Person
Duigan, John Robertson (1882 - 1951)
- Born
- 31 May 1882
Terang, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 11 June 1951
Ringwood, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Aviator and Electrical engineer
Summary
John Robertson Duigan made the first flight in Australia of a locally designed and built aircraft (1910). A memorial to him was unveiled in 1960 on the Mia Mia-Lancefield road, near the site of this historic flight.
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Published resources
Books
- Crotty, David, A Flying Life: John Duigan and the first Australian Aeroplane (Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2010), 176 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Kendall, F.J., 'Duigan, John Robertson (1881-1951), pioneer aviator and electrical engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 360-361. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/duigan-john-robertson-6036. Details
Journal Articles
- Brogden, S., 'John Duigan's Plane Made History', Aircraft Magazine (1960). Details
- Kendall, F. J., 'John Robertson Duigan, a pioneer aviator in Australia', The Victorian Historical Magazine. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q517638. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/297302003. Details
- 'Duigan, John Robertson (1882-1951)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468289. Details
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_d.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 27 July 2006
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