K. Zimmerman Charles Kingsford-Smith and Evert van Dijk Southern Cross Flight Manuscript 1930
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Title
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K. Zimmerman Charles Kingsford-Smith and Evert van Dijk Southern Cross Flight Manuscript 1930
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Subject
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Australia--Description and travel
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Voyages and travels
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Aviation
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Australia--History
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Short stories, Dutch
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German language--Writing
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Category
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3. World War I
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Author
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Zimmerman, K.
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Keywords
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Air plane
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Current holder
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State Library of Queensland
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Period of reference
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1930 – 1930
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Series number
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28311
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Item number
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99283113402061
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Access rights
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Request at location
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Rights
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In copyright, Unrestricted access.
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Country of origin
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Germany
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Australia
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Language
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German
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English
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Dutch
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Description from source
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0.01 linear metres, 10 original photographs inserted into the manuscript relate to the text. Two newspaper clippings in Dutch also are included.
Bound manuscript (25 x 20 cm.) in German entitled "Personliche Erinnerungen an die Southern Cross und an die Kuhnen Ozeanflieger Kingsford-Smith & van Dijk" [Personal memories of the Southern Cross and the Daring Ocean-aviators Kingsford Smith and van Dijk]. An English translation of the manuscript is included in this collection.
These memories relate to the flight undertaken by Charles Kingsford-Smith, Evert van Dijk and Saul Smith, in the Fokker F. VIIb-3m Southern Cross from Portmarnock in Ireland across the Atlantic Ocean to New York, in June 1930.
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Physical format
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Manuscripts
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Photographs
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Typescripts