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Authors: Peter Fitzsimons
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Mackersey, Ian,
Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Little, Brown, London, 1999, p. 71.
4
Fysh, op. cit., p. 127.
5
Gunn, John,
The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919–1939
, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1988, p. 86.
6
Edwards, Hugh,
Gold Dust & Iron Mountains: Marble Bar and Beyond
, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, 1993, p. 163.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Port Hedland, 26 October 1922, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Hazlitt, Lesley,
Just Call Me Jack
, Lexington Avenue Press, New South Wales, 2004, p. 60.
9
ibid.
10
Byrnes, Paul,
Qantas by George! The Remarkable Story of George Roberts
, Watermark Press, Sydney, 2000, p. 83.
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Ellison, op. cit., p. 48.
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ibid., pp. 49-50.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Broome, 19 November 1922, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Broome, 31 December 1922, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Geraldton, 7 February 1923, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Port Hedland, 3 May 1922, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
17
Brearley, Norman, letter to Charles Kingsford Smith, sent from TSS
Katoomba
, 12 November 1922.
18
‘An Airmail Suggestion’,
Aeronautics
, May 1921.
19
Joy, William,
The Aviators
, Shakespeare Head Press, Sydney, 1971, p. 102.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, cable to parents, sent from Marble Bar, 9 June 1923, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
21
ibid.
22
Edwards, op. cit., p. 164.
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ibid., p. 163.
24
ibid.
25
ibid., p. 165.
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Mackersey, op. cit., p. 74.
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ibid., p. 75.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, 21 November 1923, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
29
Edwards, op. cit., p. 163.
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Nasht, Simon,
The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins—Australia’s Unknown Hero
, Hachette Livre Australia/Hodder, Sydney, 2007, p. 125.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, 23 November 1923, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, 15 February 1924, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Davis, Pedr,
Kookaburra: The Most Compelling Story in Australia’s Aviation History
, Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1980, p. 16.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, 15 February 1924, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, 27 March 1924, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
36
ibid.
37
Edwards, op. cit., p. 165.
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Stannage, John,
Smithy
, Oxford University Press, London, 1950, pp. 18–19.
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Kingsford Smith, Elsie, account of her brother’s life, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
40
ibid.
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ibid.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Carnarvon, 22 June 1924, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Carnarvon, 23 June 1924, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Carnarvon, 22 June 1924, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Carnarvon, 15 February 1925, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Thomas, Lowell,
Sir Hubert Wilkins: His World of Adventure
, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1961, p. 184.
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Wilkins, Hubert, letter to a Mr Byrne, sent from New York City, 29 October 1936.
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Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, 26 July 1925, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Thomas, op. cit., p. 159.
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ibid., p. 160.
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ibid., p. 161.
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ibid., p. 164.
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Lindbergh, Charles Augustus,
The Spirit of St. Louis
, Tandem Publishing, London, 1975, p. 12.
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Berg, A. Scott,
Lindbergh
, Putnam Adult, New York, 1998, p. 66.
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Lindbergh, op. cit., p. 124.
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ibid., p.16
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Joy, op. cit., p. 50.
58
Lindsay, Alan (director),
Air Australia
, Village Roadshow Entertainment, Sydney, 2007.
59
Fysh, op. cit., p. 177.
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Ellison, op. cit., p. 52.
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‘A Flight with Smithy, The First Woman to Fly from Perth to Sydney Looks Back on the Epic Journey’,
Australian Women’s Weekly
, 5 November 1969.
62
ibid.
63
Kingsford Smith, Elsie, op. cit.
Chapter Nine: Pioneers Away…
1
Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles,
My Flying Life: An Authentic Biography Prepared under the Personal Supervision of and from the Diaries and Papers of the Late Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith,
Andrew Melrose, London, 1937, p. 21.
2
Thomas, Lowell,
Sir Hubert Wilkins: His World of Adventure
, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1961, p. 175.
3
ibid., p. 176.
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ibid., p. 177.
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Berg, A. Scott,
Lindbergh
, Putnam Adult, New York, 1998, p. 91.
6
Cross, James Giblin,
Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero
, Clarion Books, New York, 1997, p. 40.
7
Berg, op. cit., p. 104.
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ibid., p. 101.
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Kingsford Smith, Elsie, account of her brother’s life, Ellison collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Rogers, Ellen,
Faith In Australia: Charles Ulm and Australian Aviation
, Book Production Services, Sydney, 1987, p. 14.
11
http://www.homeofheroes.com/wings/part1/7_lindbergh.html
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Sufrin, Mark,
The Brave Men: Twelve Portraits of Courage
, Platt & Munk, New York, 1967, p. 258.
13
Cross, op. cit., p. 59.
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Montague, Richard,
Oceans, Poles and Airmen: The First Flights Over Wide Waters and Desolate Ice
, Random House, New York, 1971, p. 53.
15
Berg, op. cit., 110.
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ibid., p. 113.
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‘Lindbergh Leaves New York at 7:52 A.M.’,
New York Times
, 21 May 1927.
18
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/hall/spirit.asp
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‘Lindbergh Leaves New York at 7:52
A.M.
’,
New York Times
, 21 May 1927.
20
ibid.
21
‘Hometown Eager for News as Lindbergh Speeds Over the Sea’,
New York Times
, 21 May 1927.
22
Berg, op. cit., p. 122.
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‘Young Pilot Speeds on Towards Paris In the Night’,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 1927.
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‘Lindbergh Flies Alone’,
Sun
(New York), 21 May 1927.
25
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus,
The Spirit of St. Louis
, Tandem Publishing, London, 1975, p. 224.
26
Ross, Walter Sanford,
The Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh
, Manor Books, New York, 1974, p. 117.
27
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/mystory/index.asp
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989136-1,00.html