Photographs used in 'The Skies Remember' [PRG 18/16/1-35] • Photograph

Map of the London-Adelaide flight.

Map of the London-Adelaide flight.

Map showing the route followed in the first flight from England to Australia, marking places where the aeroplane landed. Map originally published in Sir Ross Smith's '14,000 Miles Through the Air', Macmillan Company, New York, 1922.

Map of the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Map of the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Map of Gallipoli Peninsula showing Quinn's Post. Originally published in the 'Australian Encyclopaedia', Vol 9, p. 380.

Sir Ross Smith.

Sir Ross Smith.

Portrait of Sir Ross Smith, K.B.E., M.C. and bar, D.F.C. and two bars, A.F.C., and Order of el Nahda. See PRG 18/7/79 for original photograph.

Sir Keith Smith.

Sir Keith Smith.

Portrait of Sir Keith Smith, K.B.E. See PRG 18/5/10 for original photograph.

Mutooroo head station.

Mutooroo head station.

View of the manager's house at Mutooroo head station. See PRG 18/2/3 for original photograph.

Drag picnic.

Drag picnic.

Drag picnic. In the front row in the drag are, left to right, Ross and Colin Smith, Mrs Smith, and Keith Smith. See PRG 18/1/14 for original photograph.

Ross in the Australian Mounted Cadets.

Ross in the Australian Mounted Cadets.

Ross, fourth from left in back row, in the Australian Mounted Cadets, who travelled overseas. See PRG 18/1/21 for original photograph.

Camel cacolets.

Camel cacolets.

Types of cacolets which were used by the Australian Army Medical Corps in the early part of the campaign for transport of the wounded. A lighthorseman is lying down on one side of the stretcher demonstrating how a patient is carried by the camel. Original photograph B02483 held by the Australian War Memorial.

Handley-Page.

Handley-Page.

Handley Page bomber aircraft, 0/400 C9700, flown by Ross Smith, General Salmond, General Borton, Sergeant Bennett, and Sergeant Shiers, from Egypt to Calcutta, India from 29 November 1918 to 17 December 1918, covering 4088 miles over 59 hours and 11 minutes. See PRG 18/6/8 for original photograph.

Ross Smith and General Borton.

Ross Smith and General Borton.

Ross Smith with General Borton in the Handley-Page on the Cairo-Calcutta flight. See PRG 18/6/1 for original photograph.

Ross Smith with Major-General Salmond.

Ross Smith with Major-General Salmond.

View of Ross Smith and Major-General Salmond speaking with officials shortly after landing the Handley Page bomber at Calcutta. See PRG 18/6/3 for original photograph.

Vickers Vimy and crew.

Vickers Vimy and crew.

The Vickers Vimy with her crew: Keith Smith, Ross Smith, J.M. Bennett, W.H. Shiers. See PRG 18/8/3 for original photograph.

Hauling Bennett on board.

Hauling Bennett on board.

Copy of an artwork depicting the Vickers Vimy and crew hauling James Bennett on board at Pisa, 15 November 1919. See PRG 18/9/1/10D for another copy of the artwork.

Vickers Vimy at Rangoon.

Vickers Vimy at Rangoon.

Vickers Vimy surrounded by a crowd at Rangoon (Yangon), in Myanmar (Burma). See PRG 18/7/17 for original photograph.

Bogged in Surabaya.

Bogged in Surabaya.

Vickers Vimy bogged at Surabaya, Java, while locals tow the aircraft along a bamboo matting track. See PRG 18/7/36 for original photograph.

Bamboo runway.

Bamboo runway.

The way of escape - runway made from the bamboo of Surabaya houses. See PRG 18/9/1/31C for original photograph.

Arrival in Darwin.

Arrival in Darwin.

Arrival of the Vickers Vimy and crew in Darwin. See PRG 18/9/3/2B for original photograph.

Ross Smith with Sir Hudson Fysh and Thomas Dunbabin.

Ross Smith with Sir Hudson Fysh and Thomas Dunbabin.

Sir Hudson Fysh and Thomas Dunbabin of the Sydney Sun welcome Ross Smith at Fannie Bay airstrip, Darwin (By courtesy of Sir Hudson Fysh). See also B 58886.

Cartoon from Daily News.

Cartoon from Daily News.

Copy of the cartoon 'Over' created by David Low for the London 'Daily News', featuring a giant kangaroo jumping over the globe, about to land in Australia.

Camp in the Northern Territory.

Camp in the Northern Territory.

Camp in the Northern Territory: mending the propeller at Cobb's Creek, near Anthony's Lagoon. Left to right: Ross Smith, Walter Shiers, Keith Smith. See PRG 18/7/51 for original photograph.

Presentation at dinner party in Melbourne.

Presentation at dinner party in Melbourne.

Presentation of a cheque for 10,000 pounds to Ross Smith, by Prime Minister W.M. Hughes, at a luncheon given by the Commonwealth Government at Federal Parliament, Melbourne, 27/2/1920. Walter Shiers, James Bennett, and Keith Smith are standing in the background. See PRG 18/7/73 for original photograph.

W.M. Hughes presents the £10,000 cheque.

W.M. Hughes presents the £10,000 cheque.

Prime Minister W.M. Hughes presents the £10,000 cheque to the Vickers Vimy crew outside the Parliament House, Melbourne. See PRG 18/7/72 for original photograph.

Family reunion.

Family reunion.

Ross Smith (left) and Keith Smith (right) reunited with their parents Jessie and Andrew Smith (centre), after landing at Mascot, New South Wales. See PRG 18/7/66 for original photograph.

Ross Smith, James Bennet and Pierson with Vickers Viking.

Ross Smith, James Bennet and Pierson with Vickers Viking.

Just before the tragedy of 13th April 1922 - Ross and Bennett with the Vickers Viking and Rex Pierson, who designed it. See PRG 18/13/4 for original photograph.

Ross' catafalque in St Peter's Cathedral.

Ross' catafalque in St Peter's Cathedral.

Ross' catafalque in St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide. See PRG 18/13/10 for original photograph.

Monument to Ross Smith.

Monument to Ross Smith.

The monument to Ross Smith and party at Creswell Gardens, Adelaide. See PRG 18/13/13 for original photograph.

Keith Smith in the R.F.C.

Keith Smith in the R.F.C.

Keith Smith in the Royal Flying Corps. See PRG 18/5/3 for original photograph.

Sir Keith and Lady Smith.

Sir Keith and Lady Smith.

Sir Keith and Lady Smith arrive in Sydney in 1924 after their marriage in London. See PRG 18/14/3 for original photograph.

At the thirtieth anniversary dinner.

At the thirtieth anniversary dinner.

Sir Keith, Lady Smith, Lord Weeks (Chairman of Vickers Ltd.), and Lady Weeks at a dinner given by Vickers at the Savoy, London, commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Smith brothers' prize-winning England-Australia flight. See PRG 18/14/9 for original photograph.

Lord Weeks and Keith Smith.

Lord Weeks and Keith Smith.

Lord Weeks, Chairman of Vickers, with Sir Keith Smith at the Farnborough Air Show in 1954. See B 17699 for original photograph.