This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Flying stories and notices from Cairns era
A collage of passenger movements and military notes from Cairns shows individuals arriving by Wyreema and Werechia trains, visits to Cairns, and transfers. It covers Duffs, Earl, Dowall, Muray, O’Shea, and private geographies, plus a vivid account of Major Oswald Watt’s aerial training and a pilot’s daring maneuvers with a Sopwith Pup, highlighting frontline valor and aviation progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F C. Earl
Brisbane
Sere Dowall
W. ©. Gruin
Gordonvale
Cairns
H. O'Shea
Charles GT. Muray
Abbott Stevet
Australia
England
Oswald Watt
Sydney
Watt
Channel
Western Front
Une Orf & Anny Autem
Eran
Willy
Lonmsia
Atsac
Sibcin
Ofpeer
Varius Controls
Melbourne
Ceci Healy
Frank Beaurepaire
Mair
Ayers
Swan Ow
el Arish