Person
Fysh, Wilmot Hudson (Hudson) (1895 - 1974)
- Born
- 7 January 1895
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 6 April 1974
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Business executive
Summary
(Sir) Wilmot Hudson (Hudson) Fysh and Pat McGinness were commissioned by the Australian government in 1919 to survey the Longreach (Queensland)-Darwin section of the route for the government's £10,000 prize contest for a flight from England to Australia. In 1920 Fysh and McGinness were two of the four founders of Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd).
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Percival, J., 'Fysh, Sir Wilmot Hudson (1895-1974), airline director' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 603-605. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080620b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q524932. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/45548098. Details
- 'Fysh, Hudson (18950107-19740406)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-468425. 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_f.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 31 July 2006
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