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402268
  • Title
    Hood Collection part II, Box 067, nos. 083-090; Box 068, nos. 001-011 : Moncrieff and Hood Ryan B.1 'Aotearoa'; Kingsford-Smith, 'Miss Southern Cross' and 'Anzac', later renamed 'Lady Southern Cross'
  • Call number
    ON 204/Box 67/nos. 83-90
    ON 204/Box 68/nos. 1-11
  • Level of description
    file
  • Date

    approximately 10 January 1928-20 September 1934
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    402268
  • Physical Description
    19 negatives - glass - 10 x 13 cm or smaller
  • Scope and Content
    BOX 67

    83. Moncrieff and Hood's Ryan B.1 refuelled by Plume tanker before their fatal attempt on the Tasman crossing, Richmond Aerodrome, Richmond, New South Wales, 10 January 1928
    84-87. Charles Kingsford-Smith arrives Mascot in Miss Southern Cross, Percival Gull, UK reg. no. G-ACJV (later VH-CKS), and is driven through the crowd whom he addresses by microphone, Mascot, October 1933
    88-90. Charles Kingsford-Smith arrives on the SS Mariposa with his Lockheed Altair aeroplane Anzac, 16 July 1934


    BOX 68

    1-5. After controversy over the name Anzac, it was covered in paper for the unloading of the Altair onto a barge and then landed at Anderson Park (note ferry Kanimbla and Voco barge), 17 July 1934
    6-8. Still unnamed Altair at Anderson Park with crowd
    9-11. Charles Kingsford-Smith returns in Altair, renamed Lady Southern Cross, reg. no. VH-USB, from Brisbane, 20 September 1934
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright:
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • 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 nos. 82 (quarter plate), 219 and unnumbered (4 x 5 in.)
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