Photographs used in 'The Skies Remember'

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/1-35

Duplicate photographs and maps with notations on reverse, used in A. Grenfell Price's 'The Skies Remember' (Angus and Robertson Ltd. Sydney 1969). Includes comments regarding modifications to be made for entry into the book.

Tablet marking the landing spot of the Vickers Vimy

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/20

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'.

Memorial at Fannie Bay

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/21

Memorial at Fannie Bay, Port Darwin, erected by the Commonwealth of Australia, commemorating the landing of the first aerial flight from England to Australia, 10 December 1919.

Keith Smith at the Fannie Bay memorial

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/22

Keith Smith at the Fannie Bay memorial, Darwin, Northern Territory. Photograph by courtesy of Sir Hudson Fysh.

Ross Smith Avenue, Darwin

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/23

View of Ross Smith Avenue, Darwin, once part of the old Darwin aerodrome.

The end of the great flight

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/27

The end of the great flight - the crowd at the arrival of the Vickers Vimy and crew in Northfield, Adelaide. Mounted police are supervising the crowd and there are spectators standing on top of a building on the right, with signage for 'The Harry J. Butler & Kauper Aviation Co. Ltd.' Caption from Ross Smith's book '14,000 miles through the air': The crowd on the aerodrome at Adelaide just after we landed. Photograph by Frank Hurley.

Vickers Vimy at Adelaide airport

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/36

Vickers Vimy at the memorial Hangar at Adelaide airport.

Vickers Viscount at Adelaide Airport

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/37

A Vickers Viscount at Adelaide airport.

Memorial inscription at Adelaide Airport

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/38

View of the memorial inscription at Adelaide airport.

Service to commemorate the 48th anniversary

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900-1969, Photograph, PRG 18/16/39

Service at the Ross Smith statue in Creswell Gardens, Adelaide, to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the flight. Left to right: the Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Mr Walter Bridgland, Sir Grenfell Price, the Reverend C.R. Whereat, Lady Smith, Lieutenant W.H. Shiers.

Photographs used in 'The Skies Remember' [PRG 18/16] • Photograph