LOXTON, SA. C.1930. A MEMBER OF THE MURRAY RIVER FLYING SCHOOL (MURIFLOX), LOXTON, IN A GLIDER ON ...

Place Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Loxton
Accession Number P01737.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Copyright

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LOXTON, SA. C.1930. A MEMBER OF THE MURRAY RIVER FLYING SCHOOL (MURIFLOX), LOXTON, IN A GLIDER ON THE GROUND. OFFICE HOLDERS OF THE SCHOOL WERE C. W. J. HOFFMAN (PRESIDENT), PASTOR J. MEIER (PATRON), C. W. J. HOFFMANN (CHAIRMAN), H. E. MEIER (SECRETARY), F. KRAEGER (TREASURER). THE OFFICE BEARERS REFLECT A STRONG GERMAN-AUSTRALIAN INTEREST IN GLIDING, A SPORT MADE POPULAR IN PARTS OF EUROPE DURING THE LATE 1920'S, EARLY 1930'S. THE PHOTOGRAPH IS AMONGST PAPERS CONFISCATED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN 1939. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM PRIVATE RECORDS COLLECTION AT PR00107) (DONOR COMMONWEALTH POLICE FORCE, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, ADELAIDE)