Person

Kingsford-Smith, Charles Edward (1897 - 1935)

Born
9 February 1897
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
1935
Occupation
Aviator

Summary

Charles Kingsford-Smith was an aviation pioneer who undertook major experimental flights over Australia and the Pacific. He also flew between Australia and England and made a trans-Atlantic crossing.

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith - Records, 1921 - 1929, MS 5918; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
  • Harry Lyon - Records, 1928, MS 5312; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
  • In the Public Interest (television program) - Transcripts, July 1973, MS 3794; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith - Records, 1928 - 1929; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Howard, Frederick, 'Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles Edward (1897-1935)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 599-601. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090602b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_k.html. Details
  • McArthur, Ian, 'Chapter 16: Aeronautical engineering' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 299-318. Details
  • Palmer, Vance, National portraits (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1960), 230 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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