Austin Byrne and the Southern Cross Memorial [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 2246266
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [199-?]
- 23 photographs : col. and b&w ; 35.4 x 27.8 cm. + 1 brass name plate.
- 319 negatives : acetate, b&w.
- 20 negatives : acetate, col.
- 20 negatives : glass, b&w.
- Summary:
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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.'
- Biography/History:
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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.
- Notes:
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- Condition: good.
- Inscriptions: the 4 b&w photographs stamped Penrith Press on verso.
- 319 acetate negatives tranferred from MS 3736.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144027062
- Related Material:
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- 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 CZ 2/1/3
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1932-1993
- Occupation:
- Artists
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2063 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1993
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1999
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