| Bib ID |
2246266 |
| Format |
Picture, Online, Online - Google Books |
| Online Versions |
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| Description |
[199-?]
21 photographs : col. and b&w ; 35.4 x 27.8 cm. + 1 brass name plate.
299 negatives : acetate, b&w.
20 negatives : acetate, col.
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| Summary |
Photographs: 1 and 2. Silver cups -- 3. Austin Byrne with children -- 4. Austin Byrne with model of Southern Cross 5. -- Reading lamp showing Pacific flight route --6. Metal book entitled 'Southern Cross Memorial' -- 7. Closed shrine -- 8. Open shrine -- 9. Olympic torch -- 10. Cabinet with violin shaped hinges -- 11. Key to globe -- 12. Key to globe on stand -- 13. Metal book and three small globes -- 14. Book and newspaper display items -- 15. Stereo cabinet -- 16. Plaques -- 17. Mosaic of Charles Kingsford-Smith -- 18, 19 and 20. Austin Byrne and Miss Ellen Rogers -- 21. Three children with the model of Southern Cross. Brass name plate inscribed: 'The Fokker monoplane FV11B-3M 'Southern Cross' to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the pioneer trans-Pacific flight 1928-1978, Oakland California (USA) to Brisbane Australia 31st May - 9th June 1928. Designer and constructor of the Southern Cross Memorial - Austin Byrne Sydney Australia.'
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| Biography/History |
Austin Byrne is an aviation enthusiast and sculptor. Designer and creator of the Kingsford Smith 'Southern Cross' Memorial, which is now in the custody of the National Museum of Australia.
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| Notes |
Condition: good.
Inscriptions: the 4 b&w photographs stamped Penrith Press on verso.
319 acetate negatives tranferred from MS 3736.
Selected items also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an14514137
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| Related Material |
Related material: Papers of Austin Byrne ; National Library of Australia Manuscript collection MS 3736. Interview with Austin Byrne ; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection TRC 22/49 Associated material: Picture frame related to this material is held at 'Pic Obj Shelves Bay 4/3' |
| Subjects |
Byrne, Austin Edward, - 1902-1993 - Portraits. | Kingsford-Smith, Charles, - Sir, - 1897-1935 - Monuments. | Ulm, C. T. P. - (Charles Thomas Phillippe), - 1897-1934 - Monuments. | Southern Cross (Airplane) | Southern Cross Memorial. | Sculptors - Australia - Portraits.
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| Occupation |
Artists. |
| Other authors/contributors |
Byrne, Austin Edward, 1902-1993 | Penrith Press
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