. Taylor after completing the las leg of a 7365 mile flight to California ahead of schedule.aeroplane, aviation, flight, charles kingsford smith, p.g. taylor, southern cross

R.M. Beattie qualified as a B24-Liberator pilot on9/05/1944 until he was KIA 2/07/1945.Plastic covered ring binder,A4 plastic sheet covered photocopied paper.Flight Log Book- Liberator Flights, Flt. Lt. Roy McBeattie 404228 DFM

Flight Lieut. Walker given citation for number of reconnaissance flights and determination shown in obtaining good photographs.Flight Lieut. Walker given citationwalker, g. e. flight lieutenant, walker e.f., gordon, flight lieutenant, australian tesselated tile co. pty ltd

R.H. Percy was a flight mechanic fitter on B-24 aircraft c1942-1945These course notes were used by all flight mechanics for B-24 aircraft.Foolscap size cardboard covered papers51067 Percy R.H. course 176 TFM, R.A.A.F. 4847 Fitters II.E, Flight Mechanics Course Notes, ENGINEERING SCHOOL, ISSUE 3-1941, This Book is R.A.A.F. Property and is NOT TO BE REPRODUCED without authority. By authority: Wilke & Co Pty. Ltd. Printers 19-47 Jeffcott Street, Melbourne.

Rectangular shaped glass covered picture frame161 (Indep) Reece Flight 1965/1972.

Wooden shield with gold and black decal of a kangaroo on a crest with ships crown on topRoyal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnamplaque, royal australian navy, helicopter flight

This item was donated by Flight Lieutenant Kevin Bruce Henderson, pilot with Transport Flight Vietnam 1964-5 and RAAF No. 37 Squadron 1967-70. It commemorates the service of RAAF Transport veterans in Vietnam. Brown glazed "beer" mug/stein with handle. Painted circle on front bears the RAAF eagle emblem with the words Transport Flight Vietnam beneath.RAAF/ Australian Royal Airforce/ Per Ardua-AD/ Transport Flight Vietnam mug, raaf, transport flight, vietnam, stein, henderson, k b henderson, kevin henderson