Sunday, April 26, 2009

Blogs are fun. Blogs are easy to create, but are they easy to maintain? Can Bogs be used for Local History? Who would contribute?

Saturday, April 25, 2009


"Qantas has announced the names of the fleet of 20 Airbus A380s with a theme honouring Australian aviation pioneers.

The names of people who will have an A380 named after them are: Nancy-Bird Walton (see TD 01 Oct), Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness, Fergus McMaster, Lawrence Hargrave, Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Reginald Ansett, David Warren, Bert Hinkler, John and Reginald Duigan, Phyllis Arnott, Keith McPherson Smith and Ross
McPherson Smith, Lester Brain, Lores Bonney, Norman Brearley, P G Taylor, Scotty Allan, John Flynn, and Gaby Kennard." from: Travel Today, 17 Nov 2008 p.4 [traveltoday.com.au]
Image Number P14320 from Illawarra Images "Anniversary of flying kites on Stanwell Park beach in 1970s. Photograph used with permission of Wollongong City Library.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

WOLhistory


18 July 2008 was the last day for the QantasLink service at Albion Park airport. Image number P18703 from Illawarra Images used with permission of Wollongong City Library