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Charles Kingsford Smith ‘Smithy’ is one of Australia’s most famous aviators.

Our Frank Colquhoun Collection includes:

  • MHS/FC 181 – 1928 photograph of the visit of Charles Kingsford Smith and his ‘Southern Cross’ to Maylands Airfield (This image also appears on page 13 of Frank Colquhoun’s 2001 book Cockpit and Spanner)
  • MHS/FC 360 – a 1931 photograph of the marsh at the Wyndham, WA. showing Charles Kingsford Smith (atop a  wing) assisting in refuelling ‘ his Avro Avian VH-UQG ‘Southern Cross Minor from drum fuel prior to taking off on an unsuccessful attempt on the Australia-UK record (This image also appears on page 36 of Frank Colquhoun’s 2001 book Cockpit and Spanner)

We also have:

  • a 1921 image  of Smithy and other West Australian Airways pilots (all World War I veterans)  at Langley Park.
  • some WAA statistics during the Smithy period
  • an image of Keith Anderson, Bob Hitchcock, Smithy, Mr and Mrs Marshall, and a wellwisher
  • an image of Smithy as the pilot of AUDJ wih the Marshalls as his passengers
  • an advertisement for Mobiloil featuring  Charles Kingsford Smith
  • clippings and journal articles about Charles Kingsford Smith
  • commemorative coins commemorating Charles Kingsford Smith and his contributions to aviation
  • mention of the 1928 visit by Smithy and Southern Cross and his 1934 visit with a Lockheed Altair  on the ‘Maylands Aerodrome – Famous visitors’ plaque at Aerodrome Park, Maylands
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Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association acknowledges the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, live, and learn. We acknowledge that we tell the stories of Noongar Country and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website may contain images or names of people who have passed away.