Group of well-dressed men pose with plane. Plane “Loila” (DeHavilland) operated by Holyman’s Airways Pty Ltd., based in Tasmania. “Loila” was operational in 1935, which helps to date the photographs. Holyman’s Airways became Australian National Airways in 1936 following a merger with Adelaide Airways. .An interesting collection of photographs, the connection to Greensborough remains a mystery. Digital copy of black and white photograph, one of 30 photos of mining operations.Photos have no markings or dates. Donor unknown.mining, tasmania, holymans airways

Photographs include a mining operation, thought to be a tin mine in Tasmania. Photos researched by GHS and captions by Norm Colvin. A word document with these captions accompanies photographs. Comments or clarification welcome. Individual entries for each photograph (as digital copy) from items 7100 to 7122. 7 pages cut from a scrapbook, containing 30 black and white photographs of mining operations.Photos have no markings or dates. Donor unknown.mining, tasmania, holymans airways

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