SHAREHOLDERS per Qantas Records 1. Ainslie Neville Templeton, grazier, ‘Acacia Downs’, Aramac 2. Lt Paul Joseph McGinness, grazier & aviator, Longreach 3. Lt Wilmot Hudson Fysh, aviator, Longreach 4. Fergus McMaster, grazier, ‘Moscow’, Winton 5. Frederick Bode, garage proprietor, Bode & Co. Motor Garage, Winton 6. Charles James Anthony Brabazon, grazier, ‘Elderslie’, Winton 7. Reginald Halloran, grazier, Winton 8. Hubert Thorne Hill Weedon, Solicitor, Winton 9. George Morgan-Reade, grazier, Winton 10. Alan Walter Campbell, manager, Queensland Primary Producers, 11. John Francis Thompson, bookseller, 311 Queen Street, Brisbane 12. Thomas James O’Rourke, grazier & merchant, Winton 13. Dr Frederick Archibald Hope-Michod, medical practitioner, Longreach 14. Captain George Richard, ex-general-manager, Mt Morgan gold mine & gentleman, Brisbane 15. John Martin, partner, Edwards Martin, Longreach 16. Arthur Joseph Gilchrist, Dalgety & Co., Longreach 17. Charles Peters, grazier, Brisbane 18. Alexander John Baxter McMaster, grazier, Winton 19. Thomas Brassey McIntosh, grazier, ‘Wollagorang’, 20. Robert Jackson, grazier, ‘Apsley’, Winton 21. Edward Rowland Huey Edkins, grazier, Longreach 22. Frederick Crutch, station manager, ‘Manningham’, Longreach 23. Alexander Kennedy, retired grazier, ‘Loretto’, Auchenflower, Brisbane 24. Paul Walker, station manager, ‘El Rita’, McKinlay 25. Roy Lionel Howarth Peterson, solicitor, Cannan & Peterson, Longreach 26. Norman Frederick White, grazier, ‘Warandaroo’, Muttaburra 27. Herbert Dalton Avery, proprietor, Western Motor Works, Longreach 28. George Porter, grazier, ‘Marchmont’, Ilfracombe 29. Cecil Porter, grazier, ‘Marchmont’, Ilfracombe 30. Gordon Greenwood, station overseer, ‘Marchmont’, Ilfracombe 31. Wilfred , mechanic, Longreach 32. Jonathon Shannon, grazier, ‘Oxford Downs’, Nebo 33. Kenneth Barran, station overseer, ‘Manningham’, Longreach 34. Frederick Banks, grazier, ‘Kendal’, Longreach 35. Law Horsfall, agent, Edkins & Co., Winton 36. George Patterson, grazier, ‘Rangelands’, Winton 37. Robert Milson, grazier, ‘Springvale’, Boulia 38. Alan McIntosh, motor mechanic, Winton 39. Archibald Wallace North Bell, grazier, ‘Belmont’, Winton 40. James Rhodes, grazier, ‘Mt Campbell’, Winton 41. Charles Martin Castle Knight, commission agent & grazier, ‘Storm Hill’, Longreach 42. Charles Kennedy, grazier, ‘Werna Downs’, Winton 43. James Glasgow, station manager, ‘Cork’, Winton 44. Dr George, Winton Hospital 45. Sidney George, grazier, Winton 46. Elsdon Pringle, grazier, ‘Fermoy’, Longreach 47. James Summer Spiers, pharmacist & grazier, ‘Leeson’, Winton 48. Alexander McIntyre, grazier, Winton 49. Robert Johnstone, grazier, ‘Oondooroo’, Winton 50. Barry Crosbie, grazier, ‘Marathon’, Richmond As per ‘TRADE AND FINANCE’ column on Page 5 of Brisbane’s ‘’, Wednesday 24 November 1920 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212830023?searchTerm=aerial 1. John Thompson, Brisbane bookseller 2. Alan W Campbell, Brisbane company manager 3. Herbert T Weedon, Winton solicitor 4. Fergus McMaster, Winton grazier 5. Ainslie N Templeton, Acacia Downs, Aramac grazier 6. Paul J McGinness, Winton grazier and aviator 7. Charles J A Brabazon, Elderslie, Winton grazier 8. Hudson Fysh, Winton aviator SEED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTORS per Fergus McMaster memoir

1. A N Templeton, wool-grower, Aramac 2. Fergus McMaster, wool-grower, Winton 3. John Thompson, bookseller (first cash contributor - £100), Brisbane 4. Alan Campbell, Queensland Primary Producers Association, Brisbane 5. T J O’Rourke, shop-keeper, Winton 6. Alexander Kennedy, grazier, Brisbane McMaster’s quote (with his spelling mistakes) from the original (1920) Memorandum and Articles of Association:

“We, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a Company in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association, and we respectfully agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the Company set opposite our respective names. John Thompson, 311 Queen Street, Brisbane Allan Campbell, Commercial Union Chambers, Eagle Street, Brisbane, Company Manager Hubert Thorne Hill Weedon, Oondooroo Street, Winton, Solicitor Fergus McMaster, Dagworth Street, Winton, Grazier Charles James Anthony Brabazon, Elderslie Station, Winton, Grazier Ainsley Neville Templeton, Acacia Downs, Grazier Paul Joseph McGuiness, Winton, Grazier and Aviator Hudson Fysh, Winton, Aviator (Hudson Fysh and Paul McGuiness, even, gave their address as “Winton.”)

The Provisional Directors were:

Fergus McMaster, Winton, Chairman A N Templeton, Longreach P J McGuiness, Warrnambool, Victoria Alexander Kennedy, Grazier, Brisbane T B McIntosh, Wollongorang, Northern Territory, Grazier

Secretary, Pro tem

Allan W Campbell, Company Manager, Brisbane

Bankers

Bank of New South Wales, Winton

Solicitors

Cannan & Peterson, Brisbane

By arrangement, Hudson Fysh was not on the Provisional Board, for it was felt that, as he and McGuiness were the two pilots, one only should be on the Board. Hudson Fysh stood down. It will be noticed that, with the exception of Mr McGuiness, all the Provisional Directors were Graziers in the far west of Queensland and the Northern Territory. Out of these five Provisional Directors, two have passed to the Beyond, - Alexander Kennedy and T B McIntosh, both sturdy Scots and pioneers of the pastoral industry, but, even so late in their years, willing pioneers of aviation.”