• Title
  Hood Collection part II, Box 041, nos. 001-012 : Mackay expedition, plane from Mascot; Arrivals, RMS Mariposa
• Call number
  ON 204/Box 41/nos. 1-12
  
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  17-18 June 1935
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  395386
• Physical Description
  12 negatives - glass - 10 x 13 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  1-7. Dr Donald Mackay, leader of the aerial expedition, says farewell to D. Fell, acting manager of Shell Oil, before leaving on the survey to find oil fields
  8. Mr Shepherd, pilot of the second aeroplane VH-UQL in the expedition, says goodbye to his mother
  9. Monospar 'Captain Phillip' aeroplane ready for expedition take-off
  10. 'Captain Phillip' takes off
  11. The two aeroplanes in front of the New England Airways hangar
  12. Arrival of couple on the 'Mariposa'
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Published Information
  Dr Donald Mackay, leader of the aerial expedition, says farewell to D. Fell, acting manager of Shell Oil, before leaving on the survey to find oil fields (photograph[s] from ON 204/Box 41/nos. 1-8) published in Labor Daily, 18 June 1935, p. 5. Mr Shepherd, pilot of the second aeroplane VH-UQL in the expedition, says goodbye to his mother (ON 204/Box 41/no. 8) published in Labor Daily, 18 June 1935, p. 6. Monospar 'Captain Phillip' aeroplane ready for expedition take-off (ON 204/Box 41/no. 9) published in Labor Daily, 17 June 1935, p. 6.
• Description source
  
  Titles, dates and contents lists in this series based on the Hood register with additional notes by Ted Hood
• Alphanumeric designations
  
  Original Hood box no. 372 (4 x 5 in.)
• Name
  Captain Phillip (aeroplane)
  Fell, D.
  Mackay Aerial Survey Expedition (1935)
  Mackay, Donald, 1870-1958
  Mariposa (ocean liner)
  Shell Company of Australia Limited
  Shepherd, Mr.
  VH-UQL (aeroplane)
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  airfields
  couples
  De Havilland DH 80 Puss Moth (biplanes)
  expeditions
  exploration
  GAL Monospar (aeroplanes)
  hangars
  managers
  passengers
  pilots
  reporters
  scientists
  
• Place
  Mascot (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20610562

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