Australian Women Pilots' Association [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 1585665
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [1950-ca. 1966]
- 1 album (283 photographs, 1 certificate) : b&w ; 58 x 45.3 cm.
- Summary:
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The collection includes images of members of the Australian Women Pilots' Association in different locations within Australia. It also includes images of pilots in the United States, Europe, New Zealand and Africa.
- Biography/History:
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The inaugural meeting of the Australian Women Pilots' Association (AWPA), was held at the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales at Bankstown on 16 September 1950. Thirty-five women became charter members. Nancy Bird Walton, the catalyst for the formation of the Association was elected founding president, with Maie Casey wife of the Governor-General at the time, R. G. Casey, its patron.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on accompanying information.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-141224229
- Related Material:
- Records of the Australian Women Pilots' Association; Located at; National Library of Australia Manuscript collection MS 1985.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Aircraft pilots
- Terms of Use:
- Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Related Records:
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This is a collection.
This collection contains 283 records. - Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2036 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1966
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