Regular flying-boat services between Australia and England Accession Number: ARTV05164

Description

QANTAS and Imperial Airways advertising poster. Starting in 1938 Qantas and Imperial (later British) Airways ran a thrice-weekly service from Sydney to Southampton, through Singapore, until the fall of that city during the Second World War. Flying boats were used from Sydney because the planes only needed a mooring buoy, which was available at Rose Bay. This poster is in red and blue text within a blue and red frame. The QANTAS Empire Airways logo is positioned centre top.

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Accession Number
ARTV05164
Artist
Unknown
Printer
Unknown
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Overall: 101 cm x 63.6 cm
Medium
lithograph on paper
Date Made
c.1934-1939
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Transferred from the AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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