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Tablet marking the landing spot of the Vickers Vimy [PRG 18/16/20] • Photograph

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Summary

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'.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 20.4 x 25.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1950

Creator

Smith, Keith Macpherson

Collection

Part of Ross and Keith Smith Collection

Subject

England-Australia air race, 1919
Air pilots -- Monuments -- Northern Territory -- Darwin.
Airplane racing.

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General notes

To view other photographs do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 18/16.

Digitisation information

Date

17/07/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

8,359 x 6,568 pixels (54.9 MP)

Size

359.82 MB

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