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Airports

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Rose Bay Airport
Sydney International Airport terminal
Broadsmith, Harry
Hammond, Joseph
Love, Nigel
Warneford, Jack
Bankstown Aerodrome
Blackheath Aerodrome
Camden Airport
Katoomba Airport
Rose Bay Airport
Sydney Airport
'High Tide East Coast' stained glass by Cedar Prest at Sydney Airport
'High Tide East Coast' stained glass work by Cedar Prest at Sydney Airport
Aerial view of Cooks River Entrance and Mascot Airport 1973
Construction of Kingsford Smith airport in progress 1958
Finally! - Permission to land at the third airport! 1996
Gateway to the world - Rose Bay flying boat base 1939
Leaving Mascot 16 May 1931
Lord Huntingfield opens flying boat service, Rose Bay 4 August 1938

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Airports

Rose Bay Airport

Rose Bay Airport, on Sydney Harbour, was Sydney's first international airport for sea boats. Opening in 1937, Rose Bay Airport catered to the Empire Flying Boat and Air Mail Service, World War Two Catalina flying boats and Qantas and Ansett services until 1974 when services to Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island ended. In 2014, the Airport is used by a charter company.

Sydney International Airport terminal

Airport terminal opened in 1970 which has since undergone two major expansions.

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Broadsmith, Harry

Aviation engineer who helped establish Mascot as an aviation centre in Australia before returning to Britain in the late 1920s.

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Hammond, Joseph

New Zealand aviator who was amongst the first to use a paddock at Mascot as an airfield.

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Love, Nigel

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Aviator and flour miller who after serving as a pilot in World War I, developed an airfield at Mascot and promoted aviation through joy flights and charter operations.

Warneford, Jack

Airman in World War I who helped establish Mascot as a centre of aviation.

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Bankstown Aerodrome

General aviation aerodrome and business park in the City of Bankstown.

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Blackheath Aerodrome

Airfield built by unemployed men in 1939 as an alternative safe landing place during World War II. It was eventually abandoned after the licence was cancelled in 1955.

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Camden Airport

Airport used for flying training, charter, maintenance, gliding and ballooning. Originally the private airfield for the Macarthur family, it was requisitioned by the Commonwealth in 1939 and handed back for civil aviation in 1946.

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Katoomba Airport

Dirt airfield constructed in 1968 which provides the only runway access in the Blue Mountains.

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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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Sydney Airport

Major airport serving Sydney and Australia, which is one of the oldest continuously operating airports in the world. Successive enlargements have resulted in the reclamation of land in Botany Bay to build new runways, and the resumption of property in surrounding suburbs because of noise.

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'High Tide East Coast' stained glass by Cedar Prest at Sydney Airport

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By
Cedar Prest
Contributed By
Private collection

'High Tide East Coast' stained glass work by Cedar Prest at Sydney Airport

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By
Cedar Prest
Contributed By
Private collection

Aerial view of Cooks River Entrance and Mascot Airport 1973

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Contributed By
National Archives of Australia
[A6180, 7/12/73/97]

Construction of Kingsford Smith airport in progress 1958

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Contributed By
National Archives of Australia
[A1200, L26268]

Finally! - Permission to land at the third airport! 1996

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By
Geoff Pryor
Contributed By
National Library of Australia
[nla.pic-vn3525274]

Gateway to the world - Rose Bay flying boat base 1939

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Contributed By
Qantas Heritage Collection
[Image 26, Design Excellence]

Leaving Mascot 16 May 1931

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By
Margaret Gifford
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a9727024 / PXE 1598 / Box 7]
(Album 06: Photographs of the Allen family, 1931) (Mitchell Library)

Lord Huntingfield opens flying boat service, Rose Bay 4 August 1938

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a1896050 / PX*D 294, 48]
(Vol.8 Early Days of Qantas & flying boat service) (Mitchell Library)

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