Framed £1 note, signed by Charles Kingsford-Smith and Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker

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Security-Binder (Shared), Security-Binder Item 32

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Item 32

Content Summary:

Printed on the mount beneath the framed note is a short paragraph relating the story behind the 'Famous Pound Note'. It reads: 'At a London dinner in 1930, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith jokingly said that British aviation would not survive unless it acquired the Southern Cross. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker offered £1, which "Smithy" accepted. The pound note was signed by both parties. Brought to Australia by Captain A.G. Lamplugh, it was presented to Mr Hudson Fysh who in turn presented it to the Minister for Air Services (Mr White) for the inclusion amongst the Kingsford-Smith relics in the National Museum.'

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Charles Kingsford-Smith have been progressively added to by a number of donors since the initial donation of the trans-Pacific flight logbook of the Southern Cross by Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm in 1928. The names of donors can be supplied on application to the Manuscripts Branch.

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Department of the Interior

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