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Flying the Southern Cross

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by Michael Molkentin


  Courtesy State Library of New South Wales

  15865288

  S.G. (Samuel Garnet) Wells (1885–1964)

  ‘It’s now a Very Small World We Live in’

  pen and ink; 35.7 × 25.4 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3822543

  Note Passed between Crew on board the Southern Cross during the Trans-Pacific flight 1928

  Manuscripts Collection

  nla.ms-ms001925-001-00001-s001-m

  Packet of Matches Inscribed: Kingsford Smith and Chevron Hotel, Melbourne, Australia

  c. 1920 cardboard and wood; 5 × 3.9 cm

  E.A. Crome Collection

  2641478

  Charles Ulm’s Cigarette Case

  silver; 8.5 × 6.0 cm

  Pictures Collection

  UK Air Ministry

  UK Air Ministry Course-setting Compass

  Metal and glass

  Pictures Collection

  “Dearest Captain: Letters to our air heroes”

  Reproduced from The Sun, 17 June 1928

  Newspapers Collection

  Portrait of James Warner, Charles Kingsford Smith, Harry Lyon and Charles Ulm Being Welcomed to Honolulu, with Honolulu Aviator Charles Stoffer at Rear 1 June 1928

  sepia-toned photograph; 20.6 × 25.6 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930683

  United States Army Mechanicians Surrounding the Southern Cross Plane after Landing at Honolulu 1 June 1928

  sepia-toned photograph; image 11.5 × 16.4 cm, on sheet 12.9 × 17.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn4198138

  Charles Kingsford Smith in the Cockpit of the Southern Cross, Fokker Monoplane F.VII/3m, VH-USU, before Take-off for Canberra from Melbourne 15 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 16.5 × 21.6 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930741

  Charles Kingsford Smith and Art Goebel, Honolulu 1 June 1928

  sepia-toned photograph; 12.9 × 17.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930685

  Unknown photographer

  Harry Lyon and James Warner hand-coloured photograph

  Manuscripts Collection

  MS 5312

  Portrait of Martin Jensen and James Warner with an Unidentified Man on Arrival of the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU, Honolulu 1 June 1928

  sepia-toned photograph; 8.9 × 14.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930684

  The Queenslander Illustrated Weekly Front Cover

  30 October 1930

  Newspapers Collection

  NX152

  The Queenslander Illustrated Weekly Front Cover

  10 July 1930

  Newspapers Collection

  NX152

  “Honolulu Gives Rousing Welcome to Southern Cross”

  Reproduced from The Sun , 2 June 1928

  Newspapers Collection

  James Warner Starting up the Port Motor of the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH0USU for Take-off from Brisbane to Sydney

  10 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 16.2 × 21.1 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930720

  Frank Lemon

  To Australia by Air, Kingsford-Smith and His Companions over Suva 1928

  colour print; 53 × 43 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn5740932

  Charles Ulm Hand Drawn Map of Canton Island 1928

  pencil on paper

  The Charles T.P. Ulm Collection of historical aviation records, Part 1, 1919– 1965: MLMSS 3359

  Courtesy State Library of New South Wales

  Charles Ulm

  Hand Drawn Map of Enderbury Island 1928

  pencil on paper

  The Charles TP Ulm Collection of historical aviation records, Part 1, 1919– 1965: MLMSS 3359

  Courtesy State Library of New South Wales

  Thomas Harris, London

  Nautical Sextant 190–?

  brass; 11.5 × 30.5 × 25.5 cm in box

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-an6227519

  Map that appeared in newspaper in Captain Harry W. Lyon’s personal papers

  Manuscripts Collection

  MS 5312

  Heintz and Kaufman, San Francisco

  Southern Cross’ Radio Receiver

  aluminium; 31 × 64.7 × 15.4 cm

  Pictures Collection

  876346

  US Coast and Geodetic Survey

  Territory of Hawaii 1925

  part of Navigational Charts Used by Charles Kingsford Smith in the 1928 Crossing of the Pacific

  Maps Collection

  nla.map-rm2811-3

  Associated Newspapers

  The Southern Cross, Fokker F. VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU Being Greeted by Fijians, Albert Park, Suva 5 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 19.3 × 24.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930686

  Ernest Crome (1902–1987)

  A Representation of the Southern Cross Over the Water c. 1958

  oil on composition board; 20 × 25.3 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-an2288394

  Auckland Weekly News

  The Fokker Tri-motor Monoplane, Southern Cross (VH-USU) at Mt Egmont, New Zealand c. 1933

  sepia-toned photograph; 16.5 × 20.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3722918

  Green and Hahn, Christchurch

  Charles Kingsford Smith in the Cockpit of the Southern Cross, VH-USU, during Trans-Tasman Flight 1928

  black and white photograph; 20.7 × 15.7 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3723611

  United States Hydrographic Office

  Navigation Chart Used by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in the 1928 Crossing of the Pacific 1902–25

  one of seven maps; 118 × 95.5 cm or smaller

  Maps Collection

  nla.map-rm2811-4-e

  Southern Cross at Richmond, New South Wales 1928

  black and white photograph; 10.8 × 16.8 cm

  Fred Morton Collection

  nla.pic-vn4690364

  The Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU Landing at Albert Park, Suva

  5 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 8.6 × 10.9 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930687

  Portrait of Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm and T.H. McWilliam at Beer Garden, Great Pacific Hotel, Suva 1928

  black and white photograph; 8.5 × 13.7 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930659

  The Southern Cross, a Fokker Monoplane F.VII/3m, VH-USU, Guarded by British Troops, Being Greeted by the Crowd, Albert Park, Suva, Fiji 5 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 16.9 × 21.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930692

  Locals Crowd behind a Rope Cordon Waiting for Charles Kingsford Smith to Land, Fiji June 1928

  black and white photograph; 6.6 × 11.2 cm

  Ann Bernard Album

  nla.pic-vn4938063

  Portrait of the Mayor of Suva, Mr Marks, and Charles Kingsford Smith, Fijian chief and Harry Lyon with Unidentified Men in the Background, Suva, Fiji 7 June 1928

  sepia-toned postcard; 8.8 × 14 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930702

  A 1918 Australian Florin, which together with a Fijian Five Shilling Note Was Enclosed in an Australian National Airways Envelope Belonging to Charles Ulm 1918–25

  coin: silver; diameter 2.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3945041

  Crowd next to the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU, Albert Park, Suva, Fiji 5 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 8.5 × 13.9 cm
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  nla.pic-vn3930695

  Guard Clearing Crowd before Departure of the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU, from Albert Park, Suva June 1928

  sepia-toned photograph; 16.8 × 21.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930699

  C.M. (Charles Maurice) Yonge (b. 1899)

  The Central Business District in Suva, Fiji 1929

  black and white photograph; 8.3 × 13.9 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn4332412-s24

  Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith amidst Crowd at Official Welcome to Fiji, Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva 5 June 1928

  sepia-toned photograph; 8.6 × 14.6 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930688

  Russell Roberts (b. 1904)

  Portrait of James Warner, Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm and Harry Lyon in front of the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU, Suva, Fiji June 1928

  black and white photograph; 9 × 14.3 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930696

  Fijians Watching the Refuelling of the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU, at Naselai Beach, Fiji 7 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 8 × 13.1 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930703

  Charles Ulm under the Wing of the Southern Cross, Fokker Monoplane VH-USU Checking Sextant, Watched by Fijian Women and Child, Naselai Beach, Fiji 8 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 21.5 × 14.3 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930967

  Sam Ellis, Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith in front of the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU, Naselai Beach, Fiji 8 June 1928

  black and white photograph

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930705

  Unknown photographer

  Onlookers at Refueling of the Southern Cross, Fokker Monoplane VH-USU at Nasalai Beach, Fiji 7 June 1928

  sepia-toned photograph; 14.5 × 21.6 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-avn-3930965

  Unknown photographer

  Onlookers at Refueling of the Southern Cross, Fokker Monoplane VH-USU at Nasalai Beach, Fiji 7 June 1928

  sepia-toned photograph; 14.5 × 21.6 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-avn-3930965

  Charles Ulm, James Warner and Charles Kingsford Smith, Drinking Kava Presented by the Local Chief, Standing with Harry Lyon at Naselai Beach, Fiji 8 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 6.3 × 8.7 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930707

  Edward W. Searle

  Southern Cross, VH-USU, a Fokker F.VIIa/3m, in Flight, Australia c. 1932

  black and white photograph; 6.1 × 8.7 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn4653983

  “We Are in Air Again, Bound for Aussie” Reproduced from The Sun, 8 June 1928

  Newspapers Collection

  Charles Ulm

  Note Transmitted to The Sun Shortly after Leaving Suva 1928

  ink on paper

  Manuscripts Collection

  MS 9923

  Southern Cross VH-USU and Skybaby 29 March 1934

  black and white photograph; 9.7 × 15.7 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3723683

  “Fought Raging Tempest” Reproduced from The Sun, 10 June 1928

  Newspapers Collection

  “Night of Rain: Fears that Petrol Would Give out”

  Newspaper cutting from two volumes of press cuttings from American and Australian newspapers collected by Harry Lyon

  Manuscripts Collection

  The Sun Feature Bureau

  The Southern Cross Plane with Well-wishers and a Biplane, Eagle Farm Aerodrome, Brisbane June 1928

  black and white photograph; 9.3 × 15.2 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn4198185

  The Sun Feature Bureau

  Portrait of James Warner, Charles Ulm, Charles Kingsford Smith and Harry Lyon on Dais on Completion of the First Trans-Pacific Flight, Mascot Aerodrome, Sydney 10 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 19.3 × 24.7 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930738

  The Sun Feature Bureau

  The Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU Landing at Brisbane June 1928

  black and white photograph; 10.7 × 15.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930718

  C.M. (Charles Maurice) Yonge (b. 1899)

  View over Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland c. 1928

  black and white photograph; 8.2 × 13.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3997786-s101

  The Southern Cross, Fokker Monoplane VH-USU with Escort Biplanes G-AUFR and GAUFH Landing at Eagle Farm Aerodrome, Brisbane 9 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 36.7 × 49.7 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn4926253

  Unknown photographer

  Landing the Aircraft, Southern Cross, in Brisbane, Queensland c. 1928

  black and white photograph

  Courtesy State Library of Queensland

  Cliff Postle (1913-2004)

  Crowds Welcome the Southern Cross with Crew at Eagle Farm, Queensland 9 June 1928

  black and white digital print; 13.9 × 25 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn4929587

  Charles Ulm Leaving his Cockpit at Brisbane September 1928

  black and white photograph; 16.6 × 21.6 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3583053

  Relaxed Portrait of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith on Arrival in Brisbane in 1928 after His Recordbreaking Flight 1928

  black and white photoprint

  Courtesy State Library of Queensland

  The Sun Feature Bureau

  Crew of the Southern Cross, Fokker Monoplane VH-USU, Leaving the Airport with Police Escort, Surrounded by the Crowd, Brisbane 9 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 10.5 × 15.8 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930716

  The Sun Feature Bureau

  Crew of the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII/3m Monoplane, VH-USU Being Driven through Crowds in the Streets of Brisbane 9 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 10.8 × 15.9 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930719

  Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail

  Charles Kingsford Smith with Charles Ulm Taken just after the Trans-Pacific flight 1928

  black and white photograph; 11.3 × 16.0 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-an24111366

  Crew of the Southern Cross, Fokker Monoplane VH-USU, Being Farewelled by Two Unidentified Men in Car and by Other Well-Wishers, Eagle Farm Aerodrome 10 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 16.6 × 21.6 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930717

  Milton Kent

  Aerial View of Sydney, Showing Early Construction Stage of Harbour Bridge, Circular Quay, City Centre and Bennelong Point 10 June 1928

  black and white photograph

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930722

  The Sun Feature Bureau

  Aerial View of Mascot Aerodrome and Surrounding Market Gardens, with the Southern Cross, a Fokker Monoplane F.VII/3m, VH-USU on the Ground Surrounded by a Crowd, at the End of the First Trans-Pacific Flight, Sydney 10 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 17.5 × 24.6 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930726

  Broughton Ward & Chaseling, Sydney

  The Southern Cross on its Arrival in Sydney from the Flight across the Pacific 10 June 1928

  black and white photo
graph; 30.9 × 38.6 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-an24664462

  Crew of the Southern Cross, Fokker Monoplane VH-USU on Dais Surrounded by Photographers and Welcoming Crowd, Mascot Aerodrome, Sydney 10 June 1928

  black and white photograph; 27.1 × 34.4 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930975

  The Sun Feature Bureau

  James Warner Starting the Starboard Motor of the Southern Cross, Fokker Monoplane F.VII/3m, VH-USU, before Takeoff to Melbourne from Sydney 10 June 1928

  sepia-toned photograph; 10.5 × 16.7 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3930739

  Unknown photographer

  Kingsford Smith’s Parents

  black and white photograph

  part of the Hood Collection part II [Aviation]

  Courtesy State Library of New South Wales

  James Warner, Charles Kingsford Smith, Harry Lyon and Charles Ulm with Aviation Plans and World Globe, Melbourne 1928

  black and white photograph; 25.1 × 33.2 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn4926217

  Unknown photographer

  Farewell to Harry Lyon and Jim Warner

  black and white photograph

  Courtesy State Library of New South Wales

  Unknown photographer

  Crowd Farewelling Lyon and Warner

  black and white photograph

  Courtesy State Library of New South Wales

  J.T. Harrison

  Staff of Australian National Airways Posing in front of Hangar c. 1929

  black and white photograph; 15.2 × 20.2 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn4197936

  Smithy and Charles Jnr c. 1930

  sepia-toned photograph; 14.6 × 9.3 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3723609

  Hall & Co., Sydney

  Southern Cross Flying over the Sydney Harbour Bridge 1931

  gelatin silver toned photograph; 32 × 25.5 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-an6820583

  Souvenir Handkerchief of the Great Trans-Tasman Flight in the Southern Cross Piloted by Charles Kingsford Smith 1928

  linen; 45.6 × 44.7 cm

  E.A. Crome Collection

  Pictures Collection

  J.T. Harrison

  Man and Woman Taking Refreshments as Passengers on Australian National Airways Plane c. 1929

  black and white photograph; 15.2 × 20 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn4198092

  Sydney Morning Herald/Sydney Mail

  Charles Ulm Handing over New Zealand Mail c. 1933

  black and white photograph; 11.3 × 15.9 cm

  Pictures Collection

  nla.pic-vn3722813

  Qantas photograph

  Portrait of Charles Ulm, Coffee Royal, Western Australia April 1929

  black and white photograph; 21.1 × 15.7 cm

 

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