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SUMMARY:Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Victoria’s centenary in 1934\, Macpherson Robertson sponsored a great air race from England to Melbourne. There were originally 20 entrants of which only 12 arrived in Melbourne. The British winning entrants took a whisker under 3 days\, the last plane to arrive took some 4 months.\nThe Royal Historical Society of Victoria is mounting an exhibition which takes a close look at the entrants in the races (there were two races run concurrently – a speed race and a handicap race) including the Dutch entrant\, the Uiver. The Uiver (stork) is the most famous of the entries even though it came second. It was forced by bad weather to make an emergency landing in Albury where the locals used the town’s lights to spell A L B U R Y in morse code and then created a make-shift aerodrome on the racetrack using car headlights to con the plane down. Macpherson Robertson always maintained that the Uiver\, a commercial KLM flight that went to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies with a little extra hop to Australia\, came closest to his ideal as Robertson sponsored the race to encourage commercial flight not speed. \nThe first aircraft to finish was the De Havilland DH-88 Comet Grosvenor House\, a specially- designed racing aircraft flown by Charles W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black. Both pilots were much feted in Melbourne. Photos show a handsome pair being mobbed by thousands. The adulation didn’t last\, Campbell Black was killed by a plane propeller just 2 years later and Scott suicided. \nHarold Brook was the pilot with the least experience – barely the minimum 100 hours. He had a paying passenger\, the 28-year old Miss Ella Lay\, who knitted her way to Australia. She was a pilot herself and the only woman to travel the full race distance from Mildenhall in England to Melbourne. Ella stayed on in Melbourne\, took up nursing\, and in 1941 enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service in the very building where the exhibition is being held (the former Army Medical Corps Drill Hall). Ella died in 2005\, aged 99. The Times printed her obituary. \nThe race generated many more fabulous stories including C. J. “Jimmy” Melrose who at 21 was the youngest pilot and one of the few Australians. Jimmy was funded by his mother and his De Havilland Puss Moth was christened My Hildergarde in her honour. He too died\, too young\, just two years later in a plane crash. \nThe last plane to arrive was piloted by Ray Parer and Godfrey Hemsworth and funded by New Guinea miners. Another entry was owned by well-known Australian pioneer aviator Horrie Miller who at the time was managing director of MacRobertson-Miller Aviation. He engaged James Wood and Don Bennett to fly the race however they came unstuck in Aleppo. As Bennett wrote in his autobiography\, they “… hit the ground with a fair wallop and the undercarriage collapsed; down she went and the nose went in as we whipped over on our back. I was in the tail of the machine and my velocity from one end of the cabin to the other was remarkable. Even more astounding was the degree of “concertina-ing” of my body which took place at the far end.” That was the end of their race.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/tales-from-the-macrobertson-international-air-races/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Ferries of Melbourne: Past\, Present\, Future – Good\, Better\, Best?
DESCRIPTION:Ferries of Melbourne:\nPast\, Present\, Future – Good\, Better\, Best? \nExplore the heritage and the potential of Melbourne’s ferries with Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network. \nMelbourne’s ferries have delivered significant social and economic benefit to our community in the past. Today ferries remain a woefully under-developed transport and tourism option. The opportunity to expand ferry services around this state and in this city is great. This potential needs to be unlocked – by government (local and state)\, by responsible authorities and by relevant private sector and non-profit stakeholders. \nOur Speaker on Maritime Heritage:  \n\nBruce M. Gooley\, researcher\, writer and lively presenter\n\nOur Expert Panel looking to the Future: \n\nMatt McDonald\, CEO\, Port Phillip Ferries\nMurray Rance\, CEO. Port Phillip Ferries (Little Group)\nBrad Roberts\, Liaison Officer – Vessels Operations Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)\nGareth Johnson\, Acting Director Maritime Safety\, Transport Safety Victoria\nJamie Gillingham Senior Manager\, Development Victoria\n\nLibrary at the Dock is located at 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade\, Docklands\, easily accessible via Tram routes 11\, 35\, 48\, 70 and 75. The theatrette is located on the 1st. Floor \nDue to COVID-19\, numbers are limited. RSVP essential by \n19 June: info@mmhn.org.au
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/ferries-of-melbourne-past-present-future-good-better-best/
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SUMMARY:LA TROBE’S UNIFORM
DESCRIPTION:LA TROBE’S UNIFORM\n‘Extravagance\, Tradition and Power’ : Charles La Trobe’s Uniform \nGuest Speaker: Megan Anderson (2019 La Trobe Society Fellow at State Library Victoria) \nMegan Anderson is Costume Production Assistant at Sovereign Hill\, a position which involves researching and producing historically accurate reproduction clothing subsequently used as interpretive and educational tools within the living history museum. \nThis presentation will outline the history of La Trobe’s official uniform\, and the actual tailoring of this splendid attire which Megan is in the process of constructing. \nMegan has meticulously researched the design of La Trobe’s uniform and is hand making a replica. She will bring a tailor’s dummy with the part-finished uniform and talk about her research\, then show us the intricate construction of the replica uniform. It promises to be a very illuminating presentation and describe tailoring uniforms in the 19th century. \nLa Trobe Society Talk for Members and Friends – all welcome. \nIncludes refreshments. Bookings essential by Friday 18 June.
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LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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