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Short Empire Flying Boat Cooee at Rose Bay 5 July 1939

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[ON 388/Box 035/Item 119 ]
(Mitchell Library, Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd)

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Air transport

Aeroplanes

Water transport

Flying boats

Rose Bay

Eastern harbourside suburb named for Governor Arthur Phillip's friend and mentor George Rose, later Treasurer of the Navy. It was the site of a flying boat airport until 1974 and seaplanes still land there.

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Rose Bay Airport

Airport which saw flying boats land and take off in the waters of Rose Bay using hangar and office facilities on the shore near Lyne Park.

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Qantas

Australia's largest airline and second oldest in the world.

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Empire Air Mail Scheme

British Air Ministry scheme to regain leadership of world aviation by carrying all first class mail to India, South Africa and Australia by flying boat. The first service to Australia began in 1938 but was uneconomic and overwhelmed with the public response. The scheme closed with the outbreak of war.

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