Adastra Airlines people and office building at Mascot, aircraft and aerial surveying equipment, Tenn...
Adastra Airlines people and office building at Mascot, aircraft and aerial surveying equipment, Tennant Creek plane crash and two aerial views of Sydney, ca. 1947-1966
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1947-1966
Call Numbers
PXD 1357 , ON 556
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 negative - 12.5 x 9.9 cm
73 photographs - approx. 50.5 x 61 cm, on mount 65.6 x 73.4 cm or less - gelatin silver, 2 mounted
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
PXD 1357/no. 1
Photographs of the wreck of an Adastra aerial survey plane at Tennant Creek, Sept. 1966.
Photographs of the Adastra office building at Mascot, people and planes, including equipment and aeroplane interiors.
PXD 1357/no. 2
Two mounted photographs of Sydney by Adastraphoto. One dated 1947
ON 556
Negative of ae...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Adastra Airlines people and office building at Mascot, aircraft and aerial surveying equipment, Tennant Creek plane crash and two aerial views of Sydney, ca. 1947-1966
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4205 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Signature / Inscriptions
Mounted photographs each have an inscription on lower left of mount: 'Sydney 1947' and 'City of Sydney' respectively. Both with 'Adastraphoto' on lower right of mount.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mr Jack Townsend, 1978
Pic.Acc.4205
Administrative / Biographical history
Adastra Airways began in 1930 as a flying school at Mascot Aerodrome. During the thirties, the company operated a regular airline service between Sydney and Bega. It also pioneered civilian aerial photographic surveys which became their principal activity. In 1940 Adastra discontinued its airline service and became the foremost aerial survey operat...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1357 , ON 556
Record Identifier
1LjRWLb9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjRWLb9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
909685
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