Photograph - BENDIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTION: DUIGAN PLAQUE

Physical description

Colour photograph of the plaque on the memorial erected to the Duigan brothers first aeroplane flight.
Plaque reads: 'This pylon commemorates the first flight of an aeroplane built and flown by an Australian about one mile east of this spot on 16th July 1910.
John Robertson Duigan first flew the aeroplane which he and his brother Reginald built on their father`s property "Spring Plains".
Unveiled by Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams KBE CB DSO 28th May 1960
Photograph taken on a BHS tour, possibly 1990's.

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