Photographs of Tom Benstead and Harold Robert Hodgson after breaking Melbourne to Sydney motor cycle...
Photographs of Tom Benstead and Harold Robert Hodgson after breaking Melbourne to Sydney motor cycle records, 1921-1923; Coomonderry steam boat, ca. 1886-1959
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ACCESSION RECORD
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Pictures and Photographs
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1 folder
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Fonds
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1. 'Melbourne to Sydney 55 miles in 18 hours 11 minutes. Arrival of Lieutenant H.R. Hodgson (later flying corps) AIF mounted on a 1919 model Harley Davidson ... after having lowered the existing motor cycle record between these two capitals". Photograph by Hall & Co., Hunter St. Sydney, 1921
2. "Arrival of Tom Benstead after breaking Melbourne -...
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Photographs of Tom Benstead and Harold Robert Hodgson after breaking Melbourne to Sydney motor cycle records, 1921-1923; Coomonderry steam boat, ca. 1886-1959
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Presented by the Camden District Historical Society, 2002
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas Arthur Benstead (1896-1971) was a renowned motor cyclist, setting Australian and world records. Lieutenant Harold Robert Hodgson (late of the Australian Flying Corps) made several attempts to break the Melbourne- Sydney motor cycle record and other competitions, 1921-1925
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npAN4p81
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAN4p81
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9611496
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