A flying life : John Duigan and the first Australian aeroplane / David Crotty.

Collection type Library
Author Crotty, David.; Museum Victoria.;
Call Number 629.13092 C951f
Document type Monograph
Year 2010.
Pagination xi, 170 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map, ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.
Publisher Museum Victoria,
Note Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index. The flying career of John Robertson Duigan spanned just a decade from 1908 to 1918. One hundred years ago he built and successfully flew the first aeroplane made in Australia using only photographs, journal articles and an unreliable textbook as his guides. He was the first Australian to fly a powered Australian-made aeroplane in Australia.
Place made Melbourne :

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