Tablet marking the landing spot of the Vickers Vimy

Reference

SLSA catalogueCatalogue recordSLSA referencePRG 18/16/20

Details

PhotographerLockwood, Douglas, photographerTitleTablet marking the landing spot of the Vickers VimyDate taken[approximately 1950]Description

View of a tablet created to mark the spot where the Vickers Vimy first touched down in Australia. Inscribed on tablet: 'The first aeroplane to fly from England to Australia landed here 10th December 1919'.

Depicts or relates to

CollectionRoss and Keith Smith CollectionSubjectEngland-Australia air race, 1919Air pilots -- Monuments -- Northern Territory -- Darwin.Airplane racing.

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