LOXTON, SA. C.1930. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF THE MURRAY RIVER FLYING SCHOOL (MURIFLOX), ...

LOXTON, SA. C.1930. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF THE MURRAY RIVER FLYING SCHOOL (MURIFLOX), LOXTON, WITH A GLIDER. 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 P00107) (DONOR COMMONWEALTH POLICE FORCE, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, ADELAIDE)