• Title
  File 4: 'The adventures of ‘Waltzing Matilda’: the first civilian aircraft to reach Australia from Britain after the Second World War' by David Carment
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  2014
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  9680518
• Physical Description
  1 text file - digital, PDF
  1 text file - digital, PPT
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Thomas Noel Sulman (1899-1970) was an accomplished automotive engineer living in Britain who built and raced his own cars competitively during the 1930s. During the Second World War, Tom Sulman served as an officer with the British Army. Signing on as a flight engineer on the converted Halifax bomber ‘Waltzing Matilda’, Tom returned to Australia by air while the race car he built, the ‘Sulman Singer’, followed by ship. Tom returned to racing in 1947, including running 5th at Bathurst that year. Sulman continued racing in many events in Australia and internationally. He was killed in a crash while racing at Mount Panorama in March 1970. Tom Sulman was the son of Sir John Sulman and his second wife Lady Annie Sulman and was the maternal grandfather of David Carment.
  
  References:
  1. Primotipo. “Tom Sulman.” [Blog]. Posted 19 April 2018. Accessed 21 May 2024.
  https://primotipo.com/2018/04/19/tom-sulman/
  
  2. Library acquisition file
• Scope and Content
  This is an account of the first civilian aircraft to fly to Australia from Britain following the end of the Second World War. The aircraft, a former Royal Air Force Halifax bomber named ‘Waltzing Matilda’ by her Australian crew, carried twenty passengers during an eventful flight between 24 May and 15 June 1946.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: David Carment
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• Published Information
  The paper and powerpoint presentation were given as an address to the Royal Australian Historical Society, Australia Day, 26 January, 2014.
• Subject
  Air travel.
  Australia--Emigration and immigration--20th century.
  Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--20th century.
  Sulman, Thomas Noel, 1899-1970
  
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  IE21126803

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