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Commemorative tablet

Details:

Title

Commemorative tablet,

Photo number

PH0238/1688,

Collection

Peter Spillett Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Fannie Bay,

Description

An inscribed stone tablet commemorating the landing of Ross and Keith Smith and mechanics Wally Shiers and James Bennett in their Vickers Vimy aircraft G-GADU on 10 December 1919, following the first flight from England to Australia. This victory in the air race gained them 10,000 pounds prize money offered by William Hughes' Australian Government. The stone is said to have been laid on the point at which the Vimy aircraft touched down on Australian soil but there have been arguments to the contrary. The commemorative stone is now surrounded by a semi-circular concrete plinth and stands in a well-tended vacant allotment in Fannie Bay.,

Notes

Date: Unknown,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/14997,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736156