  Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1932 -
Description: An archival album, A4 size, containing ten black and white and 40 colour photographs, newspaper clippings, sketches and a First Day Cover commemorating fifty years of airmail service to Flinders Island (1932-1982) and fifty years of operations at the Pats River aerodrome (1935-1985). The inaugural air flight pilot was Laurence(Laurie) Johnson. At the commemoration/reenactment his son Peter Johnson flew to Flinders Island in an Auster and passed the mail to John Clifford, the Flinders Island postmaster in 1982. For the 1985 celebration a fly-in was held and a plaque unveiled at the aerodrome. Format: pictorial and artistic works Object: archives Titles: Fifty Year Anniversaries of the Airmail Service and Flinders Island Aerodrome Subjects: postal services; airfields; commemorative days People/Orgs: Johnson, Laurie; Johnson, Peter; Clifford, John; Dargaville, Lil Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00301 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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