Australian Aero Club and civil aviation, 1920-88

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Component identifier:
Series 12
Content Summary:

White maintained a lifelong interest in aviation, founding the Australian Aero Club in 1914, and serving as its Victorian Section President and Federal Chairman between 1925 and 1927. In addition to materials documenting Club activities, this series includes a sequence of papers concerning the establishment of an air service from the mainland to Tasmania in 1926, but subsequently abandoned due to want of a government subsidy. Also of interest is a copy of a proposal by Charles Ulm for the Trans-Pacific flight which ended in his death in 1934, materials relating to the 1931 loss of the 'Southern Cloud', a souvenir dinner program in honour of Bert Hinkler's solo 1928 England-Australia flight, as well as items relating to early air races and gliding history.

Further papers relating to Australian Aero Club activities are contained in Series 3.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were donated to the Library by White's daughters in two consignments in January 1997 and March 1998, and together constitute an impressive record of White's varied and distinguished career as a pilot, politician, diplomat and writer.
Names:
Thomas White

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Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1516685).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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