In this silent newsreel footage, British aviator Amy Johnson arrives in Brisbane on the final leg of her solo flight between England and Australia in 1930.

We pay tribute to aviation pioneer Amy Johnson this International Women's Day

An excerpt from Amy Johnson's recorded memoir of her solo flight from England to Australia in 1930. 

The decade after the end of the First World War was a period of great excitement in aviation and this was reflected by the popularity of aviator songs.