Territory Stories
Airmail
Details:
Title
Airmail,
Photo number
PH0238/1671,
Collection
Peter Spillett Collection,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
1931-04-25,
Location
Parap,
Description
Darwin Post Master, Hirtle Bald (centre) in the vehicle transporting the first air mail from England to Australia to the local post office for sorting and onforwarding to Brisbane by Qantas. The air mail arrived via Koepang aboard Kingsford-Smith's VH-USU 'Southern Cross' on 25 April 1931 and was onforwarded in the Qantas DH61 'Apollo' the following day. 'Southern Cross' in the background. See also PH0238/0167 and PH0238/0072.,
Language
English,
Subject
cars,
aeroplanes,
Digital format
3994 x 5000 puxels : 48bpp ; 117.04Mb, back 139.21Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.9 cm.,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/15699 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736908
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736906 ,
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736907 ,
Territory Stories
Airmail
Details:
Title
Airmail,
Photo number
PH0238/1671,
Collection
Peter Spillett Collection,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
1931-04-25,
Location
Parap,
Description
Darwin Post Master, Hirtle Bald (centre) in the vehicle transporting the first air mail from England to Australia to the local post office for sorting and onforwarding to Brisbane by Qantas. The air mail arrived via Koepang aboard Kingsford-Smith's VH-USU 'Southern Cross' on 25 April 1931 and was onforwarded in the Qantas DH61 'Apollo' the following day. 'Southern Cross' in the background. See also PH0238/0167 and PH0238/0072.,
Language
English,
Subject
cars,
aeroplanes,
Digital format
3994 x 5000 puxels : 48bpp ; 117.04Mb, back 139.21Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.9 cm.,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/15699 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736908
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736906 ,
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736907 ,