Charles Kingsford Smith (Smithy) and the Southern Star land at Melbourne on 21 January 1932.

Wing Commander Stanley Goble and Flying Officer Ivor McIntyre completed the first flight around Australia when they landed their Fairey IIID seaplane at St Kilda on 19 May 1924.

British-born aviator Amy (Johnnie) Johnson was the first female pilot to fly solo from England to Australia.

Bundaberg-born Herbert John Louis Hinkler (1892–1933), better known as Bert Hinkler, piloted the very first solo flight between England and Australia in just over 15 days using Avro Avian G-EBOV.

This clip features two complete sides of a gramophone record.

Comprises farewell messages from the cockpit of The Southern Cross by C. F. Kingsford Smith, C. T. P. Ulm, H. A. Litchfield, T. H. Williams, on March 30th, 1929 at Richmond Airfield.

Message spoken by Charles T.P. Ulm.

Message spoken by Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith.

Famous aviator, and pioneer of in-flight refueling, Sir Alan Cobham, discusses speedier air transport between England and Australia.

Famous aviator, and pioneer of in-flight refueling, Sir Alan Cobham, discusses speedier air transport between England and Australia.