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DC-2 – UIVER MEMORIAL AIRCRAFT HERITAGE ASSESSMENT

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“Heritage Assessment – DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft”

Prepared by NBRS+Partners Wednesday 7 November 2012

HERITAGE ASSESSMENT

DC-2 UIVER MEMORIAL AIRCRAFT ALBURY AIRPORT ALBURY NSW 2640

7 November 2012 FINAL

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‘DC-2 UIVER MEMORIAL AIRCRAFT’ ALBURY AIRPORT ALBURY NSW 2640

HERITAGE ASSESSMENT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1 Introduction ...... 1 1.2 Definition of the Study Area ...... 1 1.3 Study Objectives ...... 1 1.4 Methodology ...... 1 1.5 Identification of Author and Limitations ...... 1 1.6 Sources ...... 1

2.0 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ...... 4 2.1 Aviation in the Early Twentieth Century ...... 4 2.2 Douglas Aircraft Company and "Douglas Commercial" (DC) Series ...... 4 2.3 Europe, Fokker and the DC Series ...... 5 2.4 London to Melbourne Air Race 1934 (MacRobertson Trophy Air Race) ... 5 2.5 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ...... 9 2.6 DC-2 ‘Uiver’ (The Stork) ...... 10 2.7 DC-2 Uiver – Emergency Stop at Albury ...... 12 2.8 Crash of the KLM DC-2 Uiver ...... 14 2.9 Albury Racecourse ...... 15 2.10 Albury’s Uiver Memorial and other Remaining DC-2s ...... 20 2.11 75th Anniversary Celebrations of the Uiver Landing ...... 21 2.12 The DC-2 (A30-11) Uiver Memorial Aircraft ...... 22 2.13 Albury Museum – ‘Uiver’ Collection ...... 24

3.0 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ...... 31 3.1 Setting and Physical Context ...... 31 3.2 Physical Description ...... 31 3.3 Comparative Analysis ...... 39 3.4 Movable Collections - Transport ...... 41

4.0 ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE ...... 43 4.1 Basis of Cultural Heritage Assessment ...... 43 4.2 Assessment of Cultural Significance ...... 43 4.3 Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance ...... 49

5.0 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS ...... 50 5.1 Commonwealth Government Requirements ...... 50 5.2 New South Wales Government Requirements ...... 51 5.3 Local Government Requirements ...... 52 5.4 Non Statutory Listings ...... 52

6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 53

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7.0 APPENDICES ...... 55 7.1 Appendix A – National Trust Register Listing Report - Uiver Collection .. 55 7.2 Appendix B – National Trust Register Listing Report – Uiver Memorial .. 56

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 – Site location plan, showing the location of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft...... 2

Figure 2 – Albury Airport with the location of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft shown circled ...... 2

Figure 3 – Albury Airport showing location of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft ...... 3

Figure 4 – World’s Greatest Air Race for MacRobertson Trophy Poster ...... 6

Figure 5 – Aircraft of the MacRobertson Air Race 1934 ...... 6

Figure 6 – Compulsory Stops on the MacRobertson Air Race ...... 9

Figure 7 – Medal from the Centenary International Air Race of 1934...... 10

Figure 8 – DC2 PH-AJU 'Uiver' of KLM 1934 air race, Darwin, 22 October 1934 ...... 10

Figure 9 – KLM Airways Douglas DC2 Aeroplane, Refueling in Darwin ...... 11

Figure 10 – Pulling KLM Douglas "Uiver" PH-AJU of Parmentier and Moll, out of the mud ...... 11

Figure 11 – KLM Line Gift to Albury Hospital, The Canberra Times, Saturday, 27 Oct 1934 ...... 12

Figure 12 – “Albury Thanked Saving of Air Liner Gifts to Residents”, Sydney Morning Herald ... 13

Figure 13 – “The Dutch Airliner Crash Ascribed to Lightening” ...... 14

Figure 14 – “Mystery Still About Disaster to Dutch Plane” ...... 15

Figure 15 – Parish of Albury, 1916, showing the Reserve for Racecourse ...... 16

Figure 16 – Parish of Albury, County of Goulburn, May 1938 ...... 17

Figure 17 – Sadlery enclosure, Albury Racecourse, Albury NSW 1925 ...... 17

Figure 18 – “Honour for Albury – mayor Invested with Dutch Order”...... 18

Figure 19 – “Netherland Gold Cup” ...... 19

Figure 20 – “Dutch Gift to Albury” ...... 19

Figure 21 – “Silver Aeroplane for Albury” ...... 20

Figure 22 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit - Model Aeroplane ...... 28

Figure 23 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit – Uiver memorial medals ...... 28

Figure 24 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit – Model of DC-2, Uiver ...... 29

Figure 25 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit - KLM passenger ticket (12 October 1934) ..... 29

Figure 26 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit - Booklet - The London-Melbourne Air Race .. 30

Figure 27 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit - Wooden walking stick ...... 30

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Figure 28 – DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft parked within the south-west apron ...... 31

Figure 29 – DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft showing “KLM” signage ...... 32

Figure 30 – DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft showing “KLM” signage ...... 32

Figure 31 – View of the right-hand side of the cock-pit ...... 33

Figure 32 – View of the right-hand side of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft ...... 33

Figure 33 – View from the front of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft...... 34

Figure 34 – View of the damaged airframe ...... 34

Figure 35 – Door to the aircraft does not freely open...... 35

Figure 36 – View of the damaged tail of the airframe ...... 36

Figure 37 – Evidence of birds nesting within the airframe ...... 36

Figure 38 – Uiver Commemorative Entrance, Albury Race Course ...... 37

Figure 39 – Plaque located on the Uiver Commemorative Entrance, Albury Race Course ...... 37

Figure 40 – Interpretative Mural of the KLM DC-2 Uiver unscheduled landing at Albury ...... 38

Figure 41 – Plaque of the KLM DC-2 Uiver unscheduled landing at Albury, October 24, 1934 ... 38

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance (see Section 3.4) The following is a Summary Statement of the Cultural Heritage Significance of the DC- 2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2-112), located at Albury Airport:

The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2-112), located at Albury Airport, and manufactured in 1934, is a movable heritage item of State and national heritage significance associated with air transport. The rare surviving DC-2 aircraft has historic significance at State level associated with being the second phase in the evolution and manufacture of the Douglas Company (DC) series of aircraft comprising DC-1, DC-2 and DC-3. The DC-2 represents the evolution of the DC (Douglas Commercial) series and the culmination in one of the world’s most popular and successful aircraft, the DC-3. It has historic associations with the MacRobertson Air Race of 1934 from London to Melbourne to mark Melbourne’s centenary and the legendary emergency landing in Albury by the Royal Dutch Air Lines KLM DC-2 Uiver (PH-AJU 44) contestant. The Memorial DC-2 aircraft has aesthetic significance associated with its “modernist” Art Deco styling featuring polished metal finishes, streamlined form and accentuated curvaceous lines. The DC-2 was a creative and technical innovation, being the first all metal aircraft. The DC-2 has social significance for the strong ties that have developed between the Dutch and Albury community imbedded in a shared history of more than 75 years, intrinsically related to the historic landing of the KLM DC-2 ‘Uiver’ in Albury on 24th October 1934.

Statutory Requirements (see Section 4.0) There are a number of statutory controls which may affect options for the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2-112). These include Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and 2003, the NSW Heritage Act 1977, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and the Local Government Act.

New South Wales Government Requirements - NSW Heritage Act 1977 (amended 1998) The NSW Heritage Office State Heritage Inventory identifies buildings that are protected under the Heritage Act, 1977 or the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979. The purpose of the Heritage Act is to ensure cultural heritage in NSW is identified adequately and conserved. Heritage items listed in the Heritage Inventory are protected by heritage schedules to local environmental plans (LEPs), regional environmental plans (REP’s) or by the State Heritage Register.

Listing on the State Heritage Register means that the heritage item: . is of particular importance to the people of NSW and enriches our understanding of our history and identity; . is legally protected as a heritage item under the NSW Heritage Act; . requires approval from the Heritage Council of NSW for major changes; and

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. is eligible for financial incentives from the NSW and Commonwealth governments.

No item associated with the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft is listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. To be listed, an item must be significant for the whole of NSW. The following outlines the process for State heritage listing . If there is enough evidence for an item to be considered for listing, the Heritage Council calls for community comment so that everyone has the opportunity to have their say about a proposed item; . A NSW State Heritage nomination form needs to be completed to gather necessary information to enable assessment of a place or object's heritage significance and to determine eligibility for listing on the State Heritage Register. . A place or object is listed on the State Heritage Register when the Minister agrees to the Heritage Council's recommendation that it is of State heritage significance.

The preparation of this Conservation Management Plan may be required by the NSW Heritage Branch (formerly Heritage Office) within the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure.

Local Government Requirements - Albury Local Environmental Plan 2010 The Albury Local Environmental Plan 2010 (Albury LEP) is the planning instrument for the local government area of Albury. The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft is not listed on the Albury LEP Schedule 5 Environmental heritage.

There is the potential for amendments to be made to the Albury LEP to include a heritage item on the list. This process may take between three to four years. Listing the DC-2 Aircraft as a movable heritage item of state heritage significance on the NSW State Heritage Register would ensure the provision of heritage protection.

Recommendations (see Section 5.0) The following recommendations provide guidance on the future actions for the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2-112), a movable heritage item assessed as having State heritage significance: 1. The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2-112), located at Albury Airport, is a rare surviving DC-2 aircraft and should be listed as a movable heritage item of State heritage significance (see Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance in Section 4.3 of this report). To protect the heritage significance of the DC-2 aircraft, a nomination for the State heritage register should be undertaken (see Section 5.0 of this report). State heritage listing will provide an effective process in protecting this State significant movable heritage item. Once State heritage listed, any future works to the aircraft would require approvals from the NSW

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Heritage Council. Given the aircraft is movable heritage, exemptions should be sought for occasional movement of the aircraft. 2. A Conservation Management Plan should be prepared to guide the conservation and future of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2-112). 3. In accordance with its State heritage significance, the deteriorated fabric of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft should be stabilised and conserved as a matter of urgency. 4. Should Albury Council be unable to finance conservation works to the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft, alternative funds should be found to undertake the works, and may include outside parties who have provided assurances of being an exemplar custodian. 5. Should a potential owner of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft be located within another Australian state, agreements should be set in place to ensure that state would provide heritage protection. Agreements would need to be in place prior to any works being undertaken. 6. In accordance with the significance of this potential movable heritage item, should form part of a context (and preferably a collection) associated with air transportation and aviation. 7. Artefacts associated with the DC-2 Uiver collection should remain in Albury and continue to be conserved, protected and interpreted in accordance with their heritage significance.

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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction This Heritage Assessment was prepared for Albury Council, by NBRS+PARTNERS to guide Council on the heritage management of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft located at Albury airport. The aircraft is not listed as a heritage item on Albury Local Environmental Plan 2010, Schedule 5 Environmental Heritage.

1.2 Definition of the Study Area The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft is located at Albury Airport, and is parked at a south-western apron of the airport (see Figure 1 and Figure 2). Albury Airport is located approximately 5.5km northeast of Albury on the northern side of the Riverina Highway. The Albury Racecourse, a place of historic significance to the Uiver flight of 1934, is located immediately north of the airport, and shares a common boundary with Fallon Street.

1.3 Study Objectives This Heritage Assessment is intended to identify any heritage values associated with the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft in accordance with the standard assessment criteria and to provide recommendations to guide the future management of the aircraft.

1.4 Methodology This report generally follows the format set out in the document entitled Assessing Heritage Significance (2001) published by the NSW Heritage Office. The terms fabric, place, preservation, reconstruction, restoration, adaptation and conservation used throughout this report have the meaning given them in Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (Burra Charter) 1999.

1.5 Identification of Author and Limitations This report is researched and prepared by Lynette Gurr, Senior Heritage Consultant of NBRS+PARTNERS. Robert Staas, Director / Heritage Consultant at NBRS+PARTNERS is project director. The report is a result of analysis of available historic research material combined with a physical assessment of the existing fabric of the aircraft.

1.6 Sources The main sources consulted in the research for this report are listed below: . Mitchell Library: State Library of NSW – Maps, Plans and Small Pictures File; . NSW Department of Lands; . Albury Council files; . Albury Library/Museum; and . Heritage Branch of the office of NSW Environment & Heritage.

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Figure 1 – Site location plan, showing the Albury Airport circled, the location of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft. Albury Racecourse located immediately north of the airport (Source: Google Maps)

Figure 2 – Albury Airport with the location of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft shown circled in red (Source: Google Maps)

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Figure 3 – Albury Airport showing location of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft shown circled in red (Source: Google Maps)

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2.0 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE 2.1 Aviation in the Early Twentieth Century Experiments with gliders provided the groundwork for heavier-than-air craft. By the early 20th century advances in engine technology and aerodynamics made controlled, powered flight possible for the first time.

According to the Smithsonian Institution and Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) the American Wright Brothers, (Orville and Wilbur) made the first sustained, controlled, powered heavier-than-air manned flight at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, four miles (8 km) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.

Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. The first country to use planes for military purposes was Italy, whose planes made reconnaissance, bombing and shelling correction military flights during the Italian-Turkish war (Sept 1911 – Oct 1912), in Libya. World War I saw major use of planes in offensive, defensive and reconnaissance capabilities. Aircraft were used extensively by both the Allies and Central Powers.

Between World War I and World War II, aircraft technology advanced and soared. Aeroplanes evolved from low-powered biplanes made from wood and fabric to sleek, high-powered monoplanes made of aluminium. By 1929, airship technology had advanced to the point that the first round-the-world flight was completed by the Graf Zeppelin in September and October. The same aircraft inaugurated the first commercial transatlantic service.

2.2 Douglas Aircraft Company and "Douglas Commercial" (DC) Series The Douglas Aircraft Company was founded by Donald Wills Douglas Senior on July 22, 1921 in Santa Monica, California. The company is best known for the "DC" ("Douglas Commercial") series of commercial aircraft it developed and manufactured in the 1930s. The DC-3 is often regarded as the most significant transport aircraft ever produced.

The DC series originated out of an inquiry from Transcontinental and Western Airlines (TWA) to Donald Douglas. TWA's rival in transcontinental air service, United Airlines, began service with the Boeing 247 and Boeing refused to sell any 247s to other airlines until United's order for 60 aircraft had been filled. TWA asked Douglas to design and build an aircraft that would enable TWA to compete with United.

On July 1, 1933, the Douglas Aircraft Company launched the prototype, DC-1, with its highly robust tapered wing, retractable undercarriage, and only two 690hp (515kW) Wright radial engines driving variable-pitch propellers. It seated 12 passengers. In 1934, Douglas Aircraft Company developed the DC-2 aircraft with more powerful engines and seating for 14 passengers. The DC-2 was a twin-engine airliner and the first all-metal plane. Its production was a response to fears about the safety of wooden aircraft structure following the crash of a Fokker Trimotor. The DC-2 showed passenger air travel could be comfortable, safe and reliable.

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American Airlines CEO, CR Smith, persuaded Douglas to design a sleeper aircraft, based on the DC-2, to replace American Airlines' Curtiss Condor II biplanes. American Airlines agreed to purchase twenty Douglas aircraft. Over the next two years, the new aircraft was engineered by a team led by chief engineer Arthur E. Raymond, and the prototype Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST) first flew on December 17, 1935. A version of the DST, with 21 passenger seats instead of the sleeping berths, was also designed and designated DC-3. There was no prototype DC-3, the first DC-3 built followed seven DSTs off the production line and was delivered to American Airlines.1

2.3 Europe, Fokker and the DC Series In Europe, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij – literally, Royal Aviation Company), LOT Polish Airlines, Swissair, CLS (Czechoslovak Air Lines) and LAPE Spanish Airlines (Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas), bought DC-2s assembled by Fokker in the Netherlands after the company bought a licence from Douglas. The Dutch aircraft manufacturer, Fokker, was named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. The company operated under several different names in Germany, before moving to the Netherlands in 1919, in response to the Treaty of Versailles. Approximately 130 civil DC-2s were built for commercial use, and approximately 62 were constructed for the United States military2.

2.4 London to Melbourne Air Race 1934 (MacRobertson Trophy Air Race) Competition was fierce between airlines. The London to Melbourne Air Race, also known as the MacRobertson Trophy Air Race, was part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations. The air race was instigated by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sir Harold Gengoult-Smith, to mark the centenary of the foundation of Victoria. Sir Macpherson Robertson, a wealthy Australian confectionery manufacturer, sponsored the race. The race flew from RAF Mildenhall, near London, to Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. The race remains a major event in the history of world aviation, ushering in the use of stressed metal airliners such as the KLM DC-2 "Uiver", and demonstrating the speed and reliability of aircraft for international transport.

Initially, there were 64 entrants from 13 countries, but when the race started on 20 October 1934, the field had been reduced to 20 planes from seven countries. Only 11 aircraft finished the 18,240 km (11,330 miles) trip from England to Australia (see official finishing order below). All competitors were required to land at Baghdad, Allabad, Singapore, Darwin and Charleville (see Figure 6).

The basic rules of the race were as follows: no limit to the size of aircraft or power, no limit to crew size, no pilot to join aircraft after it left England. Aircraft must carry three days' rations per crew member, floats, smoke signals and efficient instruments. There were prizes for the outright fastest aircraft, and for

1 “Douglas DC-3”, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-3 2 Research showed there to be a discrepancy in the literature about the number of DC-2s constructed. There appear to be close to 200 DC-2 Aircraft manufactured.

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the best performance on a handicap formula by any aircraft finishing within 16 days.

Figure 4 – World’s Greatest Air Race for MacRobertson Trophy Poster (left) and KLM Amsterdam Batavia Twice Weekly Poster (Source: Google Maps)

Figure 5 – Aircraft of the MacRobertson Air Race 1934 (Source: The Flyingart Print Shop, http://www.flyingart.co.uk/SHOP/contents/en-uk/d145.html)

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Official Finishing Order

Aircraft Type Identity Race No Crew Country of origin Notes DH.88 Comet G-ACSS 34 CWA Scott, Tom Britain Elapsed time 71 h 0 min. Outright Winner 'Grosvenor House' Campbell Black PH-AJU 44 KD Parmentier, JJ Netherlands Elapsed time 90 h 13 min. Winner on handicap Moll, B Prins, C Van Douglas DC-2 'Uiver' Brugge (died onboard the attacked BOAC flight 777 in 1943) Boeing 247D Roscoe Turner, Clyde United States Elapsed time 92 h 55 min 'Warner Bros Comet' NR257Y 5 Edward Pangborn, Reeder Nichols DH.88 Comet O Cathcart Jones, KF G-ACSR 39 Britain Elapsed time 108 h 13 min Waller Miles M.2F Hawk S/Ldr. M. McGregor, ZK-ADJ 2 New Zealand Elapsed time 7 d 14 h. Fastest single-engined Major HC Walker Airspeed AS.5 S/Ldr. D Stodart, Sgt. G-ACJL 14 Britain Elapsed time 9 d 18 h Courier Pilot K. Stodart DH.80 Puss Moth VH-UQO 16 C.J. 'Jimmy' Melrose Australia Elapsed time 10 d 16 h. Second on handicap 'My Hildegarde' Lt. M Hansen, D Desoutter Mk.II OY-DOD 7 Denmark Arrived 31 October Jensen DH.89 Dragon J.D. Hewitt, CE Kay, ZK-ACO 60 New Zealand Arrived 3 November Rapide 'Tainui' F. Stewart

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Not classified

Aircraft Type Identity Race No Crew Country of origin Notes HL Brook, Miss E Lay Miles M.3 Falcon G-ACTM 31 Britain Arrived 20 November (passenger) F/O CG Davies, Fairey IIIF G-AABY 15 Britain Arrived 24 November Lt.Cdr. CN Hill Ray Parer, G. Withdrew from race at Paris. Fairey Fox I G-ACXO 35 Australia Hemsworth Eventually reached Melbourne 13 February 1935 Lambert Monocoupe JH Wright, J Polando NC501W 33 United States Withdrew at Calcutta 145 Baby Ruth Warner From Karachi, Mollison lost his way, and landed at DH.88 Comet 'Black Jim Mollison, Amy G-ACSP 63 Britain Jubulpur. No high-octane fuel available, filled up with Magic' Johnson petrol. Engines "burned out" on flight to Allahabad. Pander S4 GJ Geysendorffer, DL PH-OST 6 Netherlands Destroyed in ground collision at Allahabad 'Panderjager' Asjes, P Pronk B.A. Eagle 'The Spirit of Wm. G-ACVU 47 F/Lt. G Shaw Britain Withdrew at Bushire Shaw & Co Ltd' Lockheed Vega G-ABGK 36 J Woods, DC Bennett Australia Overturned on landing at Aleppo, withdrew 'Puck' Airspeed AS.8 G-ACMU 58 N Stack, SL Turner Britain Withdrew with brake trouble at Athens Viceroy Granville R-6H Miss J Cochran, W Withdrew with malfunctioning flaps, after landing NX14307 46 United States 'Q.E.D.' Smith Pratt damage at Bucharest Crashed near Palazzo San Gervasio in Italy; both Fairey Fox I G-ACXX 62 HD Gilman, JK Baines Britain crew killed

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Figure 6 – Compulsory Stops on the MacRobertson Air Race (Source: MacRobertson Air Race, Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacRobertson_Air_Race)

2.5 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Founded in October 1919 by Albert Plesman, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij - literally: Royal Aviation Company) is one of the oldest scheduled airlines in the world with a continuous history. The airline has continued to operate under the same name to the present. In 1920, KLM made its first scheduled flights between Amsterdam and London.

KLM entered its first DC-2, PH-AJU Uiver (The Stork), in the October 1934 MacRobertson Air Race. Out of the 20 entrants, the DC-2 finished second behind only the purpose-built de Havilland DH.88 racer, Grosvenor House. The journey took 90 hours 13 min (airborne for 81 hours 10 min) to win the handicap section of the race. The Uiver flew KLM's regular 9,000 mile route (1,000 miles longer than the official race route) carrying mail, making every scheduled passenger stop and turning back once to pick up a stranded passenger.3

Of some significance, is the fact that second and third place in the MacRobertson Air Race were taken by aircraft flying regular routes with passengers. KLM Douglas DC-2 PH-AJU Uiver (Stork) arrived less than three hours before Roscoe Turner's Boeing 247-D. Both commercial aircraft completed the course less than a day behind the outright winner.

3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-2

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2.6 DC-2 ‘Uiver’ (The Stork) The two Netherland pilots, KD Parmentier and JJ Moll, flew the KLM Douglas DC-2 'Uiver' passenger aircraft to Australia during the Centenary Air Race. Parmentier and Moll were accompanied by two assistants and came second in the Handicap and Speed Races. There were few airfields on the route, the aircraft lacked navigational equipment and the only communication system available was Morse code. By 1930 only 12 planes had successfully completed the journey from England to Australia.

The race was symbolically important to Australia since it demonstrated to the world that Australia was only days away. It raised public spirits in the post- depression years and made the confectionery company, MacRobertson a household name around the world. Above all, it focussed world attention on Melbourne at the time of its centenary.

Figure 7 – Medal from the Centenary International Air Race of 1934. The medal commemorates KD Parmentier and JJ Moll of the Netherlands, who flew a Douglas DC- 2 passenger aircraft 'Uiver', of the Royal Dutch Airline KLM. (Source: Museum Victoria)

Figure 8 – DC2 PH-AJU 'Uiver' of KLM 1934 air race no 44 Parmentier/Moll, Darwin, 22 October 1934 (Source: Picture Northern Territory - Mayse Young Collection)

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Figure 9 – KLM Airways Douglas DC2 Aeroplane, MacRobertson Centennial Air Race, Refuelling in Darwin, Fannie Bay, Northern Territory, 1934 (Source: Museum Victoria)

Figure 10 – Pulling KLM Douglas "Uiver" PH-AJU of Parmentier and Moll, out of the mud at Albury Racecourse - Albury, NSW, on 25 October 1934 (Source: SLNSW At Work and Play – Image No 00897

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2.7 DC-2 Uiver – Emergency Stop at Albury A dramatic part of the race occurred on the last leg of the journey when the DC- 2 Uiver, became lost after being caught in a thunderstorm and ended up over Albury, NSW. Lyle Ferris, the chief electrical engineer of the post office, went to the power station and signalled "Albury" in Morse code by turning the town lights on and off. In addition, Arthur Newnham, announcer at radio station 2CO Corowa, appealed for local cars to light up a makeshift landing strip on the Albury racecourse to create a runway for the plane. The plane landed in the early hours of the morning and was pulled out of the mud by locals to fly on to Flemington Racecourse to win the handicap section of the race.

The government of Holland was grateful for the assistance of the Albury community in saving the KLM DC-2 aircraft. KLM made a £200 donation to Albury Hospital. The following articles describe the gifts in appreciation of assistance from the Albury community. Alf Waugh, the Mayor of Albury, was awarded a title in Dutch nobility.

Figure 11 – KLM Line Gift to Albury Hospital, The Canberra Times, Saturday, 27 October 1934, p1 (Source: Trove Newspapers, National Library of Australia)

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Figure 12 – “Albury Thanked Saving of Air Liner Gifts to Residents”, Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, 14 December 1934, p12 (Source: Trove Newspapers, National Library of Australia)

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2.8 Crash of the KLM DC-2 Uiver The Dutch Douglas DC-2 Uiver crashed near Rutbah Wells (now known as Ar Rutba, Iraq) on December 20th 1934 killing all seven people on board. The following articles, from various Australian newspapers, highlight the contradictory information about the cause of the crash of the DC-2, suggesting the company did not want to lay blame with the aircraft or pilot, nor lose confidence with air travel as a means of transport:

Figure 13 – “The Dutch Airliner Crash Ascribed to Lightening”, The Western Australian (Perth), Friday 28th December 1934, p17 (left). The alternative story of the crash was reported in “Lightening Did not Crash Plane”, Barrier Miner (Broken Hill), Tuesday, 8th January 1935, p3 (right) (Source: Trove Newspapers, National Library of Australia)

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Figure 14 – The cause of the crash continues in subsequent articles “Mystery Still About Disaster to Dutch Plane”, The Mail (Adelaide, SA), Friday 5th January 1935, p12 (left). An alternative story about the crash of the Uiver was denied in “A Fanciful Story, Echo of Dutch Airliner Disaster”, The Western Australian, Friday, 15th February 1935, p19 (right) (Source: Trove Newspapers, National Library of Australia)

2.9 Albury Racecourse Albury Racecourse, located at the corner of Fallon Street and Racecourse Road, North Albury, is approximately five kilometres from the centre of Albury. The first recorded race meeting at Albury was conducted in 1840 at 'Browns Paddock' which ran roughly from the Hovell Tree to the rotunda in the Botanical Gardens. Albury Racecourse is operated by The Albury Racing Club. A reserve for a racecourse was dedicated on 2nd July 1863. The Albury Racing Club was formed on 21 January, 1881 and conducts 17 thoroughbred race meetings each year with the feature event the Commercial Club Albury Gold Cup run in March.

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Figure 15 – Parish of Albury, 1916, showing the Reserve for Racecourse northeast of the township (Source: Department of Lands)

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Figure 16 – Parish of Albury, County of Goulburn, May 1938 showing the Reserve for Racecourse northeast of the township outlined in red (Source: Department of Lands)

Figure 17 – Sadlery enclosure, Albury Racecourse, Albury NSW 1925, showing the grandstand in the background (Source: SLNSW, At Work and Play - 00807)

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Figure 18 – “Honour for Albury – Mayor Invested with Dutch Order”, article appearing in The Argus (Melbourne), Tuesday 18 December 1934 (Source: Trove Newspapers)

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Figure 19 – “Netherland Gold Cup”, article appearing in The Argus (Melbourne), Thursday 4 July 1935 (Source: Trove Newspapers)

Figure 20 – “Dutch Gift to Albury”, article appearing in The Argus (Melbourne), Monday 13 January 1936 (Source: Trove Newspapers)

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Figure 21 – “Silver Aeroplane for Albury”, newspaper article appearing in Border Watch (Mount Gambier), Saturday 11 January 1936 (Source: Trove Newspapers)

2.10 Albury’s Uiver Memorial and other Remaining DC-2s Seven DC-2s remain world-wide. The following information, taken from an ABC Radio (Goulburn Murray) interview by Allison Jess, 8 May 2008, outlines the remaining DC-2 aircraft:4 Of the one hundred and ninety-three (193) DC-2s built, seven remain. Albury’s memorial DC-2 Uiver is reportedly the oldest of the seven. The aircraft was built in 1934 and is one of ten DC-2s built for Eastern Airlines in the United States. They were then purchased on behalf of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War and delivered to the RAAF between 1939 and 1941. These DC-2s operated as wireless/air gunners schools, flying training schools and paratroop training units and communication flights. The DC-2 in Albury is the oldest remaining military transport aircraft in Australia. Of the other remaining six, there are another two in Australia.

4 “Remaining DC2 Aircraft”, http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/11/21/1793357.htm

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The third oldest is at Moorabbin in Melbourne; it has been restored and is going to be displayed at the Moorabbin Museum. The second youngest of the three is in NSW, owned by Steve Ferris who intends to restore it to flying condition. He has had it for about 15 years. There are two DC-2s in the United States; one is at the Douglas Historical Foundation and the other is in South Carolina. There is one in Amsterdam; that aircraft is also named the Uiver and preserved as a historical monument to the Uiver. It was flying but late last year it had a slight mishap with its undercarriage, on a landing one side folded up and did damage to the aircraft, so it is being restored again. Another one is in Finland. The DC-2 was really the first all true commercial airline, all metal and probably the first one that had a toilet on board. During the War, this DC-2 now in Finland, they took the toilet out and they had a hole in the floor and used the hole to drop bombs through. The one in Amsterdam now also has a connection to Australia. It was one of the DC2's delivered to the RAAF back in the war. In 1986 it was bought by the people in the Netherlands taken back and restored. Also there was a commemoration flight by a DC2 in 1984 to commemorate the fifty year anniversary of the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race. The DC2 was sourced by Dutch airliner KLM in the United States and it was restored and flown out here. It retraced the steps of the Uiver. It took a lot longer to get here then the Uiver here because they had celebrations at every stop. After that, the plane went back to the United States and is the one now in South Carolina.

The Dutch commemorative flying replica, DC-2 Uiver, was flown at Schiphol- Amsterdam 2009 and can be viewed on You-Tube.5 The Nationaal Luchtvaart- Themapark Aviodrome (known for short as “Aviodrome”) is a large aerospace museum in The Netherlands. Aviodrome, located at Lelystad Airport since 2003, has two Douglas DC-2s in its collection- one flying and the other in deteriorated condition.

2.11 75th Anniversary Celebrations of the Uiver Landing Albury City Council and KLM-Air France celebrated the story of the Uiver landing at Albury on the 23rd and 24th October 2009. A 75th Anniversary Dinner was held at Albury Airport on the 23 October. In addition, a 75th Anniversary "Uiver" DC-3 Commemorative Flight was held on 23 and 24 October. The following is taken from the invitation:

(Depart Friday 23rd October, overnight in Albury and return Saturday 24th October) The Australian National Aviation Museum and the AlburyCity are operating the historic "TAA" DC-3 VH-AES, (with the support of Qantas volunteers), Departing Tullamarine and travelling to Albury on Friday afternoon 23rd of October and departing Saturday 24th October late morning to return to Moorabbin to reinact the flight of "Uiver" and other race participants into Melbourne. The DC-3 has been has been "dressed" in "Uiver" livery for the commemorative flight to Albury on Friday night and the reenactment

5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijlKxFoB5Kk

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flight back to Moorabbin on Saturday - see attached pics. The "dressing" is to commemorate "Uiver" rather than replicate it, and there are some compromises due to the existing TAA livery of AES, however, it will look the part. A full complement of museum members and friends are travelling up and back on this historic event, being joined by the son and two grandsons of the navigator of the original "Uiver", who are travelling out from the Netherlands just for the anniversary events. The DC-3 is departing Melbourne Airport on Friday afternoon 23rd of October and undertaking a flyover of Albury on arrival and an "emergency approach" over the Albury Racecourse prior to landing at the adjoinging Albury airport at 6.20pm. On Saturday 24th of October it is on static display at Albury Airport for the opening of the "Uiver" cafe at the Airport Terminal, providing a 30 minute display at 10am before commencing its reinactment flight back to Melbourne, at 11.30am. The DC-3 will be undertaking a flyover of Air Race landmarks in Melbourne including the Flemington Racecourse and RAAF Base Laverton before arriving at Moorabbin at 3.30pm in the afternoon.

2.12 The DC-2 (A30-11) Uiver Memorial Aircraft The DC-2-112 was one of close to 200 built by the Douglas Aircraft Co, Santa Monica, in 1934. It was designated as serial no 1286 and delivered to Eastern Air Lines, New York as NC 13736. It served as a passenger aircraft until it was purchased, along with 10 other remaining DC-2s by the British Purchasing Commission in USA, on behalf of the Australian Government. There was a desperate need for large capacity transport aircraft by the RAAF.

In 1941, the aircraft was brought on RAAF charge as A30-11. It had been disassembled by Eastern Air Lines for freighting and was reassembled at Laverton No1 Aircraft Depot in Victoria. Replacement Wright Cyclone R1820 radial engines were installed. A month later it was sent to Point Cook, Victoria to train radio operators in the No 1 Service Flying Training School. In 1942, after an engine change at Essendon by Australian National Airways (ANA), it was received at the No1 Wireless Air Gunners School, RAAF Station Ballarat, Victoria, for use as a wireless and radio navigation trainer. In April 1942, it was modified and painted in camouflage colours with the 36 Squadron code “RE-B” on the sides of the fuselage and given the transport call sign “VH-CRE” painted on the tail. It was completely overhauled again by ANA at Essendon, for conversion to a transport aircraft for engines.

The DC-2s operational duties included a return run from Laverton, Victoria, to Batchelor, Northern Territory. It transported engines from No 5 Depot at Wagga, to Pearce in Western Australia.

After a few mishaps and minor damage, the aircraft continued as a “workhorse” transport vehicle moving between Tocumwal (NSW), Parafield (South Australia) and Richmond (NSW). It crashed in 1945 during a forced landing at Parafield with major damage to the fuselage, starboard wing and undercarriage (passengers and crew were unhurt). It had been issued to 37 Squadron.

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By the end of the war, the aircraft was considered useable only for components and although offered by the Commonwealth Disposals Commission to the Department of Civil Aviation for their use, the offered was declined.

In October 1946, the airframe was sold to Sid Marshall, of Marshall Airways, Mascot, NSW. The airframe had been dismantled and stored at Parafield in SA. Sid Marshall collected the aircraft and stored the parts on a nearby farm until 1954. He then attempted to move the aircraft back to Sydney in order to use it for spare parts on other DC-2s he had purchased. Unfortunately the truck transporting the aircraft broke down on the Glen Osmond Road as it was leaving Adelaide and some of the wing sections were left at a garage and stored for 12 years.

In 1966, Sid Marshall returned for the wings and they were transported to Sydney and stored with other DC-2 parts in a storage compound at Bankstown Airport where it remained until 1979 when it was sold to the West Albury Rotary Club.6

6 Taken from the website: “The MacRobertson Air Race 1934” and includes an article by James Knightly, for ABC, 2007, http://uivermemorial.org.au/index.php/the-uiver-story/macrobertson-trophy-air-race-1934 downloaded 9 October 2012

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2.13 Albury Museum – ‘Uiver’ Collection The Albury Museum houses the ‘Uiver’ Collection comprising 186 entries donated by a range of sources and benefactors. The items in the collection have direct associations with the ‘Uiver’ landing in Albury. Some items are commemorative and others are directly related to the original aircraft, passengers on that and the Albury communities’ relationship with the arrival and departure of the aircraft in Albury. ‘Uiver’ memorabilia includes the medal presented to the Albury Mayor by Queen Wilhemina, a silver model of the Uiver and a silver cigarette case containing a thank you message that was dropped by the crew on to the racecourse on the plane’s return journey

Discussions with Bridgette Guthrie, Curator of the Albury Museum, stated the following items were the most significant in the Uiver Memorial Collection and were viewed on a site visit on 6th September, 2012:

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Cat No Item Description Donor Measurements 09.560 Parachute This fine pure silk parachute was one of two used by the Uiver to Mrs Dorothy Bain 70 x 30 x 5mm drop Wiley flares – only one of which ignited – before the airliner’s historic landing at Albury Racecourse on 24 October 1934. The parachute was found next morning tangled along the fence by Gordon Thompson (17) and his sister Dorothy (12), now Mrs Pat Baine, whose father Richard Thompson had a farm on Vineyard Lane, close to the racecourse. 11.150 Medal MacRobertson, London to Melbourne Air Race gold medal with light Johan Domenie 72 x 37 x 5mm blue. Dated October 1934. Presented to Roelof Jan Domenie a passenger on the DC-2, Uiver aeroplane. 09.567 Medal Royal medal in orange case bearing the royal crown and awarded Case: 2 x 132 x 62mm to Alderman A Waugh (mayor of Albury in 1934) on his appointment Medal: 10 x 120 x 51mm as an officer in the order, Orange-Nassau, “in recognition of the valuable assistance rendered by you and the citizens of Albury to the Netherlands’ aeroplane, “Uiver”. 09.409 Model Silver replica model Uiver with a wing span of two feet, opening Netherland Government 170 x 585 x 425mm aeroplane cabin doors, interior lighting and glass windows, given by the citizens of the Netherlands to Mayor Alfred Waugh representing the citizens of Albury possibly during Alfred Waugh’s visit to the Netherlands in 1935 11.152 Passenger MacRobertson, London to Melbourne Air Race KLM passenger Johan Domenie 109 x 138 x 2mm tickets ticket (12 October 1934) for DC-2, Uiver. Issued to Roelof Jan (two tickets) Domenie, a passenger on the DC-2, Uiver aeroplane, by KLM. One of two tickets – “Aller” Inward bound journey ticket

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Cat No Item Description Donor Measurements 11.152 Passenger MacRobertson, London to Melbourne Air Race KLM passenger Johan Domenie 109 x 138 x 2mm tickets ticket (12 October 1934) for DC-2, Uiver. Issued to Roelof Jan (two tickets) Domenie, a passenger on the DC-2, Uiver aeroplane, by KLM. One of two tickets – “Retour” Return journey ticket 09.406 Pencil Grey lead HB pencil with blue and white stripes used by the Uiver Unknown TBC crew to sign their autographs after the emergency landing in Albury. This “Dutch” pencil from the Uiver aircraft was made in Switzerland 84.119.02 Photograph Black and white photograph of the Royal Dutch Airlines’ plane, Albury and District 84 x 134mm Uiver, at Albury Racecourse, after making an emergency landing Historical Society whilst taking part in the London to Melbourne Air Race in October 1934 84.119.01 Photograph Black and white photograph of one of the bogged down wheels of Albury and District 84 x 134mm the Royal Dutch Airlines’ plane, Uiver, at Albury Racecourse, after Historical Society making an emergency landing whilst taking part in the London to Melbourne Air Race in October 1934 84.090 Photograph Black and white photograph of the Royal Dutch Airlines’ plane, Albury and District 84 x 134mm Uiver, at Albury Racecourse, after making an emergency landing Historical Society whilst taking part in the London to Melbourne Air Race in October 1934. Group of people are trying to free it after becoming bogged down in the mud.

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Cat No Item Description Donor Measurements 84.086 Photograph Black and white photograph of the Royal Dutch Airlines’ plane, Albury and District 84 x 134mm Uiver, at Albury Racecourse, after making an emergency landing Historical Society whilst taking part in the London to Melbourne Air Race in October 1934. Group of people are trying to free it after becoming bogged down in the mud. 09.576 Walking Wooden walking stick with an ornate silver handle and brass tip, John Newnham 668 x 980 x 18mm stick crafted in the Indonesian province of Jogjakarta, and presented to Albury radio announcer, Arthur Joseph Newnham, on 13 December 1934 by a delegation representing the people of the Netherlands.

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Figure 22 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit - Model Aeroplane - Silver replica model Uiver with a wing span of two feet, opening cabin doors, interior lighting and glass windows, given by the citizens of the Netherlands to Mayor Alfred Waugh representing the citizens of Albury possibly during Alfred Waugh’s visit to the Netherlands in 1935 (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

Figure 23 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit – Uiver memorial medals (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

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Figure 24 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit – Model of DC-2, Uiver suspended from the ceiling (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

Figure 25 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit - MacRobertson, London to Melbourne Air Race KLM passenger ticket (12 October 1934) for DC-2, Uiver. Issued to Roelof Jan Domenie, a passenger on the DC-2, Uiver aeroplane, by KLM. One of two tickets – “Retour” Return journey ticket (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

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Figure 26 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit - Booklet - The London-Melbourne Air Race and KLM (left) and Commemorative Plates (right) (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

Figure 27 – Part of Albury Museum Uiver Exhibit - Wooden walking stick with an ornate silver handle and brass tip, crafted in the Indonesian province of Jogjakarta, and presented to Albury radio announcer, Arthur Joseph Newnham, on 13 December 1934 by a delegation representing the people of the Netherlands (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

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3.0 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 3.1 Setting and Physical Context The subject DC-2 aircraft is located within the grounds of Albury Airport and is parked within the southwest apron on a turfed area. A small aircraft is parked adjacent and to the east of the aircraft.

3.2 Physical Description The DC-2 aircraft (formerly known as DC-2-112) has a metal airframe, fuselage and wings. The aluminium alloy airframe is corroded in parts, and substantially intact. The undercarriage is retractable. Engines are twin radial Wright Cyclone but not currently in working order. The tail fin is damaged and the tail plane elevators have been removed and kept in storage. Tyres are worn and uninflated. The aircraft interior has a plywood internal floor in poor condition and all fixtures were removed in 1944 when decommissioned by the RAAF. The interior and exterior of the fuselage is painted silver.

The dimensions of the aircraft are as follows:

Length: 18.89 m (61ft 11in) Wingspan: 25.91 m (85ft) Height: 4.98 m (16ft 4in) Engines: 2 x Radial Wright Cyclone, SRG-1820-FS2 (875hp) Max Gross Weight: 8,419 kg (18,569 lb) Max Payload: 1,840 kg (4,070 lb) Passengers: 14-18 Cargo Space: 5.32 cu m (188 cu ft)

The following figures and captions provide a description of the existing conditions of the aircraft

Figure 28 – DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft parked within the south-west apron of the airport (Source: Google Maps)

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Figure 29 – DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft showing “KLM” signage on the left-hand side of the aircraft below the cockpit (Source: Google Maps)

Figure 30 – DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft showing “KLM” signage on the left-hand side of the aircraft cockpit. There is evidence of damage to the airframe (Source: Google Maps)

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Figure 31 – View of the right-hand side of the cock-pit, showing the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft with the upper cockpit panel removed and later-addition “KLM” signage on the right-hand side of the cockpit peeling off (Source: Google Maps)

Figure 32 – View of the right-hand side of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft. Later- addition signage on the aircraft reads from left to right “4”, “PH-AJU”, “Royal Dutch Air Lines” and “KLM”. The tail plane elevators are removed and reported to be in storage (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

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Figure 33 – View from the front of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft showing the twin Radial Wright Cyclone engines and cockpit (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

Figure 34 – View of the damaged airframe on the left-hand side of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (left). Interior of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft showing the dilapidated condition of the timber plywood flooring and fixtures and fittings removed (right) (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

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Figure 35 – Door to the aircraft does not freely open, the former large opening for transportation of freight is evident in the airframe panelling surrounding the door (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

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Figure 36 – View of the damaged tail of the airframe with removed tail plane elevators (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

Figure 37 – Evidence of birds nesting within the airframe (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

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Figure 38 – Uiver Commemorative Entrance, located at the Albury Race Course and used as the members’ entrance. A plaque is located on the entrance post and a plaque mounted on a rock (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

Figure 39 – Plaque located on the Uiver Commemorative Entrance, Albury Race Course. The plaque reads “Uiver Commemorative Entrance, Officially opened by Mr Joris M Vos Ambassador of the Netherlands on January 27th, 1990. To commemorate the Unscheduled Landing of the K.L.M. Royal Dutch D.C. 2 Uiver on October 24, 1934 Original Crew: Captain Parmentier, First Officer Moll, Radio Officer Van Brugge, Flight Engineer Prins” (left). Commemorative plaque located beside the entrance gate (right) (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

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Figure 40 – Interpretative Mural of the KLM DC-2 Uiver unscheduled landing at Albury on October 24, 1934. Mural located in the Albury Airport cafe is the work of mural artist, Marc Spijkerbosch (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

Figure 41 – Plaque of the KLM DC-2 Uiver unscheduled landing at Albury on October 24, 1934, located in the Albury Airport cafe (left). Cafe tables with interpretative information of the DC-2 Uiver landing (right) (Source: NBRS+PARTNERS, Sept 2012)

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3.3 Comparative Analysis Griffith – Fairey Firefly The Fairey Firefly was a British Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). The aircraft entered service at the end of World War II as a fleet fighter. In post-war service, although it was superseded by more modern jet aircraft, the Firefly was adapted to other roles, including strike operations and anti-submarine warfare, remaining a mainstay until the mid-1950s. Both the UK and Australia Fireflies flew ground attack operations off various aircraft carriers in the Korean War.

There are approximately 24 Fairey Fireflies surviving worldwide, three are airworthy: . AS 6 WD826 at the Royal Australian Navy Historic Flight, NAS Nowra NSW (Australia); . AS 6 WH632, damaged in a crash and restored to flying condition (painted as an RCN Firefly AS 5), is at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (Canada); and . AS 6 WB518, another former RAN machine, now in the USA. (Damaged at the Wings Over Gillespie Air Show in June 2012, airworthiness currently unknown)

WB518 was one of the first 10 Mk 6s built, but retained the earlier Mk 5 fuselage. It was originally delivered to the Royal Australian Navy's 817 Squadron and served in 816 Squadron before being retired. It was mounted as a memorial on a pole in Griffith, NSW. WB518 was then purchased by American Eddie Kurdziel, a Northwest Airlines captain and former US Navy pilot. WD518 was extensively restored. Restoration of WD518 used parts salvaged from WD828, unusable after a crash in Camden, New South Wales in 1987.7

7 “Fairey Firefly” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Firefly downloaded 12/09/2012

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Corowa - De Havilland Vampire A De Havilland Vampire aircraft is located at the Corowa RSL Club, NSW. The aircraft is a single seat fighter bomber, and first entered RAAF service in 1949. ADF Serial No A79-529, Construction No 4022, Aircraft Type F.30.8

De Havilland Vampire aircraft was located at Wagga Wagga NSW, before being mounted on a pole outside the Corowa RSL Club. Removed from pole and restoration initially carried out by CNAPG at Wagga Wagga. Restoration completed in Corowa and aircraft re-mounted on pole at RSL.

Wagga Wagga - De Havilland Vampire Shown below is the ADF Serial No DH Vampire A79-612 located at Wagga Wagga

A number of aircraft have been located as evocative elements within cultural landscapes, parks and reserves. Generally, the mounted aircraft appear to have little relationship to their context.

8 “ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers” http://www.adf-serials.com/2a79.shtml, downloaded 12/09/2012

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3.4 Movable Collections - Transport While there are a number of heritage items associated with the NSW historic theme of transportation. They are generally built heritage and few are movable heritage items. Some examples found on the NSW Heritage online database include: Ex-RAAF Hut . 167 Annetts Parade, Mossy Point (Eurobodalla LGA) . Category: Air Transport Housing and Quarters . Type of Item: Built; . Group/Collection: “Transport – Air”;

Bankstown Aerodrome . Marion Street, Georges Hall (Bankstown LGA) . Category: Airport Terminal; . Type of Item: Complex/Group; . Group/Collection: “Transport – Air”; Paddle Steamer “Cumberoona” . Noreuil Park, Wodonga Place, Albury (Albury LGA); . Category: Vessel – recreational; . Type of Item: Movable/Collection; . Group/Collection: “Transport – Water”

AAH-19 Old Commissioners Car . Eveleigh, Sydney (Sydney LGA); . Carriage – Railway locomotive and Rolling Stock), . Type of Item: Movable/Collection; . Group/Collection: “Transport – Rail”.

Discussions with the NSW Heritage Branch9 confirm there are few movable heritage items of State heritage significance in NSW. To date, no aircraft has been heritage listed at State level. There are issues of State-listing movable heritage items and ensuring heritage protection should the movable heritage item be transported inter-state.

The document, “Movable Heritage Principles”, forms part of the Heritage Information Series, prepared by the ANSW Heritage Office and NSW Ministry for the Arts (2000) aims to assist the NSW Government and community organisations to manage their movable heritage items and collections and develop appropriate conservation policies. “Movable heritage” is defined as any

9 Discussions between the author and Susan Duyker at the NSW Heritage Branch, 9 October, 2012

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natural or manufactured object or collection of heritage significance. The principles are as follows: 1. Movable heritage relates to places and people. 2. Educating the people about how to identify and manage movable heritage assists in conserving items and collections. 3. Assess the heritage significance of movable items and collections before making decisions on managing them. 4. Recognise the significance of indigenous movable heritage to indigenous communities and its unique role in cultural maintenance, cultural renewal and community esteem. 5. Retain movable heritage within its relationship to places and people, unless there is no prudent or feasible alternative to its removal. 6. Remove movable heritage from its relationship to places and people only when the items and collections are under threat and this is the only means of safeguarding or investigating significance. 7. Provide community access to movable heritage and encourage interpretation. 8. Document movable heritage. 9. Acquire movable heritage where there is no alternative to removal, where this serves clearly defined collecting policies. 10. Reinstate or return items and collections to places and people when circumstances change.

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. The DC-2 aircraft forms part of Douglas Commercial (DC) series of three aircraft, DC-1, DC-2 and DC-3, designed by the American Douglas Aircraft Company, led by Donald Douglas in the early 1930s. This was a period of intense commercial battle between the major airlines in America, as they vied for the prominence in aviation transportation and transcontinental air service. The main competitors in the design and construction of aircraft were the Douglas Aircraft Company and Boeing 247. While both companies designed aircraft for both commercial and defence purposes, it was the commercial that was the most lucrative. . The DC-2 ‘Uiver’ Memorial Aircraft (formerly the DC-2-112) was one of close to 200 built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, USA, in 1934. First built for commercial use, the aircraft was converted for use by the defence forces and sold to Australia for use by the RAAF. The body of the aircraft was repeatedly reconfigured for changes of use, however, was principally used for air freighting The plane crashed in 1945 at Parafield, South Australia, during a forced landing and suffered major damage to the fuselage, starboard wing and undercarriage. Following the crash, it was proposed the aircraft be used for components, however, the Commonwealth Disposals Commission to the Department of Civil Aviation declined the offer. Between 1945 and 1975, the parts were salvaged and stored. In 1979, the Rotary Club of West Albury reconstructed the aircraft as the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft. . The DC-2 “Uiver” Memorial Aircraft has associations with a significant series of aircraft produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company for commercial services. The Douglas Commercial (DC) series led to the DC-3 the American fixed-wing propeller-driven airliner, the speed and range of which revolutionised air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made. . The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft in Albury is an aircraft that memorialises the original DC-2 that landed in Albury on 24th October 1934 during the MacRobertson Air Race between London and Melbourne. The MacRobertson Air Race was a race significant to Melbourne as an event that marked the centenary celebrations of Melbourne. The air race highlighted Australia’s close proximity to London, the “mother country”, due to the wonders of aviation as a means of passenger transport. The race was an event publicised world-wide and romanticised the adventure and excitement of air travel. The race announced the potential of commercial travel and its ability to safely transport passengers across the globe. . The MacRobertson Air Race of 1934 provided an opportunity for two rival commercial airlines, DC-2 and Boeing, to make claim to the superiority of one over the other, and, in so doing, attract international recognition. In coming second in the race, but winning overall on handicap, the Dutch company, KLM, came in ahead of Boeing. KLM’s placing owed much to the assistance of the Albury community. . The Memorial DC-2 and the Uiver DC-2 were both constructed in 1934 for commercial flights. The Memorial DC-2 in America, the Uiver DC-2 in Holland. The Uiver DC-2 crashed in Iraq on 20 December 1934, less than two months after participating in the MacRobertson Air Race between

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. The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2-112) is one of seven surviving DC-2s in the world. . The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft belongs to a small DC-2 aircraft group of three surviving in Australia. One DC-2 survives in the Moorabbin Museum, Moorabbin, in Melbourne. Another DC-2 is owned by owned by a NSW enthusiast, Steve Ferris (although the current condition of the plane is not known).

4.3 Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2-112), located at Albury Airport, and manufactured in 1934, is a movable heritage item of State and national heritage significance associated with air transport. The rare surviving DC-2 aircraft has historic significance at State level associated with being the second phase in the evolution and manufacture of the Douglas Company (DC) series of aircraft comprising DC-1, DC-2 and DC-3. The DC-2 represents the evolution of the DC (Douglas Commercial) series and the culmination in one of the world’s most popular and successful aircraft, the DC-3. It has historic associations with the MacRobertson Air Race of 1934 from London to Melbourne to mark Melbourne’s centenary and the legendary emergency landing in Albury by the Royal Dutch Air Lines KLM DC-2 Uiver (PH-AJU 44) contestant. The Memorial DC-2 aircraft has aesthetic significance associated with its “modernist” Art Deco styling featuring polished metal finishes, streamlined form and accentuated curvaceous lines. The DC-2 was a creative and technical innovation, being the first all metal aircraft. The DC-2 has social significance for the strong ties that have developed between the Dutch and Albury community imbedded in a shared history of more than 75 years, intrinsically related to the historic landing of the KLM DC-2 ‘Uiver’ in Albury on 24th October 1934.

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5.0 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS There are a number of statutory controls which may affect options for the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft. These include Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and 2003, the NSW Heritage Act 1977, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and the Local Government Act. The implications for each of these are described below.

5.1 Commonwealth Government Requirements Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and 2003 In 1997, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed there was a need for the Australian Government to rationalise the protection of heritage in Australia. The Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) came into force on 16 July 2000. The EPBC Act replaced five Commonwealth statutes: the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974; Endangered Species Protection Act 1992; National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975; World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983; and Whale Protection Act, 1980. This led to the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975, being repealed and replaced with an amended EPBC Act in 2003.

The amended act assigns responsibility for identifying, protecting and managing heritage places to the appropriate level of government. This will ensure: . Heritage management systems are compatible, complementary and streamlined across all levels of government to minimise duplication and provide certainty to property owners, decision makers and the community. . Nationally-significant heritage places are identified and protected. . Facilitation of the protection of places of heritage places owned or managed by the Commonwealth (other than sites of national significance). . Greater legal protection of nationally important heritage places.

The Register of the National Estate will be retained in a modified form as a valuable information resource that will provide guidance to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities when making decisions on the impact of an action on the environment under the EPBC Act. The amended EPBC Act came into effect on 1 January 2004. Listing on the Register of the National Estate imposes no legal restrictions, except on Federal authorities which must consult the Commission prior to carrying out any work which will impact on the heritage value of a place in the Register. The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft is not listed on the Register of the National Estate.

Inclusion of private, state of local government properties on the Register of the National Estate has no statutory force other than to control the actions of the Commonwealth. It does, however, increase the opportunities for funding under commonwealth and State funded heritage assistance schemes.

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5.2 New South Wales Government Requirements NSW Heritage Act 1977 (amended 1998) The NSW Heritage Office State Heritage Inventory identifies buildings that are protected under the Heritage Act, 1977 or the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979. The purpose of the Heritage Act is to ensure cultural heritage in NSW is identified adequately and conserved. Heritage items listed in the Heritage Inventory are protected by heritage schedules to local environmental plans (LEPs), regional environmental plans (REP’s) or by the State Heritage Register.

The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft has been assessed as having significance to the State of NSW for being one of three surviving DC-2 Aircraft in Australia and one of two in the state of NSW. In the light of this, listing on the NSW State Heritage Register should be sought. The preparation of this Conservation Management Plan may be required by the NSW Heritage Branch (formerly Heritage Office) within the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure.

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5.3 Local Government Requirements Albury Local Environmental Plan 2010 The Albury Local Environmental Plan 2010 (Albury LEP) is the planning instrument for the local government area of Albury. The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft is not listed on the Albury LEP Schedule 5 Environmental heritage.

5.4 Non Statutory Listings The National Trust of Australia (NSW) The National Trust Register lists buildings and items of heritage significance in NSW. The organisation, whilst having no statutory power, is an influential force regarding environmental matters in the state. Inclusion on the National Trust Register generally indicates a high level of community support. The following, associated with the historic landing of the DC-2 Uiver in Albury, are listed on the Register of the National Trust of Australia (NSW): . Uiver Collection (Albury City Library/Museum), cnr Kiewa and Swift Streets, Albury (Listing date: 2 August 2012); and . Uiver Memorial (DC-2 Aircraft construction number 1286, dressed as the historic “Uiver”, PH-AJU KLM Airliner), Albury Airport, Riverina Highway, Albury (Listing date 25 July 2012) Copies of The National Trust Register Listing Reports are located in Appendix A and Appendix B.

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6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS

1. The DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2-112), located at Albury Airport, is a rare surviving DC-2 aircraft and should be listed as a movable heritage item of State heritage significance (see Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance in Section 4.3 of this report). To protect the heritage significance of the DC-2 aircraft, a nomination for the State heritage register should be undertaken (see Section 5.0 of this report). State heritage listing will provide an effective process in protecting this State significant movable heritage item. Once State heritage listed, any future works to the aircraft would require approvals from the NSW Heritage Council. Given the aircraft is movable heritage, exemptions should be sought for occasional movement of the aircraft. 2. A Conservation Management Plan should be prepared to guide the conservation and future of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft (former DC-2- 112). 3. In accordance with its State heritage significance, the deteriorated fabric of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft should be stabilised and conserved as a matter of urgency. 4. Should Albury Council be unable to finance conservation works to the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft, alternative funds should be found to undertake the works, and may include outside parties who have provided assurances of being an exemplar custodian. 5. Should a potential owner of the DC-2 Uiver Memorial Aircraft be located within another Australian state, agreements should be set in place to ensure that state would provide heritage protection. Agreements would need to be in place prior to any works being undertaken. 6. In accordance with the significance of this potential movable heritage item it should form part of a context (and preferably a collection) associated with air transportation and aviation. 7. Artefacts associated with the DC-2 Uiver collection should remain in Albury and continue to be conserved, protected and interpreted in accordance with their heritage significance.

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7.0 APPENDICES 7.1 Appendix A – National Trust Register Listing Report - Uiver Collection

Albury City Library Museum Listing date 2 August 2012

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

The Liver Collection at Albury City lJbraryMuseuni, is of historical significance for its documentation and commemoration of the London to Melbourne MacRobertson International Air Race of 1934 and the 'Albury Uiver Incident" of October 24, 1934, unique in the annals of world aviation.

The Collection is of social significance to the residents of Albury as a record of the events at Albury that brought world attention and to the Dutch community in the Albury region and throughout Australia, the Netherlands, and the Dutch East Indies who contributed items to the collection.

The Collection is of aesthetic significance as a range of objects eloquently and evocatively recalling the events of 1934 and the 5011 anniversary of the event and the streamlined/art nouveau styles of that period.

The Collection and a number of its items have technical significance for the quality of their design and construction.

The Collection is rare as a large and diverse assembly of objects including photographs, letters, Liver relics, KLM advertising, medals, cups, maps, certificates, souvenirs, cartoons and log books celebrating and documenting the London to Melbourne MacRobertson International Air Race of 1934 and the Albury Liver Incident' of October 24, 1934,

DESCRIPTION:

The Liver Collection at Albury City Library Museum is comprised of items in six categories: - 1. Objects directly related to the plane and the race or passenger Domenie, including replica model Uiver planes (23 items)

2. Gifts made on 13 December 1934 to those associated with saving the plane (3 items)

3. 1934 memorabilia (12 items)

4. Collection of photographs from various sources (not detailed individually) 5. Books, papers, audio tapes and miscellaneous material (13 items)

6. Items relating to 1979 Uiver monument or 1984 (Jiver re-enactment for 50th anniversary (9 items)

Category I

Item 1 - White fine silk parachute

Item 2 - KLM passenger tickets

Item 3 - Domenie Diary

Item 4 - MacRobertson gold medal Item 5— Dutch Pencil carried on Uiver

Item 6 - Map Poster

Item 7 - KLM brochure

Item 8 - Order of Orange Nassau medal Item 9-Red KLM Jerry Can

Item 10 - Commemorative postal envelope posted by passenger Domenie

Item 11 - Commemorative postal envelope carried on the Uiver Item 12- Cable dated 23 July 1934 from KLM to Domenie

Item 13- Envelope containing communication from KLM to Domenie in Brazil

Item 14- Partly burned postal envelope and letter

Item 15- Scale model (exact replical :12) of the Uiver

Item 16- Small scale model of the Uiver

Item 17- Silver replica model Uiver

Item 18- KLM limited edition commemorative album of photographs

Item 19- Uiver polo silver cup

Item 20- Ajbury City Council commemorative souvenir scrapbook

Item 21 - Framed memorabilia

Item 22 - Sheet of John Sanderson & Co, Melbourne letterhead with autographs

Item 23— Sheet of paper from autograph bock - Mr Rouvray Snr Category 2

Item 1 -Walking stick

Item 2 - Wooden gavel

Item 3 - Commemorative certificate

P 2 of 33 Category 3

Item 1 - Silver medallion

Item 2 - Stork and crown commemorative badge Item 3- Navy blue commemorative pin

Item 4 - Commemorative pin

Item 5 - Commemorative tie bar Item 6- Souvenir teaspoon

Item 7 - Souvenir jigsaw puzzle Item 8—Commemorative Uiver cloth

Item 9—Commemorative plate

Item 10— Commemorative day plaque

Item 11 - Cartoon caricature Item 12— Metal plaque

Category 4

Collections of photographs from various sources (not detailed individually).

Category 5

Item 1 - Book - The Great Air Race, England - Australia

Item 2 - Audio tape - oral history 1

Item 3 - Audio tape - oral history 2

Item 4 - Letter to 4Aibury Historical Society

Item 5 - Transcription of Liver flight logbook

Item 6 - Dutch magazine

Item 7 - Text of radio broadcast - 1 Item 8- Text of radio broadcast —2 25th Item 9—Menu - 1959 Commemorative Luncheon - Anniversary of Uiver landing in Albury Item 10- Various newspapers & newspaper clippings

Item 11 - Express Newspaper - Columns of history

Item 12 - Book - In dfie dagen near Australia Item 13— Bronze plaque donated by KLM in 1951

Category 6

Item 1 - Commemorative plate

Page 3 of 33 Item 2 - Information on the Liver Weekend

Item 3 - Framed coloured photograph Item 4- Framed coloured photograph

Item 5 - Vinyl record and souvenir booklet

Item 6 - Souvenir booklet and vinyl record

Item 7 - Centre page liftout - The Uiver Weekend

Item 8 - Video tape cover case - DC-2 Uiver flies again

Item 9 - Illustrated article - The Uiver tiles again

HISTORY: The MacRobertson London to Melbourne Great Air Race of 1934 and the KLM DC-2 Uiver

In 1934 as part of the centenary celebrations of the City of Melbourne the MacRobertson International Air Race was organised. The race was the brainchild of the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sir Harold Gengoult-Smith, who wanted to commemorate the centenary of Victoria's statehood. Melbourne based chocolate manufacturer Sir Macpherson Robertson, known as 'the chocolate king' or 'MacRobertson', sponsored the event to demonstrate the feasibility of a scheduled air service between Europe and Australia.

Sir McPherson offered fifteen thousand pounds prize money and attracted 64 entrants. A whittling down of entrants to the more serious competitors resulted in a final 20 aircraft from New Guinea, United States, Britain, Denmark, New Zealand and the Netherlands making the starting line. The racers took off from the Royal Air Force Mildenhall Aerodrome, 70 miles north of London. The race stared at 6:30 am on Sunday October 20th, 1934 with planes leaving at 45-second intervals.

One of the most unusual entries was a Douglas DC-2 entered by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. It was registered PH-MU, and following the convention of the period was called Liver after the name of a bird starting with the last letter of the registration code. Liver is a Dutch word for 'stork'. It was the biggest competitor and the only craft to carry several passengers in addition to its crew of four. KLM wanted to prove that they could serve Australia with a twice-weekly air service and they were using their brand new all metal comfortably equipped DC-2 to make their point. One other plane had a single passenger. Harold Brook flew a Miles M.3 Falcon and a Miss E. Lay persuaded him for a fee to take her along as a passenger. Recent research has shown that she was also a pilot.

The pilot Captain Koene Dirk Parmentier and First Officer Jan Johannes Moll knew much of the journey well as they flew the airlines weekly service to the Dutch East Indies. Plesman selected Moll for the flight to Australia because he had already flown to Australia, In 1931, Moll flew the KNILM Fokker FVIIB PKAFC Abel Tasman on a proving flight from Batavia to Sydney and thence to Melbourne.

De Havilland DH 88 Comet racing planes especially designed for the event were favourites town the speed section. A married couple, popular aviators Jim and Amy Mollison known in the press as the "flying sweethearts" flew one of the Comets. Jim Mollison was a pioneering Scottish pilot who had flown commercially for Kingsford Smith's ill-fated Australian National Airways. His wife Amy was Amy Johnson, who in May 1930 had become the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia, flying a Comet "Black Magic". Mollison is said to have proposed to Johnson only eight hours after meeting her during a flight. English aviators Flight Lieutenant Charles Scott and Kenyan coffee plantation manger Captain Tom Campbell Black flew the other Comet a red aircraft dubbed "Grosvenor House" by the historic hotel's owner.

A third de Havilland DH 88 Comet was flown by 0, Cathcart Jones and K. F. Waller, and was the fourth plane to arrive in Melbourne. It was 15 to 16 hours behind the Boeing 247D.

A day after the race began an enthusiastic Sir McPherson Robertson was in the Australian Broadcasting

P 4 33 Commission Studios in Melbourne, he said, Dear friends early yesterday morning before the sun had peaked over the horizon to disperse the mists enshrouding the Mildenhall Aerodrome in Suffolk; the competitors of the MacRobertson International Air Race were awaiting the signal to start on the epic flight of 11,323 miles. Never in the history of aviation has there been such a line up of aviators and never in the history of the world has there been such an aerial contest."

The Melbourne Newspaper 'The Argus said in its editorial, "In an age of extraordinary mechanical progress one takes many things for granted; but flight halfway across the world seems too remarkable for analysis. If the present conquest of speed be maintained at the present rate an air journey to England in these days will become commonplace. And Australia, that vast land over the edge of beyond will become part of a great world.'

The KLM Liver was capable of only flying 1500 kilometre legs so had to refuel three times before the first official stop in Baghdad. The Dutch plane landed only three hours behind the Mollison's de Havilland Comet, which was able to fly non-stop from England. It was apparent that the huge airliner was a formidable opponent. The Comets may have had speed but they were uncomfortable and extremely noisy. Jim and Amy Mollison arrived in Baghdad deaf, hungry and very tired. One eyewitness described the crew and passengers of the Uiver as being "as fresh as a daisy."

Although it was not well known, Thee Rasche flew the Liver for a couple of hours prior to Charleville, enabling Moll and Parmentier to get some sleep.

Excitement mounted worldwide as millions of people followed the race on their wireless sets. At Allahabad, India the flying sweethearts' had to withdraw their Comet from the race because of a broken oil line. The race to Victoria became a war of attrition. Dutch pilot Geysendorffer's Pander 54 was destroyed in a ground collision also at Allahabad. Australian Jimmy Woods flipped his Lockheed Vega while landing at Aleppo in Northern Syria. A bumpy arrival in Bucharest, Hungary caused damage to the flaps of American aviatress Cochran's Granville R-6H. British entrants Gilman and Baines were both killed when their Fairey Fox I crashed near Palazzo San Gervasio in Italy. Tension mounted around the world as Scott and Campbell Black in their Commet and Parmentier in the KLM DC-2 fought out the battle for first place.

A TIME Magazine article on, October 29, 1934 described the course that covered 16 countries and three continents. It "required night and day flying over country perilous with jagged mountains, snake-infested jungles, deserts, hurricanes and typhoons. The toughest stretch may have been across the Syrian Desert where blinding sandstorms sometimes rise 20,000 feet and huge kitebirds menace aerial navigation. Not much easier was the 2,210-mile jump from Allahabad to Singapore, with its Bay of Bengal water hop nearly as long as the North Atlantic. To the participants in the race Lloyd's of London gave a 1-in-12 chance of being killed."

Between Singapore and Darwin, Scott and Campbell Black suffered a failure in one of the Comet's two engines. They just made it to Darwin. The Uiver arrived soon after them in Darwin and was well positioned to take out both the speed and the handicapped sections of the race should the Comet be delayed for repairs or come to grief.

By the time that the Uiver reached Darwin, the Grosvenor House Comet was well on the way to Melbourne and there was no chance of catching up in normal circumstances. Scott and Black knew of the increased risk occasioned by engine issues, but decided to take the risk and fly on. The Uiver had three passengers and taking a similar risk for them was never a possibility. In fact, the Douglas was so reliable that this kind of issue never arose. In the whole trip, only one part needed to be replaced, and this was done at Darwin.

Parmentier learned at Charleville that Scott and Black had reached Melbourne. The bigger worry was that they would be passed by the Boeing 2470 behind them, and this may well have been a factor in them deciding to press on despite the reports of adverse weather conditions ahead, which Moll was later to say should have caused them to pause in Charleville. The only reason why the Boeing 247D did not pass the Liver while it was on the ground in Albury was because the Boeing struck engine trouble and had to land at Bourke for repairs.

The British Comet flew on and seventy-one hours after take off from London Scott and Campbell Black crossed the finishing line at the Flemington Racecourse. They took first honours in the speed section of the race along with the impressive MacRobertson Trophy and 10,000-pound prize money. The race rules

Page 5 of 33 stated each entrant could only win one section of the race ruling them out of winning the handicap section. Later in the year the English Royal Aero Club awarded the crew with the 'The Britannia Trophy" for the efforts. As the Grosvenor House touched down in Melbourne the Jiver was at Charleville. The Uiver went via Batavia, because it was flying pretty much the standard route to there. This added some distance to the total number of miles travelled.

The people in the small town of Aibury on the New South Wales/Victoria border were following the race on the wireless as closely as everybody else in the world. On Tuesday the 23rd of October little did they know that within a few hours they were to be part of a drama which has become more famous than the record breaking race itself.

It was a stormy lightning strewn night throughout nearly the whole of eastern Australia. Shortly after leaving the final official checkpoint in the Queensland town of Charleville on the last leg of a flight to Melbourne the (Jiver lost effective radio contact. Race control does seem to have heard at least one of the three SOS calls that van Brugge made. Van Brugge heard the advice that they were reported as being over Yackandandah. With no effective aids for navigation the airliner drifted off course.

In Melbourne air race officials were expecting the (Jiver to arrive about thirty minutes after midnight. At about twenty minutes to midnight Albury residents heard a twin-engine plane high overhead travelling towards Melbourne and assumed that the DC-2 was on course to the finishing line. Half an hour later they were surprised to hear the roar of a twin-engine plane circling low above the dense storm clouds over the eastern section of the town.

A local newspaper reporter Clifton Mon phoned air race officials in Melbourne who confirmed that the airliner had lost radio contact and was probably in grave danger, Independently. Arthur Newnham an announcer with the local ABC radio station 2CO rushed to the studio and broke into the normal program on relay from Melbourne with details of a desperate rescue plan.

Former Senator Cleaver Bunton was also on the staff of 2CO at the time, "The thief engineer in the postal department he had to get across Bungambrawatha Creek which was flooded as a result of the storms. It took him some little time to get over. The Chief electrical engineer; Mr (Lyle) Ferris was the town's electrical engineer and had access to the switch that controlled the town's power supply. Reg Turner was a telegraphist who knew Morse code, and it was he who did the flashing of the lights displaying ALBURY in Morse code,

Arthur Newnham recommended the setting up a runway with the aid of motor headlamps. Captain Parmentier said later that they had seen the Morse signals but because of the excessive turbulence from the thunderstorm they were unable to read them. Only 22 minutes elapsed between Newnham's call and the plane touching down.

Approaching Albury from a southerly direction Parmentier and the crew of the DC-2 saw the feebly lit temporary strip on the racecourse and decided to attempt a landing. At 1:17 on the morning of October 24, 1934 Captain Parmentier successfully landed the airliner on the sodden field at the centre of the racetrack. As the plane traversed the ground towards the fence at the end of the course It slowed to a halt, stuck deep in the mud. Cleaver Bunton recalled that it was a remarkable piece of aviation that the plane got down safely, literally missing trees by very small margins. The amount of people who got to the racecourse was remarkable not only were cars there in big numbers but there was also a colossal crowd of people there too. It was fortunate actually that the racecourse was waterlogged as a result of the heavy rain we'd had. It saved the plane from overrunning. There is no doubt in the world that it would have overrun had it not been waterlogged as it was."

In 1984, many of those who helped with the rescue of the UIVER relived their memories on the ABC 'This Australia Program', broadcast on February 14th, 1984 and were interviewed for the film 'Race door de tijd'. Mrs Schubert was a teenager living in Wodonga at the time. "My brother said they wanted anybody with a car to go to the Albury racecourse and form a circle and turn their lights on. So George was always a very adventurous sort of a chap and he said to my father 'Well, how about it Bill, will we go? And dad said 'Yes' and my brother said 'yes' and they were just about to leave when they said to me Would you like to come? Would I go?

To me, that was the most exciting thing that had ever happened. Anyhow we set off and we got to the racecourse. I can remember getting into the circle around the racecourse and the plane coming down.

Page 6 o133 A big hooray went up. We got out of the cars to walk over and I can remember all of the talk that was going on and excitement and seeing the crew walk around. I can remember touching the plane.' Mrs Schubert also remembers one of the crew members, opening the door of the Uiver and when seeing the sight before him asked, "Is this Melbourne?"

ABC's 2C0 spoke to the crew members Parmentier and van Brugge and passenger Gilissen on-air shortly after the miraculous escape. The broadcast was relayed across Australia and directly to Holland. Cleaver Bunton said "I interviewed the wireless operator Van Brugge, he was a giant of a man. It was the most emotional interview that I have ever experienced. Never have I seen a person speak in such glowing terms of a person that Van Brugge spoke concerning Parmentier. He had conducted what they thought to be their last get together on the plane a little religious service and with tears in his eyes Parmentier was not only emotional, but I've never experienced such a love of man to man that was there. It was absolutely remarkable". Captain Parmentier told 2C0 that there was no doubt that the setting up of the runway with the aid of motor headlamps saved the plane from crashing and indeed saved the life of the crew and their passengers."

People around the world were listening and one of those listeners was a young Dutchman in Amsterdam. Ben Vene, who later lived in Albury for a number of years, vividly recalled that broadcast. "I was just 20 years old at the time and we were listening to the drama while the plane was as we thought flying over Albury on the local wireless. We heard about the electrical storm. Then we heard about the Morse signs with street lights and cars being asked to go to the racecourse and making a landing strip for the plane to come down. We knew about Melbourne being the end of the race but Albury was something entirely new to us. We had to look at a map to find out where it was. After the race the name of Albury in Holland came to mean more to us than Melbourne and Sydney."

Ben Vene had his own personal keepsake from the historic flight, "My Uncle was a stamp collector and he sent two letters on the Uiver. One was addressed to himself and the other to the Mac Robertson organisers of the race. Their stamps were cancelled on the 24th of October, 1934 and they were then sent back to my Uncle."

The morning after the landing a huge crowd gathered at the racecourse to lend what assistance they could. Clive Crosser, a retired builder from Albury was 12 years old at the time, "I had a pushbike and I hopped on and went out as early as I could. There were hundreds of people there. When I arrived the plane was pretty much hopelessly entrenched in the mud. Somebody showed up with a truck and a heap of planks and they put the wood underneath the wheels of the aircraft and ran the motors.

It started to look dangerous as the planks began to tip up in the air and it looked like they were going to hit the props. The pilot waved them away and they abandoned the idea."

On the 50th anniversary of the incident in 1964, Albury's Cecil Meredith recalled his part in the drama. In 1934 Meredith was working on the construction of the Hume Reservoir. He went to the race track the morning after to help haul the plane out of the mud. 'The wireless operator Van Brugge asked me would I take charge of hauling her off so I took over and eventually we hauled her off. There were about 50 to 60 people on each rope, there were two ropes. From the time the wheel started to move it was about twenty five to thirty minutes removing her from the mud." Moving the plane by pulling the rope took place once at the northern end of the racecourse and twice at the southern end and also involved men in lifting the tail to accommodate changing the direction in which the plane was pointing.

The aircraft was stripped of anything they could be dispensed with. Personal suitcases including 35,000 letters from Holland and all passengers and crew other than the Captain and First Officer were left offloaded in Albury. Clive Crosser said, 'That caused a lot of trouble, a lot of sadness. Passenger Thea Rasche cried her eyes out when the plane finally departed."

Ron Braddy of Albury remembered what happened next, "before they took off Parmentier and Moll thanked us very much and got into the plane. I'm not sure about this but I think that if I remember rightly we held the ropes while they revved up. Then they took off and went off towards the weir and oh we held our breath while they took that fence. It almost hit it, just went over."

Captain Parmentier flew the Uiver onto Melbourne to take second place in the speed section of the Centenary Air Race and first prize in the handicap section. Out of the twenty aircraft that left Mildenhall, England on October the 20th only seven finished the course in the time allowe by the race rules. The twelfth and last plane to arrive in Melbourne was a Fairey Fox piloted by 'Battler Ray Parer and Geoff

Page 7 of 33 Hemsworth, who reached Melbourne on 13 February 1935. Technically they withdrew from the race in Paris, but just kept going. MacRobertson was so impressed at their persistence that he also gave them a gold MacRobertson medal.

Shortly after their arrival in Melbourne, Parmentier and Moll spoke to the ABC. "The first thing I want to tell you is that I am very grateful for all the things that the national broadcasting commission has done to make our landing last night possible at the racecourse in Albury. I also must express my thanks for the help I had from the Mayor of Albury and the population who were very helpful this morning to get our plane out of the mud and to make it possible for us to take off."

Moll echoed his friend's sentiments "My dear Australian listeners, I express my thanks to the population of Albury and Mayor Mr Alfred Waugh for the splendid help they gave us to make us land safely. Also the assistance they gave us the next morning to get us here to Melbourne and be second in this great air race."

In Holland where the entire country had been following the progress of the race on the radio their excitement knew no bounds when the Liver took the handicapped prize. Commemorative Uiver postage stamps were issued, songs were written, and thousands of souvenired mementos were produced. As the name of the airliner Uiver meant 'stork', newborn babies were christened 'Uiverjay' or 'little stork. The actions of the Albury people on that stormy night and the following morning would not be forgotten. Queen Wilhelmina sent a cable to Waugh advising him that he would be invested with the Order of Oranje Nassau. The investiture took place in Albury on 17 December 1934 in a ceremony conducted by Mr Paul Staal, Consul-General for the Netherlands. When Alfred Waugh and his wife Ellen went to the Netherlands in 1935, Queen Wilhelmina was unable to grant the Waughs an audience. But she went on holidays to Scotland and saw the Waughs there.

Several days after its dramatic rescue the Liver again passed over Albury on the first leg of its journey back to Europe. The plane flew low over the town and a cigarette case containing a small Dutch flag and a message was dropped onto the racecourse. The message read, 'To all our good friends in Albury, we salute you and say farewell."

The farewell was destined to be prophetic. Only eight weeks after its triumph in the centenary air race the Liver crashed in the Syrian Desert in Irak and all those aboard were killed. None of those killed were on board the Uiver on its flight to Australia. Funded by subscriptions taken up in Albury, a memorial was erected in Holland to the memory of those lost in that crash.

Radio operator Van Brugge died in 1943 when the Luftwaffe shot down the KLM DC-3 chartered by BOAC in which he was flying over the Bay of Biscay on route from Lisbon to Bristol. Captain Parmentier died in 1945 when his Lockheed constellation crashed at Tarbolton, near Glasgow. Flight Engineer Bouwe Prins died in retirement in the 1973 in Holland and Commodore J. Moll the Liver's First Officer retired in 1954 and died in 1985 in Aalsmere, Holland.

Whenever and wherever stories of epic achievements in aviation are recounted the flight of the Uiver will be recalled as also will be the part played by the citizens of Albury on that storm swept night in October 1934.

Australian composer Peter Flanagan wrote the Flying Dutchman Suite for the re-enactment of the Liver flight.

In 1984 to commemorate the events of 1934, the Netherlands Broadcasting Corporation produced a three-part television documentary highlighting KLM's involvement in the famous air race. To help fund the project the Uiver Memorial Foundation was established in Holland. In order to recreate the flight of the original Uiver it was necessary to find a DC-2 that could be made airworthy. One was found in a private collection in the United States. The plane was completely overhauled and refurbished at the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

It was painted in the 1934 KLM livery and given the original registration of the first Uiver. The crew of four was fitted out with KLM uniforms in the style of 50 years before. Captain of the crew was KLM 747 Jumbo pilot Jan Plesman, a grandson of Dr Albert Plesman, whose decision it was as Founder and Director of KLM to buy the Douglas DC-2 that became known as the Uiver. The flight to Australia flew over the original air race route. The journey took five weeks because of filming commitments instead of the three and three quarter days that the original plane took to reach their destination.

Page 8 of 33 The events at Aibury were created for the film. On their final approach to the new Albury airport the Uiver passed low over the racecourse where it had all happened fifty years earlier. A crowd of several thousand was at the airport to greet the new Liver.

Welcoming the re-enactment crew Albury Councillor John Roach said "Its a wonderful day and a lot of people have been very interested and keen since first hearing about the Liver foundations re-enactment of this flight. Its a wonderful spectacle and we are very pleased that the plane has landed here and they'll be the guests of the city for a few days. I'm sure a lot of people will reminisce and get together with the crew."

As the (Jiver rested on the lawn at the Western end of the tarmac a band played the national anthem of the Netherlands. Pilot Jan Plesman said We were very interested to see the racecourse and how long it is. I think those guys did a good job at that time, it is a much greater achievement than what we have done especially navigation wise.' He conceded that they were cheating on navigation a little bit for the modern day flight.

Plesman said after the 1934 incident Albury Mayor Alderman Alf Waugh was the most popular man in Holland, "In Holland Aibury is on the map and everybody knows where it is. After four days filming in Albury the Liver II flew on to Melbourne where the race ended in 1934.

This information has been largely sourced from the ABC "This Australia Program", broadcast on February 14th, 1984 and revised by Noel Jackling.

The 1934 World Broadcast of the Uiver Incident

Bertie Peacock was the Secretary of the Albury Racing Club. He and his elder son Donald helped Matthew Dowling marshal the cars into position to illuminate a landing strip for the plane. Back in the Peacock home, which overlooked the racecourse, Bertie's wife Beatrice Peacock was on the phone to Arthur Newnham in the 2CO studio in Albury, describing the events as they happened. Newnham, on another phone, relayed the information to Melbourne, to Thomas Bearup, the General Manager for Victoria of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, who in turn relayed the information to an announcer, who by short wave radio told the listening world. By the time the wheels of the Liver had come to a halt, the rest of the world knew that the plane had made a safe landing. For 1934, this was a remarkable achievement in radio.

The History of the Objects In the Ulver Collection

Category I

Item 1 - White fine silk parachute dropped from the Uiver for its attached Wiley flare to illuminate the Albury Race Course to ascertain whether it was safe for the Liver to land. The parachute was found next morning tangled along a fence by Gordon Thompson (17) and his sister Dorothy (12), now Mrs Pat Baine, whose father Richard Thompson had a farm on Vineyard Lane, close to the racecourse. The flare canister is missing.

Item 2- KLM passenger tickets London to Melbourne and Melbourne to London (the first commercial airline passenger flight from Europe to Australia) issued on 12 October 1934 to Roelof Jan Domenie for travel on the DC-2 Uiver in the MacRobertson International Air Race.

Item 3- Uiver passenger Domenie's diary for the Singapore to Charleville section of the race.

Item 4- MacRobertson gold medal with light blue ribbon presented to passenger Roelof Jan Domenie in Melbourne by Sir Macpherson Robertson. The medal was one of 31 gold medals minted and given to pilots and crew who reached Melbourne in the MacRobertson International Air Race and to the three passengers on the Liver. In the depression times of the 1930s, the golden medal symbolised better times ahead.

Item 5— Dutch pencil carried on Uiver and may have been used by Parmentier, Moll, van Brugge and Prins to autograph a sheet of John Sanderson & Co letterhead. Inscription on the pencil says: 3001. Fabrique Suisse de crayons. Garan D'Ache. HBNo 2

Page 9 of 33 Item 6— Poster comprising map of race route London to Melbourne with list of planes and pilots and showing route with compulsory and non-compulsory stopping points for contestants. There is a strike through line through the name of Kingsford Smith.

Item 7 - KLM brochure advertising the MacRobertson International Air Race.

Item 8 - Order of Orange Nassau medal in orange case awarded to Albury Mayor Alfred Waugh by Queen Wlhelmina in recognition of the valuable assistance rendered by the Mayor and the citizens of Albury to the Netherlands aeroplane Uiver. The medal is a replacement medal for the one presented to Mayor Waugh by the Dutch Consul-General Staal in Albury at his investiture on 17 December 1934 but stolen soon thereafter.

Item 9 - Red KLM Shell hydraulic fluid Jerry can carried on board the Uiver, discarded on the Albury Race Course to lighten the plane for its take-off and acquired by an Albury resident from the racecourse on the morning of 24 October 1934.

Item 10- Commemorative postal envelope posted by passenger Roelof Domenie to himself and carded on the Uiver during its flight from London to Melbourne 20-24 October 1934.

Item 11 - Commemorative postal envelope carried on the Liver during its flight from London to Melbourne 20-24 October 1934.

Item 12- Cable dated 23 July 1934 from KLM to Roelof Domenie in Brazil in response to his expression of interest in flying to Melbourne on the Uiver, and postal envelope dated 28 July 1934 carrying written confirmation by airmail from Berlin.

Item 13- Envelope containing a further communication from KLM to Roelof Domenie in Brazil, carried on the Graf Zeppelin departing Friedrichshafen, Germany, on 4 August 1934.

Item 14- Partly burned postal envelope and letter carried on the last flight of the Uiver when on 20 December 1934 an route from Sthiphol to Batavia it crashed near Rutbah Wells in the Syrian Desert in lrak. Letter dated 18 December 1934 and postmarked the same day from Mr Johan M.B. Adriani of Amsterdam to Mrs. Helen Coleman of East Malvern, Melbourne. The Uiver departed Schiphol Airport early on 19 December 1934,

Item 15- Scale model (exact replicatl2) of the Uiver, completed in 2006 by Albury resident Gerry Curtis with the help of Col Laughton, Keith Frauenfelder and Ray Hartwig. The model is 1.6m long with a wingspan of 2.18m, and is made of lightweight timber.

Item 16- Small scale model of the Uiver KLM plane PH-MU mounted on metal stand constructed by Albury resident Gerry Curtis when a teenager.

Item 17— Silver replica model Uiver with a wing span of two feet, opening cabin doors, interior lighting and glass windows, believed to have been given by the citizens of the Netherlands to Mayor Alfred Waugh representing the citizens of Albury during Alfred Waugh's visit to the Netherlands in 1935.

Item 18- KLM limited edition commemorative blue covered album of photographs sent by KLM to passenger Roelof Jan Domenie.

Item 19- Uiver polo silver cup (24 October 1935) Silver cup presented to Roelof Jan Domenie by the Dutch Ambassador to Brazil after a polo match held in Rio de Janeiro to commemorate the first anniversary of the flight of the Uiver and its safe landing in Ajbury. The Gavea Golf and Country Club captained by Domenie beat Itanhanga 6-1. The Albury counterpart was the running of the KLM Netherlands Gold Cup at the Albury race course on 22 April 1936. Prime Minister Joseph Lyons saw Orange Bitters win. In 1934, the Mayor of Albury Alf Waugh was invested into the Dutch Order of Oranje-Nassau. By curious coincidence, the name of the award and the name of the horse both contained the word 'Orange' and the name of Orange Bitters' sire was Nassau!

Item 20- Commemorative souvenir scrapbook (1934) produced by the Albury City Council compiled by Cliff Chamberlain using photographs believed to have been taken by Albury photographer Duncan

Page 10 of 33 This book includes many photographs of the Uiver at the Athury Race Course and photographs of those citizens of Albury associated with the saving of the plane. It is believed that a souvenir scrapbook was given to naval Captain Suiter, the leader of the Netherlands East Indies delegation that visited Albury on 13 December 1934. A souvenir book (illustrated below) is amongst the Parmentier collection held by his grandson in 1012.

Item 21 - Framed memorabilia, comprising cloth hand towel, serviette with printed on KLM logo, photo of the bogged Uiver, photo of Moll and Parmentier and printed label that says: 'KLM airliner "Uiver' on Albury racecourse after its forced landing in the Melbourne Centenary Air Race 1934. It landed on a strip of land lit by car headlights'. The items were amongst those jettisoned from the Liver at the Albury racecourse on the morning of 24 October 1934

Item 22 - Sheet of John Sanderson & Co. Melbourne, office letterhead autographed in Albury by all four Uiver crew members using a pencil from the Uiver, together with the Uiver's racing patch, on which the printed characters E.- A. COMPETITOR NUMBER 44 are enclosed in a circle. The race number for the plane was 44 and E.-A. would stand for England to Australia. Both sheets of paper were once pinned to each other. John Sanderson & Co were wool brokers and could have had representation in Aibury.

Item 23- Sheet of paper from autograph book of Mr Rouvray Snr on which are the pencilled signatures of two members of the Uiver crew, Cornelis van Brugge and Bouwe Prins, secured at the Albury racecourse on 24 October 1934.

Category 2

Item 1 - Wooden walking stick with an ornate silver handle and brass tip, crafted in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesian) province of Jogjakarta, and presented to Albury radio announcer Arthur Joseph Newnham on 13 December 1934 by a delegation representing the people of the Netherlands East Indies.

The gift was in gratitude for his action, early on the morning of 24 October 1934, in interrupting Radio 3AR on relay to 2CO to call upon the owners of motor vehicles to proceed to Albury Racecourse. There, the cars' headlights illuminated a landing strip that enabled a Dutch plane, lost in a fierce electrical storm, to land safely. The Royal Dutch Airlines KLM Douglas DC-2, called the 'Uiver, was piloted by Captain Koene Dirk Parmentier.

On 13 December, at Dean Square, AJbury, the delegates - three from Java, five from Sydney and Melbourne - presented extraordinarily generous gifts to many Albury citizens who helped make possible the safe landing of the plane, or who in other ways supported the crew and its passengers. This walking stick was the only such item presented. The words UIVER JOGJAKARTA' are engraved on the silver handle.

Item 2 - Wooden gavel in box with gold fittings and trimmings presented to the Mayor of Albury, Alderman Alfred Waugh. The plate says: 'Presented to Alderman A. Waugh, Mayor of Albury, by friends in the Netherlands East Indies in token of their appreciation for the distinguished service rendered to the aeroplane 'Uiver" in the stormy night at Albury October 23rd, 1934 during the London-Melbourne race'.

Item 3 - Commemorative certificate of appreciation from delegation representing the citizens of the East Indies, signed by three members of the delegation including (naval) Captain Suiter.

C 3

Item 1 - Silver Ijiver commemorative medallion with a red, white and blue ribbon celebrating the flight of the Uiver, depicting a stork superimposed on the words London and Melbourne. 'Liver is a Dutch word for 'stork'. The KLM DC-2s were called by bird names after the last letter of the registration code, in this case after the 'U' in PH-MU. Two of these medallions are held. One was owned by Uiver passenger Roelof Jan Domenie.

Item 2 - Stork and crown commemorative badge with orange ribbon. The stork is similar to the stork on the coat of arms of the City of Den Haag, the city where KLM then had its headquarters. Orange is the colour for the House of Oranje Nassau. The crown is like the one used by KLM. Owned by Roelof Jan Domenie, a passenger on the Uiver.

Page II of 33 Item 3- Navy blue commemorative pin of the DC-2 Liver aeroplane, owned by Roelof Jan Domenie, passenger on the Uiver.

Item 4- Commemorative pin of the DC-2 Uiver aeroplane Owned by Roelof Jan Domenie, a passenger on the Uiver.

Item 5 - Commemorative tie bar of the DC-2 Liver aeroplane, owned by Roelof Jan Domenie, passenger on the Uiver.

Item 6 - Souvenir silver teaspoon decorated with aeroplane on top of Iiiver in rectangle below which is a stork on one leg. A propeller is at the join of handle to bowl of spoon. Engraved on bowl are the words Londen (Dutch spelling) and 'Melbourne'. Between the names is an outline of part of the UK and map of Australia with journey line between London and Melbourne. Across the middle of the bowl is Oct.1934'. Owned by Mrs Betty Lean who claims as a child to have been in the cockpit of the Uiver while it was being dragged by ropes on the AJbury racecourse.

Item 7 - Souvenir jigsaw puzzle displaying the four most notable Dutch aeroplanes including the Liver, the four crew members on the MacRobertson International Air Race and Dr Albert Plesman. Purchased in Holland in 2011

Item 8- Commemorative Uiver cloth, A cotton printed cloth, depicting a scene of the Uiver flying over a map of the world. The image is printed in orange, blue and white, the Dutch national colours. A gift from Aviodrome made in 2011.

Item 9 - White and blue commemorative plate 1934 Item 10- Commemorative clay plaque with the words London Melbourne Race. 20-24 October 1934. 81 U. [Uur] 10 Mm. [Minutes].

Item 11 - Cartoon caricature of MacRobertson International Air Race, Item 12— Metal plaque

Category 4

Collections of photographs from various sources (not detailed individually).

Category 5

Item 1- Swinson, A. (1968), The Great Air Race, England—Australia, London: Cassell.

Item 2- Bunton, Cleaver. Oral History Interview. Audio tape.

Item 3- Colley, Will. Oral History Interview. Audio tape.

Item 4- Rouvray, Vern. (1983) Letter to President Albury Historical Society describing his experience when the 'Uiver' plane landed in Albury during the Centenary Air Race 1934,

Item 5 - Apparent transcription of the Uiver's flight navigation logbook written by C. van Brugge. Original logbook page (not in the possession of the Albury Library Museum) in van Brugge's handwriting is the second image. Both are signed by van Brugge.

Item 6- Vries, Leonard de. Verenigde Vleugels [united wings], Magazine in Dutch that includes article on the Uiver.

Item 7 - Newnham, A.J. (1941), Unpublished text of radio broadcast, 16 December. Item 8- Newnham, A.J. (1959), Unpublished text of radio broadcast, c. 23 October.

Item 9 - Menu from 1959 commemorative luncheon held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Liver landing in Albury, signed by some of the luncheon attendees, including Arthur Newnham.

Page 12 of 33 Item 10- Miscellaneous newspapers and newspaper clippings in 1934 including:

Mott, C. (attributed). Border Morning Mail, 27 November 1934, p. 6. 'The Epic Landing. An achievement for Albury. How townspeople helped'.

Molt, C. (attributed). Border Morning Mail, 27 November1934, p. 6. Tribute thus paid to Citizens,

Molt, C. (attributed). Border Morning Mail, 14 December 1934, p. 4. 'Generosity almost amazing'.

Mott, C. (attributed). Border Morning Mail, 14 December 1934, p. 4. 'In Dean Square. Presentations made.'

Molt, C. (attributed). Border Morning Mail, 14 December 1934, p. 4. 'Visitors entertain. Town Hall function.

Item 11 - Boyes, Mrs Frank. Nd. Express newspaper. 'Columns of history'. Episode 16- Aviation in Albury.

Episode 282- Centenary air race, 1934. Includes Albury Racecourse during the race. Map.

Item 12- Parmentier K. D. (1935) In de dagen near Australie. Amsterdam: Scheltens & Giltay.

Item 13- Bronze plaque donated by KLM on the occasion of resumption of passenger flights to Australia in 1951.

Category 6

Item 1 - Commemorative plate for 50th anniversary in 1984 Item 2- The Uiver weekend Albury-Wodonga : 29th February, 1st and 2nd March 1980. Information on the weekend organised by the Clubs of Rotary District 979 the highlight being the unveiling of a restored DC2 aircraft as a memorial to the 'IJiver landing at Aibury Race Course in 1934. [5] leaves.

Item 3 - Framed coloured photograph by Herman Blom of an aeroplane mounted on large steel poles. Planes angled to the right. Brick commemorative wall to right of plane. Garden surrounds.

Item 4 - Framed coloured photograph by Herman Blom of an aeroplane mounted on two steel poles. Plane angled to the left. Surrounded by gardens and a brick wall to the left of photograph.

Item 5 - Vinyl record Festival Label 45rpm in a paper sleeve of the Flying Dutchmen Suite on one side and the Flying Dutchmen Monologue and Flying Dutchmen March on the other (1984). The Flying Dutchmen Monologue is by Stuart Wagstaff and The Flying Dutchmen March and The Flying Dutchmen Suite by The Alfred Street Orchestra and Chorale. Additionally there are eight photocopied pages of sheet music for The Flying Dutchman March'. Accompanies a souvenir booklet issued to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Rotary International. The booklet highlights the flight of the Uiver in the London to Melbourne air race in 1934 as well as the history of Rotary International, Item 6- Souvenir booklet Uiver Memorial Flight of 1984 and vinyl record of Dutch Dixie Machine, generated for the 50th anniversary of the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race flight of 1984.

Item 7 - The Lliver Weekend. Centre-page lift-out from Twin Cities Post 28 February 1980 to commemorate the New Uiver, to stand at Albury airport as a perpetual memorial to the Dutch airliner, the Uiver, and its crew.

Item 8- DC-2 Uiver Flies Again. 1984. Video tape cover case on the Albuty landing of the (Jiver titled DC-2 Liver Flies Again. Compilation of the NOS Television series by Rob Swanenburg.

Page 13 of 33 Item 9— Mortensen, Helen. (1984). The Uiver flies again Illustrated article on the forced landing of the KLM DC-2 'IJiver' at Albury Racecourse on 24 October 1934 during the London to Melbourne Air Race and a re-enactment of its flight in 1984.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Albury Library Museum On-line Catalogue - htto://tinyurl.com/cvs8h90 BOUNDARY OF LISTING

The boundary of the listing would be the property of the Albury City Library/Museum on the corner of Kiewa and Swift Streets, Albury.

PHOTOGRAPHS:

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P 15 33 (owned by Roelof Jan Domenie)

P 16 33 Page 17 of 33 Albury Mayor Alfred Waugh by Queen Wilhelmina

Commemorative postal envelope posted by passenger Roelof Domenie

P 18 33 Cable dated 23 July 1934 from KLM to Roelof Dornenie in Brazil and postal envelope dated 28 July 1934 (owned by Roelof Jan Domenie)

Envelope contalntng a further communication from KLM to Roelof Domenie in Brazil carried On the Graf Zeppelin departing Friedrichshafen. Germany. on 4 August 1934

Page 19 of 33 mounted on metal stand constructed by Albury resident Gerry Curtis when a teenager

Page 20 of 33 Ijiver polo saver cup (24 October 1935) Silver cup presented to Roelof Jan Domenie by the Dutch Ambassador to Brazil after a polo match held in Rio de Janeiro to commemorate the first anniversary of the flight of the IJiver and its safe landing in Albury. (owned by Roelof Jan Domenie)

Page 21 of 33 Framed memorabilia. comprising cloth hand towel, serviette with printed-on KLM logo, photo of the bogged Jiver, photo of Molt and Parmentier Items were amongst those jettisoned from the IJiver at the frJbury Racecourse on the morning of 24 October 1934.

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Sheet of paper from autograph book of Mr Rouvray Snr with the signatures of two Uiver crew. Cornelius van Brugge and Bouwe Prins

Wooden walking stick with an ornate Over handle and brass tip, crafted in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesian) province of Jogjakarta, and presented to Aibury radio announcer Arthur Joseph Newnham on 13 December 1934 by a delegation representing the people of the Netherlands East indies

P 23 33 /ooden gavel in wooden box with gold fittings and thmrnings, presented to Mayor Alderman Alfred Waugh by friends in the Netherlands East Indies

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P 27 33 Commemorative Uiver cloth, 1934. A cotton printed cloth, depic6r a map of the world. The image is printed in orange, blue and w (A gift in 2011 from Aviodrome)

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P 29 33 ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE NETHERLANDS AS AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE INHABITANTS OF ALBURY, WHO BY THEIR TIMELY ACTION SAVED THE DUTCH AIR - LINER "UIVER" PH-AJU, FROM GREAT DANGER AND ENABLED IT TO LAND IN SAFETY IN THIS PLACE ON THE NIGHT OF THE 24TH OCTOBER 1934, WHILST COMPETING IN THE LONDON MELBOURNE RACE. Page 30 of 33 Page 31 of 33 plaque donated by KLM on the occasion of of passenger flights to Australia in 1951

Page 32 of 33 Dutchmen Monologue and Flying Dutchmen March

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7.2 Appendix B – National Trust Register Listing Report – Uiver Memorial

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HERITAGE ASSESSMENT: DC-2 UIVER MEMORIAL AIRCRAFT, ALBURY AIRPORT

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

The Uiver (DC-2 aircraft) Memorial at Albury Airport, dedicated on 1 March, 1980 by the Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowan, is of historical significance for its commemoration of the 'AJOury U Incident" of October 24, 1934, unique in the annals of world aviation; for its earliest use as c/n 1286 DC-2 operated by Eastern Airlines in the US and for its use by the Royal Australian Air Force Squadrons 36 & 34 from its purchase by the RAAF in 1942 until 1945.

It is of social significance to the residents of Albury as a memorial to the events at Albury that brought world attention; to the Rotary Movement through the involvement of the Albury West Rotary Club establishing the Memorial as a project to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the foundation of Rotary; to the Dutch community in the Aibury region and the Netherlands who co-operated over twenty years to manage the monument and whose representatives travelled through NSW to raise funding and promote the monument through Dutch cultural events culminating in the monument's later re-dedication by the Dutch Ambassador and Consul-General.

It is of aesthetic significance as a DC-2, the first metal, streamlined passenger aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Corporation; through its depiction in the 1937 movie Lost Horizon and in the 1934 movie Bright Eyes with Shirley Temple singing in a DC-2 a song about the aircraft - "The Good Ship Lollipop"; and as the forerunner to the Douglas DC-3 one of the most significant and universally identifiable transport aircraft ever made.

The Douglas DC-2 has technical significance as it featured all-metal construction, a fully cantilevered wing, flaps, integrated de-icing and retractable landing gear. The passenger cabin was flat-floored, with no protruding structural elements. Developed from the Douglas DC-1 for the US domestic market, it was insulated against noise, properly ventilated, heated and carried 12 passengers in comfort at a cruising speed of over 200 mph (330 kph). It was designed for series production using semi-monocoque construction and 200 were built, The DC-2 represented a radical step forward compared to previous airliners, such as the Ford Tri-Motor. With two radial engines driving variable-pitch propellers, it was fully capable of both flying and performing a controlled takeoff or landing on one engine. In its first six months of service in 1934 the DC-2 established 19 American speed and distance records. The DC-2 had a range of over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) and along with the smaller Boeing 247 it helped establish a safe, viable and convenient domestic and international air travel industry. The DC-2 served as the prototype for the more capacious DC-3, the most widely produced airliner of all time. Over 16,000 DC-Ss were built and over 400 are still flying. The Uiver Memorial aircraft is rare as an aircraft dedicated and presented in the form of a static commemorative memorial. It is also rare as the earliest of the eight surviving Douglas DC-2s. Only one DC-1 was manufactured and it no longer exists, making The DC-2 the earliest surviving example of the most significant airliner family ever produced. It is rare as one of only two DC-2s in the state of NSW and for its use during World War II in two RAAF squadrons.

The worldwide broadcasting in real time of the U' landing at Albury, relayed by telephone hook-ups and the Australian Broadcasting Commission's short wave radio transmission was a remarkable achievement in radio for 1934.

DESCRIPTION:

Metal airframe, fuselage and wings. Retractable undercarriage. Twin radial engines. Plywood internal floor. Fuselage painted silver (external and internal)

Dimensions

Length 61 ft, 11 in (18.89m) Wingspan 85 It (25.91 m) Height lGft, 4in (4.98 m) Engines 2 x Radial Wright Cyclone, SRG-1820-FS2 (875 hp) Max Gross Weight 18,569 lbs. (8,419 kg) Max Payload 4,070 Ibs, (1,840 kgs) Passengers 14-18 Cargo Space 188 cu ft (5.32 cu m)

The external fabric of aluminum alloy is corroded but mostly intact. Internal fabric has deteriorated and all of the internal fittings have been removed from the cockpit and fuselage. The Wright Cyclone radial engines have been retained. There is impact damage on the tail fin sustained in recent transport. Tyres are worn and rubber is breaking down, but able to maintain some pressure. The interior of the aircraft has been left open to the elements and timber floor panelling has been warped by water damage. The main airframe is intact and the tail plane elevators have been removed and are in storage. All of the internal fittings were removed when the plane was decommissioned by the Royal Australian Air Force. M

F 1942

Returned to the No. 1 Service Flying Training School (1SFTS) at Point Cook after modifications at No 1 Wireless Air Gunners School (1 WAGS) at the Ballarat Showgrounds.

April 1942

Received at No.36 Squadron, RAAF Station Laverton. Aircraft painted in camouflage with squadron code RE-B" on fuselage sides and transport radio call sign VH-CRE' painted on the tail. April 1942

Issued to Australian National Airways (ANA), Essendon for complete overhaul and conversion to a transport aircraft for carrying engines. Returned to 36 Squadron, on completion of this work, in June 1942.

D 1944

Received at No.34 Squadron, Parafield, South Australia. Status card: Aircraft is to be flown on mainland of Australia.' Aircraft has been stripped and metal surfaces polished.

M 1945

Issued to No.5 Central Recovery Depot, Port Pine, South Australia, for dismantling for components.

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) 1946-1954

Fuselage and dismantled wings stored on a farm at the boundary of Parafield Aerodrome, Adelaide SA Fuselage was metallic finish, call sign "VH-CRE on tail and the original Eastern Air Lines slogan The Great Silver Fleer etched into the metal above the windows.

August 1979

Moved to Albury Airport to be displayed as 'PH-MU" The Rotary club reassembled the aircraft, restored it to represent the original U.

Jan 1980

The aircraft was mounted on elevated stands and unveiled at Albury Airport as the "Uiver Memorial". 2000

The aircraft was removed from its elevated stand due to safety concerns and is currently parked on the

to Melbourne Great Air Race of 1534 and the KLM UC-2 Ulver

In 1934 as part of the centenary celebrations of the City of Melbourne the MacRobertson International Air Race was organised. The Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sir Harold Gengoult-Smith, played a key role in the Centenary Celebration Council, a joint venture established by the State of Victoria and the City of Melbourne to promote commemoration of the centenary of the founding of the State of Victoria's capital, Melbourne. The Council canvassed ideas to mark the centenary. Major Walter Tasman Conder, the first General Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission suggested to Gengoult-Smith the holding of an air race from London to Darwin, followed by a casual flight to Wangaratta and thence to Melbourne. While the details of this idea were much modified, the notion of an air race from Britain to Australia was maintained. Melbourne-based chocolate manufacturer Sir Macpherson Robertson, known as 'the chocolate king' or 'MacRobertson', agreed to sponsor the event to demonstrate the feasibility of a scheduled air service between Europe and Australia.

Sir Macpherson offered fifteen thousand pounds prize money and attracted 64 entrants. A whittling down of entrants to the more serious competitors resulted in a final 20 aircraft from Britain, United States, Australia, the Netherlands, Denmark, New Zealand and New Guinea making the starting line. The racers took off from the Royal Air Force Mildenhall Aerodrome, 70 miles north of London. The race stared at 6:30 am on Sunday October 20th, 1934 with planes leaving at 45-second intervals.

One of the most unusual entries was a Douglas DC-2 entered by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. It was registered PH-MU, and following the convention of the period was called U after the name of a bird starting with the last letter of the registration code. [ is a Dutch word for 'stork'. It was the biggest competitor and the only craft to carry multiple passengers in addition to its standard crew of four. KLM wanted to prove that they could serve Australia with a twice-weekly air service and they were using their brand new all metal comfortably equipped DC-2 to make their point. One other plane had a single passenger. Harold Brook flew a Miles M.3 Falcon and a Miss E. Lay persuaded him for a fee to take her along as a passenger. Recent research has shown that she was also a pilot. The Uiver's three passengers were Roelof Jan Domenie, a Dutch banker based in Rio de Janeiro, Piet Maria Josef Gilissen, a Director of a Dutch bank based in Amsterdam and Thee Rasche, Germany's first female stunt pilot and the editor of a flight magazine. The cost of a ticket roughly equated to the cost of a house.

The pilots, Captain Koene Dirk Parmentier and First Officer Jan Johannes Moll, knew much of the journey well as they flew KLM's weekly service to the Dutch East Indies. KLM founder and Director Dr Albert Piesman selected Moll for the flight to Australia because he had already flown to Australia. In 1931, Moll flew the KNILM Fokker FVIIB PK-'AFC Abel Tasman on a proving flight from Batavia to Sydney and thence to Melbourne.

De Havilland DH 88 Comet racing planes especially designed for the event were favourites to win the speed section. Three of them flew in the race. One called "Black Magic" was flown by a married couple, popular aviators Jim and Amy Mollison, known in the press as the "flying sweethearts". Jim Mollison was National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) a pioneering Scottish pilot who had flown commercially for Kingsford Smiths ill-fated Australian National Airways. His wife Amy was Amy Johnson, who in May 1930 had become the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Jim Mollison is said to have proposed to Amy Johnson only eight hours after meeting her during a flight. The second Comet in the race was flown by English aviators Flight Lieutenant Charles Scott and Kenyan coffee plantation manger Captain Torn Campbell Black, who avoided using his first given name, Torn. It was a red aircraft dubbed "Grosvenor House" by the historic hotel's owner. A third de Havilland DH 88 Comet was flown by Owen Cathcart Jones and K. F. Wailer, which was the fourth plane to arrive in Melbourne. It was 15 to 16 hours behind the plane arriving third in the race, a Boeing 247D.

A day after the race began an enthusiastic Sir Macpherson Robertson was in the Australian Broadcasting Commission Studios in Melbourne, he said, "Dear friends early yesterday morning before the sun had peaked over the horizon to disperse the mists enshrouding the Mildenhall Aerodrome in Suffolk; the competitors of the MacRobertson International Air Race were awaiting the signal to start on the epic flight of 11,323 miles. Never in the history of aviation has there been such a line up of aviators and never in the history of the world has there been such an aerial contest."

The Melbourne Newspaper 'The Argus' said in its editorial, "In an age of extraordinary mechanical progress one takes many things for granted; but flight halfway across the world seems too remarkable for analysis. If the present conquest of speed be maintained at the present rate an air journey to England in these days will become commonplace. And Australia, that vast land over the edge of beyond will become part of a great world."

The KLM liver was capable of only flying 1500 kilometre legs so had to refuel three times before the first official stop in Baghdad. The Dutch plane landed there only three hours behind the Mollison's de Havilland Comet, which was able to fly non-stop from England. It was apparent that the huge airliner was a formidable opponent. The Comets may have had speed but they were uncomfortable and extremely noisy. Jim and Amy Mollison arrived in Baghdad deaf, hungry and very tired. Much later in the race, one eyewitness described the crew and passengers of the liver as being "as fresh as a daisy". Curiously enough, the pilots of the Uiver, Moll and Parmentier did allow one of the passengers, Thee Rasche, Germany's first female stunt pilot, to fly the Liver for a couple of hours prior to Charleville, so enabling them both to get some additional sleep.

Excitement mounted worldwide as millions of people followed the race on their wireless sets. At Allahabad, India the 'flying sweethearts' had to withdraw their Comet from the race because of a broken oil line. The race to Victoria became a war of attrition. Dutch pilot Geysendorifer's Pander S4 was destroyed in a ground collision also at Allahabad. Australian Jimmy Woods flipped his Lockheed Vega while landing at Aleppo in Northern Syria. A bumpy arrival in Bucharest, Hungary caused damage to the flaps of American aviatress Cochran's Granville R-6H. British entrants Oilman and Baines were both killed when their Fairey Fox I crashed near Palazzo San Gervasio in Italy. Tension mounted around the world as Scott and Black in their Comet and Parmentier in the KLM DC-2 fought out the battle for first place.

Between Singapore and Darwin, Scott and Black suffered a failure in one of the Comet's two engines. They just made it to Darwin. The Uiver arrived soon after them in Darwin and was well positioned to take out both the speed and the handicapped sections of the race should the Comet be delayed for repairs or come to grief.

By the time that the Uiver reached Darwin, the Grosvenor House Comet was well on the way to Melbourne and there was no chance of catching up in normal circumstances. Scoff and Black knew of the increased risk occasioned by engine issues, but decided to take the risk and fly on. The Uiver had three passengers and taking a similar risk for them was never a possibility. In fact, the Douglas was so reliable that this kind of issue never arose. In the whole trip, only one part needed to be replaced, and this was done at Darwin.

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) Parrnentier learned at Charleville that Scott and Black had reached Melbourne and they could no longer win the speed section of the race. The bigger worry was that they would be passed by the Boeing 247D behind them, and this may well have been a factor in them deciding to press on despite the reports of adverse weather conditions ahead, which Moll was later to say should have caused them to pause in Charteville. The only reason why the Boeing 247D did not pass the Uiver while it was on the ground in Albury was because the Boeing struck engine trouble and had to land at Bourke for repairs.

Seventy-one hours after take off from London, Scott and Black crossed the finishing line at the Flemington Racecourse. They took first honours in the speed section of the race along with the impressive MacRobertson Trophy and 10.000-pound prize money. The race rules stated each entrant could only win one section of the race ruling them out of winning the handicap section. Later in the year the English Royal Aero Club awarded the crew with the "The Britannia Trophy" for their efforts. As the Grosvenor House touched down in Melbourne the (Jiver was at Charleville. The Liver went via Batavia, because it was flying pretty much the standard route to there. This added some distance to the total number of miles travelled.

The people in the small town of Albury on the New South Wales/Victoria border were following the race on the wireless as closely as everybody else in the world. On Tuesday the 23rd of October little did they know that within a few hours they were to be part of a drama which has become more famous than the record breaking race itself.

It was a stormy lightning strewn night throughout nearly the whole of eastern Australia. Shortly after leaving the final official checkpoint in the Queensland town of Charleville on the last leg of a flight to Melbourne the Liver lost effective radio contact. Only a few messages were heard during this time and there were no exchanges of messages. In adverse weather conditions with no effective aids for navigation the airliner drifted off course.

In Melbourne air race officials were expecting the Uiver to arrive about thirty minutes after midnight. P about twenty minutes to midnight Albury residents heard a twin-engine plane high overhead travelling towards Melbourne and assumed that the DC-2 was on course to the finishing line. Half an hour later they were surprised to hear the roar of a twin-engine plane circling low above the dense storm clouds over the eastern section of the town.

A local newspaper reporter Clifton Mott phoned air race officials in Melbourne who confirmed that the airliner had lost radio contact and was probably in grave danger. He was advised to try to signal ALBURY in Morse code to the plane so as to let it know its location. He phoned municipal electrical engineer Lyle Ferris and arranged to meet him at the Post Office, where they fortuitously bumped into Reginald Turner, a telegraphist at the Post Office. The three of them proceeded to the town's electrical sub-station. Ferris had access to the switch that controlled the town's power supply. Turner knew Morse code, and with the aid of Ferris, proceeded to use the whole of the town's electrical supply to flash ALBURY in Morse code. Independently, Arthur Newnham an announcer with the local ABC radio station 2C0 rushed to the studio and broke into the normal program on relay from Melbourne with details of a desperate rescue plan. Matthew Dowling drove him to the 2C0 studio in the Albury Post Office and then proceeded to the Albury racecourse to marshal cars to illuminate a landing strip for the plane, which by now had disappeared, but which was soon to return. Newnham broke into 2C0's current radio program and at 12:55 am twice called on cars to go to the racecourse to set up a runway with the aid of motor car headlamps. Captain Parmentier said later that they had seen the Morse signals but because of the cloud and excessive turbulence from the thunderstorm they were unable to read them. The U was seen or heard overhead at Tallangatta and later at Tawonga. While attempting to gain height to cross the mountains to get to Melbourne, the wings and propellers iced up. Further attempts to get through to Melbourne were futile and fuel was beginning to run low, so Parmentier turned back towards Albury. Van Brugge made three SOS calls and at least one of these was heard by race control. Van Brugge heard race control advise the plane to turn back and proceed to the airfield at Cootamundra and that they were reported as being over Yackandandah, but there was no exchange of communications. Cootamundra was some distance away, in the opposite direction to Melbourne, and with storm clouds prevalent in that direction, and fuel running low, there was no guarantee that Parmentier could get to Cootamundra.

Approaching Albury from a southerly direction Parmentier and the crew of the DC-2 saw the feebly lit temporary strip on the racecourse, checked out the feasibility of landing by dropping two parachute flares and decided to attempt a landing. At 1:17 on the morning of October 24, 1934 Captain Parmentier successfully flew between trees and landed the airliner on the sodden field at the centre of the racetrack.

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) As the plane traversed the ground towards the fence at the end of the course it slowed to a halt, stuck deep in the mud. Only 22 minutes had elapsed between Newnham's call and the plane touching down.

Cleaver Bunton, also an announcer with the local ABC radio station 2CO, who was later a long serving Mayor of Aibury and who in 1975 was appointed a Senator, recalled that "it was a remarkable piece of aviation that the plane got down safely, literally missing trees by very small margins. The amount of people who got to the racecourse was remarkable not only were cars there in big numbers but there was also a colossal crowd of people there too. It was fortunate actually that the racecourse was waterlogged as a result of the heavy rain wed had. It saved the plane from overrunning. There is no doubt in the world that it would have overrun had it not been waterlogged as it was."

After landing safely, the crew and passengers proceeded to the Globe Hotel. ABC's 2C0 announcer Arthur Newnham interviewed the crew members Parmentier and passenger Gilissen on-air shortly after the miraculous escape. Captain Parmentier told 2C0 that there was no doubt that the setting up of the runway with the aid of motor car headlamps saved the plane from crashing and indeed saved the life of the crew and their passengers.

The crew and Thea Rasche had a few hours' sleep while Roelof Domenie and Piet Gilissen celebrated being alive with Albury Mayor Alfred Waugh. Around daybreak, the crew and Thea Rasche returned to the racecourse to ascertain whether take-off was possible for a plane deeply bogged in mud. The plane was dug out from its resting place at the northern end of the racecourse following landing. The plane was turned around by over 100 Albury men pulling ropes attached to the U' undercarriage while the tail of the plane was lifted by another group of men. It taxied to the southern end of the racecourse in anticipation of take-off in a northerly direction. Moveable contents were removed from the V. The plane was manually pulled to drier ground for take-off. After one false start, and again being manually dragged to even drier ground, the U made a safe take-off with pilots Parmentier and Moll, but without van Brugge, Prins, Domenie, Gilissen or Rasche, who were transported to Melbourne by car. The U arrived in Melbourne just under an hour later, the second plane to reach race destination. The Grosvenor House de Havilland Comet beat the ( to Melbourne by about 19 hours, the (liver having lost about 10 hours through the Albury incident. The Boeing 247D, the only other all-metal plane in the race, was less than 3 hours behind the U.

After the plane had taken off for Melbourne, Cleaver Bunton interviewed van Brugge. The broadcasts were relayed across Australia and directly to Holland. Cleaver Bunton said: "I interviewed the wireless operator Van Brugge, he was a giant of a man. It was the most emotional interview that I have ever experienced. Never have I seen a person speak in such glowing terms of a person that Van Brugge spoke concerning Parmentier. He had conducted what they thought to be their last get together on the plane a little religious service and with tears in his eyes Parmentier was not only emotional, but I've never experienced such a love of man to man that was there. It was absolutely remarkable.

In 1984, many of those who helped with the rescue of the ( relived their memories on the ABC This Australia Program', broadcast on February 14th, 1984 and were interviewed for the film 'Race door de tijd' which told the story of a re-enactment of the flight. Mrs Schubert was a teenager living in Wodonga at the time. "My brother said they wanted anybody with a car to go to the Albury racecourse and form a circle and turn their lights on. So George was always a very adventurous sort of a chap and he said to my father Well, how about it Bill, will we go?' And dad said 'Yes' and my brother said 'yes' and they were just about to leave when they said to me 'Would you like to come? Would I go?' To me, that was the most exciting thing that had ever happened. Anyhow we set off and we got to the racecourse. I can remember getting into the circle around the racecourse and the plane coming down. A big hooray went up. We got out of the cars to walk over and I can remember all of the talk that was going on and excitement and seeing the crew walk around. I can remember touching the plane." Mrs Schubert also remembers one of the crew members opening the door of the ( and when seeing the sight before him asked, "Is this Melbourne?"

People around the world were listening and one of those listeners was a young Dutchman in Amsterdam. Ben Vene, who later lived in Albury for a number of years, vividly recalled that broadcast. "I was just 20 years old at the time and we were listening to the drama while the plane was as we thought flying over Aibury on the local wireless. We heard about the electrical storm. Then we heard about the Morse signs with streetlights and cars being asked to go to the racecourse and making a landing strip for the plane to come down. We knew about Melbourne being the end of the race but Albury was something entirely new to us. We had to look at a map to find out where it was. After the race the name of Albury in Holland came to mean more to us than Melbourne and Sydney."

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) Ben vene flad his own personal keepsake nom me historic tlrgrit. tie saio "y uncle was a stamp collector and he sent two letters on the U/. One was addressed to himself and the other to the MacRobertson organisers of the race. Their stamps were cancelled on the 24th of October, 1934 and they were then sent back to my uncle.'

The morning after the landing, a huge crowd gathered at the racecourse to lend what assistance they could. dive Crosser, a retired builder from Albury was 12 years old at the time, said: "I had a pushbike and I hopped on and went out as early as I could. There were hundreds of people there. When I arrived the plane was pretty much hopelessly entrenched in the mud. Somebody showed up with a truck and a heap of planks and they put the wood underneath the wheels of the aircraft and ran the motors. It started to look dangerous as the planks began to tip up in the air and it looked like they were going to hit the props. The pilot waved them away and they abandoned the idea.'

On the 50th anniversary of the incident in 1984, Albury's Cecil Meredith recalled his part in the drama. In 1934 Meredith was working on the construction of the Flume Reservoir. He went to the race track the morning after to help haul the plane out of the mud. 'The wireless operator Van Brugge asked me would I take charge of hauling her off so I took over and eventually we hauled her oft There were about 50 to 60 people on each rope, there were two ropes. From the time the wheel started to move it was about twenty five to thirty minutes removing her from the mud." Moving the plane by pulling the rope took place once at the northern end of the racecourse and twice at the southern end and also involved men in lifting the tail to accommodate changing the direction in which the plane was pointing.

The aircraft was stripped of anything they could be dispensed with. Personal suitcases including 35,000 letters from Holland and all passengers and crew other than the Captain and First Officer were left offloaded in AJbury. Clive Crosser said, 'that caused a lot of trouble, a lot of sadness. Passenger Thee Rasche cried her eyes out when the plane finally departed."

Captain Parmentier flew the U/ onto Melbourne to take second place in the speed section of the Centenary Air Race and first prize in the handicap section. Out of the twenty aircraft that left Mildenhall, England on October the 20th only seven finished the course in the time allowed by the race rules. The twelfth and last plane to arrive in Melbourne was a Fairey Fox piloted by 'Baffler' Ray Parer and Geoff Hemsworth, who reached Melbourne on 13 February 1935. Technically they withdrew from the race in Paris, but just kept going. MacRobertson was so impressed at their persistence that he also gave them a gold MacRobertson medal.

Shortly after their arrival in Melbourne, Parmentier and Moll spoke to the ABC. "The first thing I want to tell you is that I am very grateful for all the things that the national broadcasting commission has done to make our landing last night possible at the racecourse in Albury. I also must express my thanks for the help I had from the Mayor of Aibury and the population who were very helpful this morning to get our plane out of the mud and to make it possible for us to take off."

In Holland where the entire country had been following the progress of the race on the radio their excitement knew no bounds when the U/ took the handicap prize. Commemorative U postage stamps were issued, songs were written, and thousands of souvenir mementos were produced. As the name of the airliner U/ meant 'stork', newborn babies were christened 'Uiverjay or 'lithe stork'.

The actions of the Albury people on that stormy night and the following morning would not be forgotten. On 26 November 1934, Alfred Waugh was advised by the Consul-General for the Netherlands that Queen Wlhelmina had appointed him to the Order of Oranje Nassau. His investiture and presentation of the medal for the Order took place in Albury on 17 December 1934 in a ceremony conducted by Mr Paul Steel, Consul-General for the Netherlands. When Alfred Waugh and his wife Ellen went to the

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) Netherlands about a year later, in 1935, Queen Wilhelmina was unable to grant the Waughs an audience. But she went on holidays to Scotland and saw the Waughs there.

Several days after its dramatic rescue the LI/ again passed over Aibury on the first leg of its journey back to Europe. The plane flew low over the town and a cigarette case containing a small Dutch flag and a message was dropped onto the racecourse. The message read, "To all our good friends in Albury, we salute you and say farewell."

The farewell was destined to be prophetic. On 20 December 1934, only eight weeks after its triumph in the centenary air race, the U crashed near Rutbah Wells in the Syrian Desert in Irak and all those aboard were killed. None of those killed were on board the U on its flight to Australia. Funded by subscriptions taken up in Albury, a memorial was erected in Holland to the memory of those lost in that crash.

Radio operator Van Brugge died in 1943 when the Luftwaffe shot down the KLM DC-3 chartered by BOAC in which he was flying over the Bay of Biscay on route from Lisbon to Bristol. Captain Parmentier died in 1948 when the Lockheed Constellation he was piloting crashed at Tarbolton after hitting a high voltage cable while attempting to land in foggy conditions at Glasgow's Prestwick Airport. Flight Engineer Bouwe Prins retired in 1968 and died in 1973 in Den Helder, Holland, Commodore Jan Johannes Moll the Uiver's First Officer retired in 1954 and died in 1988 in Aalsmere, Holland. In 1944, Roelof Domenie moved from Rio de Janeiro to USA. He died at Tarrytown, New York, USA in 1970. Piet Gilissen died at Haarlem, Holland in 1938. Thee Rasche died in Essen, Germany in 1971.

Whenever and wherever stories of epic achievements in aviation are recounted, the flight of the U will be recalled, as also will be the part played by the citizens of Albury on that storm swept night in October 1934.

Australian composer Peter Flanagan wrote the Flying Dutchman Suite for the 1984 re-enactment of the U flight.

In 1984 to commemorate the events of 1934, the Netherlands Broadcasting Corporation produced a three-part television documentary highlighting KLMs involvement in the famous air race. To help fund the project the U Memorial Foundation was established in Holland. In order to recreate the flight of the original U it was necessary to find a DC-2 that could be made airworthy. One was found in a private collection in the United States. The plane was completely overhauled and refurbished at the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

It was painted in the 1934 KLM livery and given the original registration of the first U. The crew of four was fitted out with KLM uniforms in the style of 50 years before. Captain of the crew was KLM 747 Jumbo pilot Jan Plesman, a grandson of Dr Albert Plesman, whose decision it was as Founder and Director of KLM to buy the Douglas OC-2 that became known as the U. The flight to Australia flew over the original air race route. The journey took five weeks because of filming commitments instead of the three and three quarter days that the original plane took to reach their destination.

The events at Albury were recreated for the film. On their final approach to the new Albury airport the U passed low over the racecourse where it had all happened fifty years earlier. A crowd of several thousand was at the airport to greet the new U. Welcoming the re-enactment crew, Aibury Councillor John Roach said 'It's a wonderful day and a lot of people have been very interested and keen since first hearing about the U foundations re-enactment of this flight. Its a wonderful spectacle and we are very pleased that the plane has landed here and they'll be the guests of the city for a few days. I'm sure a lot of people will reminisce and get together with the crew."

As the U rested on the lawn at the Western end of the tarmac a band played the national anthem of the Netherlands. Pilot Jan Plesman said: 'We were very interested to see the racecourse and how long it is. I think those guys did a good job at that time. It is a much greater achievement than what we have done especially navigation wise". He conceded that they were cheating on navigation a little bit for the modern day flight.

Plesman said that after the 1934 incident, Albury Mayor Alderman Alf Waugh was the most popular man in Holland. "In Holland, Albury is on the map and everybody knows where it is". After four days filming in Albury, the U/ II flew on to Melbourne where the race ended in 1934.

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) This history has been based primarily on the ABC This Australia Program", broadcast on February 14th, 1984.

The 1934 World Broadcast of the Ulver Incident

Berlie Peacock was the Secretary of the Albury Racing Club. He and his elder son Donald helped Matthew Dowling marshal the cars into position to illuminate a landing strip for the plane. Back in the Peacock home, which overlooked the racecourse, Bertie's wife Beatrice Peacock was on the phone to Arthur Newnham in the 2C0 studio in Albury, describing the events as they happened. Newnham, on another phone, relayed the information to Melbourne, to Thomas Bearup, the General Manager for Victoria of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, who in turn relayed the information to an announcer, who by short wave radio told the listening world. By the time the wheels of the U had come to a halt, the rest of the world knew that the plane had made a safe landing. For 1934, this was a remarkable achievement in radio.

The Douglas DC-2

The Douglas DC-2 was a 14-seat, twin-engine airliner produced by the American company Douglas Aircraft Corporation starting in 1934. It competed with the Boeing 247. In 1935 Douglas produced a larger version called the DC-a, which became one of the most successful aircraft in history.

In the early 1930s, fears about the safety of wooden aircraft structures compelled the American aviation industry to develop all-metal aircraft. The response of the Douglas Aircraft Company was radical. When it flew on July 1, 1933, the prototype DC-1 had a highly robust tapered wing, a retractable undercarriage, and only two 690 hp (515 k Wright radial engines driving variable-pitch propellers. It seated 12 passengers.

Trans World Airlines (TWA) accepted the basic design and ordered 20, with more powerful engines and seating for 14 passengers, as DC-2s. The design impressed a number of American and European airlines and further orders followed. Those for European customers including KLM Royal Dutch Airlines were assembled by Fokker in the Netherlands after that company bought a licence from Douglas.

A total of 130 Civil DC-2s were built with another 62 for the United States military. Mass production of the DC-2 allowed their construction at a unit cost of $80000.

The Uiver DC-2 Memorial

In December 1934 the Uiver crashed in the Syrian Desert during a mail flight from America to Jakarta killing all onboard.

Following the tragedy, the people of Albury contributed to a memorial erected in Holland to honour those killed in the crash.

Then in 1979, the Albury West Rotary Club decided it wanted to erect a memorial to commemorate the link between the people of Albury and the Netherlands as a project to celebrate Rotary's 75th Anniversary.

With funds raised from a successful air carnival, the club purchased a derelict DC-2 airliner and hauled it from Bankstown airport to Albury, restored it and renamed it the U. This is the oldest of seven DC-2 aircraft left in the world.

In 1980, the U replica was moved to her new home at the Albury Airport. In a moving ceremony, the memorial was dedicated to the pioneers of air travel and to the actions of the people of Albury in October 1934.

After more than 20 years sitting aloft at the airport, the U replica was dismounted amid concerns about its safety.

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) The West Albury Rotary Club and the Ulver Memorial

The DC-2 aircraft was donated to the city of Albury by the West Albury Rotary Club in time for the upcoming 50th anniversary, of the emergency landing at the local Race Course, of the Dutch KLM U aircraft during the famous McRobertson 1934 London to Melbourne air race, in which the U came in second place.

The Rotarians work was a fitting present for the people of ALBIJRY-WODONGA.

This was a project to mark the anniversary of the Rotarians 75th Year. It is also there to maintain a bond established in 1934 between the people of ALBURY and the people of HOLLAND and a commitment made so many years ago between the people of the two countries.

It was one of the focal points in the 50th anniversary celebrations of the 1934 Air Race.

To the Rotarians the aircraft project had cost considerable man-hours in time and effort in the construction of this gift for the people of the area and was now suffering due to the lack of maintenance and care.

Frustrated and dissatisfied with the assistance and co-operation they were receiving from the local Council in regards to requests for maintenance issues to their donation to the city of the U DC-2 aircraft, the West Albury Rotary Club found themselves at a crossroad Some concerned members approached Dutch born Herman Blom, to take over the responsibility in pushing forward the development of their original project.

This is how the "UIVER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Inc' initially became involved when it was launched on 23 June, 1990.

The Uiver Memorial Foundation and the Involvement of the Dutch Community

Initially, money for the project was raised by collecting waste paper around Albury and selling it to Twin City Waste Paper. Proceeds going to to the "Liver Fund". Soon a "run" was developed and the car and trailer were seen often racing around Albury collecting. Wool bale bags on frames to collect the paper and cardboard were soon behind commercial businesses, and private residents called by phone for "Herman to collect the newspapers" as many wanted to help the cause. Some "piles of papers" from these calls resulted in amounts from 1 or 2 shopping bags to others with half or a full trailer load. To each it was important and their way of helping, and each did help. Whatever the amount, the important thing was their "involvement. For some generous business houses and people, Herman would add a special reward to them, using his love of cooking, he would bake them a cake in appreciation.

Many businesses shredded their confidential papers, this shredded paper was collected, and recycled into packing materials to be sold. Slowly money was raised and this went on for a few years. Twin City Waste Paper purchased all the waste paper/cardboard, but in time, it was found that it cost more to collect the waste paper in fuel, wear and tear, and precious time etc. than it was worth, as well as the frustration of "its taking too long to raise the money."

The main thing was that people were becoming more aware of this Dutchman and his "Dream" and of the "Foundation".

Not afraid of pulling punches with the local council, and the use of the media, he successfully achieved much needed repairs such as replacing of the control surfaces, (flaps) installing bird mesh to stop birds nesting, and general cleaning up of the area. At one time it was pointed out that the Starboard Engine had the propellor feathered. Off to the council once again and it was corrected.

Time was slipping away and a new method of raising money was needed, and after a while "the penny dropped" and distinctive Dutch Market Stalls were built and the two were off to the markets. And thus a trendy fashion was created in the area of eating "DRIE IN DE PAN" or "three in the pan". Herman had used his love of cooking to the U' benefit. So over the past 14-16 odd years Herman began using this old recipe, used extensively when he was a kid in the 1930s, which was round the time he had first heard of the U and the Great Air Race.

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) After a test run at the "International Fair' in 1986, at the Civic Centre, it was decided that every Sunday morning, it was off to the markets they would go. Firstly, it was at Lavington Square Market one week and the next over to Wodonga's Acacia Park Market, This went on for a couple of years and a steady clientele formed and word got out about this yummy dutch food.

The paper run was still maintained as the "DRIE IN DE PAN" developed a cult following. As well as the markets they have also travelled to different venues such as the Holland Festival in Fairfield, Sydney, and the Bow-al Tulip Festival, Beechworth, Bright and some surrounding towns, which they did over a few years. Invitations to attend other venues are a frequent event and when they can they will attend. For in attending other venues, each time they were in 'trouble" from the locals in not being at their local market as it is not unusual to hear that some only come to the market to get some breakfast of 'three in the pan" and then head straight home.

With distinctive multicultural music playing, and colourful orange canvas covered stalls with red, white and blue flags flying, they stand out in the crowded markets. Always dressed in national costume and at times wearing clogs it really sets a standard at the markets with character. Displaying pride, in the Foundation, in their heritage, and in what they represent, the stall is easy to find, just listen for the music, follow your nose and you will find them!

The "FOUNDATION" stall, has also become a stopping point for those that overtime, have had an association with the U or had family that had, or those that could remember certain things relating to the period. And thus has become a focal point for bringing together and sharing the history that today is overlooked and is taken too much for granted.

Closure of the Lavington Square venue and the relocating of the Wodonga venue to Jack I-lore Place, needed a major rethink. The Rotarians established the present site at the Australian Taxation Office Car Park. It has been there over the recent years.

The Founders of the "UIVER FOUNDATION(inc) were awarded the Order of Orange-Nassau (Orde van Oranje-Nassau) by the QUEEN OF HOLLAND which was presented by the Dutch Consul General Ed J. Reitsma, who has since privately called in on them afterwards at their home and at the Market when in the area to see how things were progressing.

Importance to the Dutch Community

The significance of the event commemorated by the U DC-2 Memorial is set out in the Employment C C T D N S W - A T H. - The KPM (now Nedlloyd) and KLM were successful in the transport business by water and air respectively; and KLM provided cheap group travel to the Dutch community for some time, initially negotiated through the Dutch Australian Society Neerlandia (Rage, 2004). In 1931, KLM made its first experimental mail flight between Amsterdam and Sydney, which took pilot Mr. Pattist 139 hours (De Cock Buning at al, 1988). In 1934, the KLM aircraft the U, flown by Parmentier and Moll was forced to make an emergency landing at Albury racecourse during an air race between London and Melbourne. Hundreds of local motorists created a runway with their headlights to ensure a safe landing and the following morning the plane had to be pulled out of the mud by about 300 spectators before going on to Melbourne to claim the second price in the air race. For this action, the mayor of Albury was appointed to the Dutch Order of Oranje-Naussau by the Dutch Queen, as, many years later, were Herman and Geesje Blom, who worked for years to maintain the replica U memorial in Albury (Uiver Memorial Foundation, 2004). A plaque was also placed in Albury Council Chambers.

The Uiver Memorial Museum Group and the More Recent History of the Memorial

The Uiver Memorial was dedicated to the people of Albury and to commemorate the LE story by the Rotary Club of West Albury, in 1979. Rotarians, many of whom were aviation enthusiasts, embarked on an ambitious project to purchase a derelict DC-2 from Bankstown, Sydney and restore it as a memorial to the U story as a part of the club's 75th Anniversary.

The DC-2, purchased for $4500 from Rotary's fundraising activities, came from Sid Marshall, and was in a poor state, having been previously dismantled. The Rotarians had actively sought to find any available DC-2 and were aware that this was the oldest surviving Douglas commercial airliner in the world and

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) worthy of restoration to become a significant Albury Monument. Geoff Ross and Adrian Friday made the journey to retrieve the aircraft and returned with two semi-trailer loads, making an impressive sight as the large airframe made its unceremonious way down Dean Street to be housed in a shed on the causeway.

The temporary location allowed for the wings to be reattached and restoration completed over successive months. The wings then had to be disassembled again for its eventual relocation to Albury Airport. The Rotarians had arrived at a concept o display this massive aircraft on poles, as was a common trend in the '80's as a way of displaying these important aircraft as prominent and permanent monuments. Many RSL clubs and rural communities have their own "plane on a pole" as a public monument in tribute to Australia's Returned Soldiers. That the DC-2 was being used to commemorate a significant civilian event, prior to WVVI, as well as being recognised for its military history, adds to its unique significance as a memorial.

The working group managed to raise this large aircraft onto three poles, located just to the east of the Airport Terminal. A memorial wall and garden were built at the base, with the U story immortalised. The monument was officially dedicated on Sunday, 2nd March, 1980 by Sir Zelwan Cowan the Governor General of Australia, with the Albury Mayor, Alderman John Roach. The Uiver Memorial became a distinctive landmark for all those flying into the town, an awe-inspiring sculpture" that many tourists and locals came to identify with Albury for 20 years.

A major supporter of the Uiver Memorial, and self-appointed custodian of the monument was Herman Blom, a Dutch immigrant who moved to Albury in 1958. A colourful local identity, Herman and his wife Geesje spent many Sundays at the Rotary markets with their "Drie in de Pan" stall, selling Dutch delicacies as an O fundraiser. They became the human face of the (Jiver Memorial Foundation. Their commitment and dedication were recognised and respected by the community locally and by the Dutch community in the Netherlands. Herman Blom was awarded a knighthood by the Dutch government for his dedication to maintaining the Liver Memorial and the event that forever connects the Dutch people with the residents of Albury.

The Uiver Memorial represents the story of Dutch pride in their 1934 victory in the greatest air race ever and the heroic efforts by Albury residents, that saved the KLM airliner, its passengers and crew, from imminent disaster.

In 2002, amid concerns that the deteriorating aircraft would pose a safety hazard, the DC-2 was lowered to the ground. The 20 years of exposure to the elements and lack of ongoing maintenance had taken a significant toll, with considerable corrosion of the airframe. The memorial wall was retained and maintained for some years by the Blom Family and supporters of the Uiver Memorial, but eventually the memorial wall itself was dismantled as part of the PJbury Airport redevelopment.

The DC-2 aircraft was relocated to the "public parking area" and plans were undertaken by current members of the Rotary Club to again restore the aircraft. Albury City Council were uncertain of its future, and made preparations to dispose of the aircraft. A condition report and a Heritage Assessment were done on the aircraft in 2002. Despite interest in the aircraft by outside parties, a decision was made to keep the aircraft and undertake the necessary restoration processes to return it to its former glory.

The 2002 heritage Assessment by Mark Clayton, a respected and experienced aircraft valuer and historian, recommended to the council at the time, that the DC-2 aircraft should be listed on both local and state heritage registers in recognition of its historical and social significance to the community. These recommendations were never undertaken, and the Liver Memorial was never formally recognised or heritage listed. It is uncertain whether the eventual plan was to put it back on a pole or to create some other form of permanent display. Albury community response was overwhelming in its support for retaining the Aircraft as part of the city's history.

In 2004, the "issue of the O" again resurfaced, as restoration processes on the aircraft had not proceeded and it was felt by the council at the time that a decision needed to be made. This decision seems to coincide with the election timing for local council and the U issue has repeatedly been used as a "political white elephant" by various councillors who either support or dismiss its significance as an important cultural heritage item and Albury Icon. Again the council backed down on its decision to sell the aircraft because of public outcry.

In 2006, The Uiver Memorial Community Trust was formed with Rotarians, Councillors and other leading members of the community as directors of that trust. The intent was to raise funds independently of the

National Trust Register Listing Report The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) council and to undertake a new approach to the Liver Memorial and its future status in the community. The trust languished after two years, and yet again, prior to the 2008 Council elections, the aircraft was put up for disposal. There were many bids by outside aviation groups and individuals to take the DC-2 aircraft, as a significant and historic military vehicle that would have been a valuable asset to any aviation collection.

The public response was effective. The (Jiver Memorial was retained, but no significant advances had been made on its protection, maintenance or long-term storage and display. It still languished on the side of the tarmac, subject to wind, rain, and birds and deteriorating slowly.

There have been numerous individuals and groups who have volunteered their support and collaborated to effectively deal with the 'IJ issue'. A viable proposal to restore the Uiver Memorial DC-2 was offered by a local aviation business to restore the DC-2 at its own expensive if council would guarantee the eventual future display of the memorial in a suitable location, accessible to the public. The Albucy City Council had already committed considerable funds to the commissioning of a mural to display the U/ story in its new Airport Terminal.

2009 signified the 75th Anniversary if the U/ event. Focus returned to the neglected DC-2 and a grand "charity ball' was organised to celebrate the story.

Many local dignitaries, international guests, and local community members attended this function, signifying the power of the U story as a community focus, over seven decades on, and its significance to a generation who were not even born at the time of the event.

By 2011, interest in the U had been renewed on a number of fronts. A collection of U memorabilia had been donated to the Albury Library Museum and were sensitively put in a modem display that formed part of a the Art Deco Exhibition, that was well received as a highlight of Albury's cultural status. While the U/ story was being well represented, the key element, the original Uiver Monument was still languishing on the side of the tarmac, neglected and forgotten.

There was considerable support for the option of extending the terminal to include the Uiver Memorial in the Passenger waiting area. The cost of this proposal was estimated at $2.5 million dollars. The proposal was tested in the community forum with a public survey, and this received mixed responses. Overall, the community valued the Ulver Memorial and the events it represented, but were not prepared to spend the money on the proposal to preserve the DC-2 aircraft, put forward.

As a result of the survey, the council decided to divest itself" of this liability and after a year long delay put it up for tender in April 2012.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

'The flight of the ulver' - A detailed account of the t,Iiver, a competitor in the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race - Information on the ABC Website (htlojtwww abc net auflccal/stories/Z0O6/1 1/21/1793944 htm?site=goulburnrnurrav), sourced from the ABC 'This Australia Program', broadcast on February 14, 1984. 'The uiver Memorial Aircraft' Albury city council Website - Article recovered from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine - Original - httO/IWWW alburvcitv / 'Welcome to the Liver Memorial Foundation of kburyodonga Australia' - the website of the uuver Memorial Foundation (htto:f/wv, st ui verfoundat io .or&t elcomeSOQ,htrn)

"The Dutch in NSW - A Thematic History" by Kirsten Velthuis - The Johnstone Centre Report N 201, Charles Start University, Albury, 2005

"Uiver Memorial Org Au" - The website of the Uiver Memorial Museum Group - uh

BOUNDARY OF LISTING The boundary of the Listing would be the DC-2 Uiver Memorial itself.

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ATTACHMENT TO PDC 6B – 12/2012

ALBURY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2010 PLANNING PROPOSAL: REZONING TO INDUSTRIAL WILLOWBANK ROAD, SOUTH ALBURY

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Aerial Photograph of the Site

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Addendum to Planning Proposal

Addendum to: Planning Proposal – Rezoning to Industrial 1 Zone – Willowbank, South Albury

As the Relevant Planning Authority, AlburyCity is ultimately responsible for the content of the Planning Proposal and the quality of information provided in support. Accordingly, in response to current omissions within Planning Proposal content and subject matter, this Addendum commits the proponent to further investigations and the provision of documented evidence (via Technical Report) to address reticulated water and sewer provision, groundwater and traffic/transport matters as a demonstration of land capability.

Further investigations to be undertaken post Gateway Determination and prior to consultation with agencies and the general community, as follows:

 Technical Report to be prepared that identifies options and costs associated with the provision of reticulated water and sewer to any likely industrial development (including subdivision) on the site to demonstrate capacity of the land to be developed in the manner sought;

Technical Report investigations to include but not be limited to: o a determination of the capacity of the existing reticulated network of main infrastructure and Sewer Pump Stations to accommodate anticipated development on the site in addition to existing/future development in the surrounding wider area; o a determination of the costs of any likely new and/or upgraded network of main infrastructure and Sewer Pump Stations (and associated works) required to accommodate anticipated development on the site in addition to existing/future development in the surrounding wider area; o a determination of cost apportionment attributed to development on the site in relation to any new and/or upgraded network of main infrastructure and Sewer Pump Stations required to accommodate anticipated development on the site in addition to existing/future development in the surrounding wider area;

 Technical Report to be prepared that undertakes, documents and confirms by way of a further more detailed geotechnical assessment that the site is capable of accommodating anticipated industrial land use activities without having a degrading affect on potential water supplies, groundwater system and/or salinity levels;

 Traffic and Transport Report accompanying the Planning Proposal to be revised, as follows: o traffic volume data (existing and future projected) has been provided following only one day of traffic survey, the scale of development likely to be accommodated by this proposal warrants as a minimum one weeks traffic survey. Consequently, a further one week of traffic survey will be required and any necessary changes to traffic volume data is to be inserted as an update; o as an update the derivation of the traffic volumes are to be provided in a diagrammatic format (instead of tabular as currently shown), midblock volumes are to be presented as total 2 way flows and existing and future volumes are to be provided for both AM and PM peak periods;

o the current analysis assumes an even split between inbound and outbound traffic in the AM and PM peak periods, AlburyCity expects any split will be uneven insofar as the majority of traffic will be inbound during the AM period whilst the majority of traffic will be outbound during the PM period. Consequently, a further review of the traffic split methodology will be required and any necessary changes to existing and future traffic split data is to be inserted as an update; o assumed traffic origins and destinations from the site are dissimilar to existing traffic flow patterns, in that the proponent assumes that a disproportionately large amount of traffic will come from and go to Doctors Point Road to the west, whereas AlburyCity is of the view that more traffic would come from and go to Schubach Street to the north (to capitalise on proximity to the Bridge Street/Hume Highway interchange). Consequently, a further review of the traffic origins and destinations data will be required and any necessary changes to existing any future traffic origins and destination data is to be inserted as an update; o no needs assessment relating to the channelization of the Schubach Street, Doctors Point Road and Willowbank Road intersection has been undertaken. Consequently, an assessment against the Austroads Guide to Road Design is to be undertaken and documented to determine if a BAR/AUR/CHR is required, a concept plan of the upgraded intersection (including possible channelization) is to be included, along with turning movement templates and the plan is to indicate the location of the intersection treatment in relation to proposed accesses onto Doctors Point Road as an update; o the Traffic and Transport Report states that the double solid lines on Doctors Point Road will need to be converted to single lines to allow vehicles to lawfully enter and exit the site in both directions, this is incorrect, in NSW it is perfectly legal for vehicles to turn across a double solid line when entering or exiting streets and property accesses. Consequently, further review of this statement is to be undertaken and any necessary changes to be inserted as an update; o the Traffic and Transport Report indicates that sight distance is adequate, but it is unclear where this assessment is being made from. Sight distance for southbound traffic on Schubach Street to the east along Doctors Point Road may be restricted, and this would be a further reason for channelization. Consequently, further documented evidence of investigations undertaken in relation to site distance is required and where necessary any changes are to be inserted as an update.

 Table 4.4: Consistency with relevant State Environmental Planning Policies to be revised, as follows: o an assessment, response, discussion to be inserted in relation to State Environmental Planning Policy 62 (Sustainable Aquaculture) (SEPP 62) and/or alternatively SEPP 62 be notated as ‘Not applicable to this proposal’; o the assessment, response, discussion provided in relation to State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 be amended to acknowledge that consultation with RMS will be undertaken as part of the agency and community consultation processes as part of the Planning Proposal and not at time of development.

 Table 4.1: Net Community Benefit Test, Table 4.2: Consistency with draft Murray Regional Strategy and Table 4.5: Consistency with relevant Section 117 Directions be revised by insert of a reference to source data (currently not provided) to substantiate claims made in the Planning Proposal relating to industrial land supply, existing and forecast demand;

 Table 4.5: Consistency with relevant Section 117 Directions – 3.4 Integrating Land Use and Transport statement that purports the location of the site is consistent with the aims, objectives and principles of ‘Improving Transport Choice – guidelines for planning and development (2001)’ and ‘The Right Place for Business and Services – Planning Policy (2001)’ be substantiated by a detailed audit of relevant aims, objectives and principles to be inserted as an Appendix to the Planning Proposal.

ATTACHMENT 3 – 6B

Planning Proposal: Rezoning to Industrial 1 Zone, Willowbank, South Albury (October 2012)

(to be tabled at the meeting)

ATTACHMENT TO PDC 6C – 12/2012

OZE-WILDLIFE SITE – LOT 14 DP 235671

ATTACHMENT 1 – 6C

Correspondence from Daryl West, Friends of Ettamogah Sanctuary Inc. 6 November 2012

From: darylwest Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2012 1:48 PM To: Info Cc: All Councilors; Tracey Squire; Michael Keys Subject: Fwd: FW: Friends of Ettamogah

Dear Michael and Tracey

Im writing in regards to our meeting on the 1st November 2012,about the current and future plans of Oz E Wildlife Sanctuary. I have put down some of the issues. 1/Placement of animals ‐ Most of the animals have been placed,the remaining kangaroos etc we hope to have resolved in the next two weeks. 2/Clearing Sale ‐ If you are able to have Public Liability Insurance for that day we will be able to have a clearing sale. The way that I see it is that if you have a clearing sale it will help save a lot of things that would otherwise end up at the Tip. 3/Timeline ‐ I would hope by Christmas this all will be resolved. 4/Valuation ‐ As we discussed a Valuation has to be done before the sale process. 5/Sale Process and Proceeds ‐For whatever process the sale is held,Auction,expressions of interest,Real Estate Agent ,The Friends of Ettamogah are happy to leave that to the Council. The proceeds as discussed going towards Wonga Wetlands.What exactly will depend on the new Wonga Wetlands Masterplan. But the Friends of Ettamogah would hope for some recognition of Heidi Peck and with the money in a worthwhile legacy. 6/Involvement ‐ We would also hope for some involvement as far as to where the money is going at Wonga.

Yours Sincerely

Daryl West

Chairman of the Friends of Ettamogah

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ATTACHMENT TO PDC 6D – 12/2012

REQUEST FOR CLOSURE AND SALE OF METRY STREET LANEWAY

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Letter from Mr James Sloan – 8 November 2012

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ATTACHMENT TO PDC 6E – 12/2012

ALBURY ECONOMIC INDICATORS (DECEMBER 2012)

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Albury Economic Indicators (December 2012)

Contents

Introduction 2

The Economy 3

Economic Structure Value-Add by Sector Employment Profile Employment by Sector Unemployment Trends

Demographics 10

Population Forecast Population Demographic Profile Educational Profile Qualification Profile Student Enrolments

Development 16

Construction Certificates Property Trends

Further Information 21

Albury Economic Indicators December 2012

Introduction

The Economic Indicators Report provides a range of valuable economic, demographic and development statistics for a variety of users. Updated biannually, this report is an important source of timely and relevant statistical data.

The information contained in the Albury Economic Indicators is provided for the Albury Local Government Area (LGA) and the combined LGAs of Albury and Wodonga. Where appropriate, these datasets are benchmarked against other major regional LGAs in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania.

Albury Local Government Area

Wodonga Local Government Area

Albury Economic Indicators December 2012

The Economy

The economic information in this report has been compiled using a variety of data sources, including:

• REMPLAN Regional Economic Modelling software. This program utilises national account data, which is modified to reflect the cross-border economic influence.

• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

• Australian Workplace - www.workplace.gov.au.

Key Findings

Gross Regional Product

• As at December 2012, the Albury and Wodonga LGAs had a combined Gross Regional Product (GRP) valued at approximately $4.76 billion; this represents a $903 million decline compared to February 2012. This contraction in the economy has impacted all sectors except Health Care & Social Assistance, Education & Training, Other Services and Arts & Recreation.

• As at December 2012, the Albury LGA had a GRP valued at approximately $2.64 billion; this represents a $432 million decline compared to February 2012. This contraction in the economy has impacted all sectors except Health Care & Social Assistance, Public Administration & Safety, Education & Training, Other Services and Arts & Recreation.

• The Albury Wodonga economy is dominated by the manufacturing, health, construction, property and business services and retail sectors.

Employment

• According to the ABS, nearly 50% of Albury Wodonga’s employment is provided by the retail, manufacturing, health and community services and public administration and safety sectors.

• Nearly 30% of Albury Wodonga’s workforce is made up of managers and professionals.

• As at June 2012, Albury Wodonga’s unemployment rate was 7.2%, a 0.2% decrease compared to June 2011.

• As at June 2012, Albury’s unemployment rate was 8.0%, a 0.3% increase compared to June 2011.

Albury Economic Indicators December 2012

4 Economic Structure REMPLAN Regional Economic Modelling Software As at December 2012

Albury & Wodonga Combined LGAs

Value-add Employment Wages & Salaries Regional Exports Regional Imports Regional Output Sector ($M) (No.) ($M) ($M) ($M) ($M) Manufacturing $674 4,765 $397 $2,020 $1,976 $3,586 Construction $268 2,388 $138 $46 $144 $904 Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services $528 505 $37 $11 $79 $805 Financial & Insurance Services $328 842 $151 $72 $45 $461 Wholesale Trade $218 1,330 $139 $98 $84 $448 Public Administration & Safety $523 4,171 $365 $575 $157 $991 Retail Trade $274 4,790 $182 $83 $58 $458 Health Care & Social Assistance $424 5,641 $352 $146 $63 $627 Professional, Scientific & Technical Services $186 1,676 $124 $48 $82 $437 Accommodation & Food Services $134 2,564 $84 $63 $96 $321 Transport, Postal & Warehousing $190 1,599 $95 $99 $88 $433 Education & Training $268 3,282 $229 $58 $37 $373 Information Media & Telecommunications $98 455 $36 $35 $49 $214 Other Services $89 1,485 $58 $35 $26 $187 Administrative & Support Services $99 937 $83 $17 $33 $204 Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste Services $74 286 $29 $20 $18 $150 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing $22 229 $6 $14 $14 $55 Arts & Recreation Services $21 314 $11 $2 $10 $50 Mining $5 37 $4 $3 $5 $15 TOTAL $4,423 37,296 $2,520 $3,445 $3,064 $10,719

* ‘Employment’ data is not Full Time Equivalent (FTE).

Albury Economic Indicators December 2012

Economic Structure REMPLAN Regional Economic Modelling Software As at December 2012

Albury LGA

Value-add Employment Wages & Salaries Regional Exports Regional Imports Regional Output Sector ($M) (No.) ($M) ($M) ($M) ($M) Manufacturing $296 2,122 $168 $767 $781 $1,478 Construction $161 1,444 $83 $56 $90 $544 Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services $311 345 $26 $26 $42 $485 Financial & Insurance Services $227 581 $103 $49 $27 $320 Wholesale Trade $127 781 $81 $58 $53 $263 Public Administration & Safety $210 1,999 $173 $175 $53 $380 Retail Trade $170 2,976 $112 $75 $39 $285 Health Care & Social Assistance $255 3,390 $211 $102 $42 $378 Professional, Scientific & Technical Services $115 1,036 $77 $30 $49 $270 Accommodation & Food Services $97 1,846 $61 $90 $75 $236 Transport, Postal & Warehousing $94 850 $49 $68 $53 $226 Education & Training $148 1,813 $127 $26 $22 $206 Information Media & Telecommunications $57 281 $21 $29 $30 $134 Other Services $50 889 $33 $23 $16 $107 Administrative & Support Services $51 483 $43 $9 $17 $105 Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste Services $44 148 $16 $14 $11 $93 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing $12 123 $4 $9 $8 $31 Arts & Recreation Services $12 175 $6 $1 $6 $29 Mining $2 11 $1 $3 $1 $5 TOTAL $2,439 21,293 $1,395 $1,610 $1,415 $5,575

* ‘Employment’ data is not Full Time Equivalent (FTE).

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Value-Add by Sector REMPLAN Regional Economic Modelling Software As at December 2012

Albury & Wodonga Combined LGAs

Mining Arts & Recreation Services Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste Services February 2012 Administrative & Support Services December 2012 Other Services Information Media & Telecommunications Education & Training Transport, Postal & Warehousing Accommodation & Food Services Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Health Care & Social Assistance Retail Trade Public Administration & Safety Wholesale Trade Financial & Insurance Services Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services Construction Manufacturing

$0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $Million

Albury LGA

Mining Arts & Recreation Services February 2012 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing December 2012 Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste Services Administrative & Support Services Other Services Information Media & Telecommunications Education & Training Transport, Postal & Warehousing Accommodation & Food Services Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

Health Care & Social Assistance Retail Trade Public Administration & Safety Wholesale Trade Financial & Insurance Services Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services Construction Manufacturing

$0 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $Million

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Employment Profile 2011 Census

Albury LGA & Benchmarked LGAs

Albury Wodonga Bathurst Greater Greater Tamworth Wagga Albury Ballarat Cairns Dubbo Launceston Mildura Orange Toowoomba Townsville (Combined LGAs) Regional Bendigo Shepparton Regional Wagga

Employment by Occupation

Managers 11.2% 10.9% 10.9% 12.5% 11.5% 11.7% 12.3% 10.9% 15.8% 10.6% 15.2% 13.7% 12.7% 10.0% 14.3%

Professionals 19.2% 18.0% 21.3% 19.1% 19.8% 17.6% 18.2% 19.9% 15.7% 19.7% 17.0% 17.1% 18.0% 17.6% 22.5%

Technicians & trade workers 15.4% 16.2% 15.5% 15.2% 15.3% 16.3% 14.8% 14.6% 14.2% 15.6% 14.4% 14.8% 15.6% 17.1% 19.6%

Community & personal service workers 10.9% 11.0% 11.0% 11.4% 10.7% 12.5% 11.1% 12.0% 10.1% 10.1% 9.1% 9.9% 10.0% 12.4% 13.3%

Clerical & administrative workers 14.1% 14.0% 13.7% 13.0% 13.4% 14.5% 15.0% 13.4% 12.1% 14.1% 12.4% 13.2% 14.1% 14.6% 15.2%

Sales workers 11.0% 10.8% 11.0% 10.2% 11.1% 11.1% 11.3% 11.3% 11.4% 9.7% 10.5% 10.1% 9.5% 9.9% 12.5%

Machinery operators & drivers 7.5% 7.8% 5.9% 6.6% 6.4% 6.0% 6.3% 6.9% 7.4% 8.8% 6.9% 7.1% 7.2% 8.4% 6.9%

Labourers 10.7% 11.1% 10.7% 12.2% 11.8% 10.4% 10.9% 11.1% 13.2% 11.4% 14.4% 14.0% 12.8% 10.1% 12.5%

Employment by Industry

Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1.0% 1.0% 1.5% 4.0% 2.4% 1.5% 3.3% 1.7% 11.4% 2.0% 8.4% 6.8% 6.4% 0.5% 4.6%

Mining 0.2% 0.2% 0.7% 1.8% 1.5% 1.4% 0.9% 0.6% 1.2% 6.5% 0.2% 0.8% 1.8% 3.0% 0.2%

Manufacturing 12.8% 13.2% 10.9% 11.0% 10.3% 5.2% 6.9% 9.6% 7.9% 8.8% 12.7% 9.5% 9.5% 7.8% 8.8%

Electricity, gas, water and waste services 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 2.2% 1.5% 1.1% 1.6% 1.4% 1.4% 0.9% 2.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.6% 1.3%

Construction 8.8% 8.5% 8.8% 7.1% 9.3% 8.9% 7.5% 7.3% 6.8% 7.4% 8.2% 7.6% 8.0% 10.1% 9.0%

Wholesale trade 3.3% 3.3% 2.5% 2.2% 2.7% 3.1% 4.2% 4.0% 3.3% 2.8% 3.5% 3.6% 3.8% 3.1% 4.4%

Retail trade 12.9% 12.8% 12.9% 11.4% 13.1% 12.1% 12.7% 12.6% 13.9% 11.6% 13.0% 11.7% 11.1% 10.9% 14.0%

Accommodation and food services 8.1% 7.4% 7.5% 7.5% 6.6% 11.0% 7.4% 8.5% 7.5% 6.6% 5.4% 7.2% 5.8% 7.1% 8.7%

Transport, postal and warehousing 4.3% 4.5% 3.6% 4.2% 3.7% 7.0% 4.9% 4.6% 4.9% 4.0% 4.2% 5.2% 4.8% 5.2% 5.6%

Information media and telecommunications 1.3% 1.2% 2.0% 1.7% 1.4% 0.9% 1.2% 1.6% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1.2% 1.0% 1.4% 1.2%

Financial and insurance services 2.2% 2.1% 2.0% 1.4% 3.9% 1.7% 2.5% 3.4% 1.8% 1.9% 1.8% 2.4% 2.9% 1.6% 2.5%

Rental, hiring and real estate services 1.3% 1.3% 1.1% 1.3% 1.0% 2.1% 1.5% 1.4% 1.0% 1.4% 0.8% 1.5% 1.3% 1.6% 1.6%

Professional, scientific and technical services 4.5% 4.2% 5.7% 3.8% 4.1% 5.0% 4.4% 4.4% 3.4% 4.5% 3.9% 3.6% 4.4% 4.8% 4.4%

Administrative and support services 2.8% 2.7% 2.5% 2.6% 2.7% 3.9% 2.6% 2.9% 3.4% 2.9% 2.7% 2.7% 2.3% 3.1% 3.1%

Public administration and safety 7.6% 10.1% 6.1% 8.7% 6.4% 8.2% 7.6% 6.9% 5.6% 7.1% 4.2% 6.1% 6.9% 12.1% 13.0%

Education and training 8.9% 8.2% 10.0% 12.3% 8.9% 8.0% 9.4% 10.5% 8.6% 8.9% 8.0% 8.9% 10.1% 8.2% 12.9%

Health care and social assistance 14.0% 13.6% 15.5% 11.9% 15.4% 12.7% 15.1% 13.3% 12.2% 16.5% 14.5% 14.5% 13.9% 12.8% 16.1%

Arts and recreation services 1.0% 0.9% 1.9% 1.0% 1.3% 1.9% 1.6% 1.6% 1.0% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 1.3% 0.8%

Other services 4.1% 3.9% 3.6% 3.8% 3.8% 4.2% 4.8% 3.8% 3.7% 4.6% 4.2% 4.5% 4.0% 3.8% 4.8%

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Employment by Sector* REMPLAN Regional Economic Modelling Software As at December 2012

Albury & Wodonga Combined LGAs

Mining 37 Arts & Recreation Services 314 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 229 Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste Services 286 Administrative & Support Services 937 Other Services 1,485 Information Media & Telecommunications 455 Education & Training 3,282 Transport, Postal & Warehousing 1,599 Accommodation & Food Services 2,564 Professional, Scientific & Technical Services 1,676 Health Care & Social Assistance 5,641 Retail Trade 4,790 Public Administration & Safety 4,171 Wholesale Trade 1,330 Financial & Insurance Services 842 Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services 505 Construction 2,388 Manufacturing 4,765 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 No. Employed

Albury LGA

Mining 11 Arts & Recreation Services 175 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 123 Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste Services 148 Administrative & Support Services 483 Other Services 889 Information Media & Telecommunications 281

Education & Training 1,813 Transport, Postal & Warehousing 850 Accommodation & Food Services 1,846 Professional, Scientific & Technical Services 1,036 Health Care & Social Assistance 3,390

Retail Trade 2,976 Public Administration & Safety 1,999 Wholesale Trade 781 Financial & Insurance Services 581 Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services 345 Construction 1,444 Manufacturing 2,122

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000

No. Employed

* ‘Employment’ data is not Full Time Equivalent (FTE).

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9 Unemployment Trends www.workplace.gov.au

Albury LGA & Benchmarked LGAs

Jun 11 Sep 11 Dec 11 Mar 12 Jun 12 Labourforce (Jun 2012) Albury 7.7% 7.9% 8.2% 8.0% 8.0% 27,561 Albury Wodonga (combined LGAs) 7.4% 7.3% 7.2% 7.2% 7.2% 47,176 Ballarat 7.0% 6.4% 6.1% 6.0% 5.7% 48,818 Bathurst Regional 4.9% 5.1% 4.9% 4.8% 4.7% 20,953 Greater Bendigo 5.4% 5.0% 4.7% 4.7% 4.8% 55,992 Cairns 8.7% 8.3% 8.6% 8.3% 8.2% 84,401 Dubbo 4.5% 4.9% 4.9% 4.9% 4.8% 21,872 Launceston 5.2% 5.1% 5.3% 5.6% 5.8% 34,618 Mildura 5.7% 5.5% 5.4% 5.5% 5.7% 29,187 Orange 4.5% 4.6% 4.4% 4.2% 4.1% 19,969 Greater Shepparton 6.8% 6.3% 6.0% 6.2% 6.3% 31,529 Tamworth Regional 5.9% 6.2% 6.1% 6.2% 6.2% 30,480 Toowoomba 4.8% 4.6% 4.7% 4.3% 4.5% 55,609 Townsville Not Currently Available at Local Government Area Level Wagga Wagga 4.9% 5.1% 5.3% 5.2% 5.2% 34,967

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Demographics

The following demographic information has been compiled using a variety of data sources including:

• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

• 2011 Census of Population and Housing

• Forecast ID - a comprehensive online demographic forecasting tool designed to enable Local Governments to understand future population trends.

Key Findings

Population

• As at June 2011, the combined LGAs of Albury and Wodonga had a population of 85,510. This represents an annual average increase of 0.7% since 2005.

• As at June 2011, the Albury LGA had a population of 49,467. This represents an annual average increase of 0.6% since 2005.

• Albury’s population is expected to exceed 70,000 by 2031, while Wodonga’s population is expected to reach nearly 55,000 over the same period.

Demographics

• Albury Wodonga has a large and well-educated workforce:

o In 2011 65.3% of Albury Wodonga’s population were classified as being in the ‘workforce’ age bracket, i.e. aged between 15 and 65 years.

o The 2011 Census data shows that the population of Albury is becoming increasingly more educated at tertiary level. The most significant change in the level of qualifications achieved since the 2006 Census, is the increase in the number of residents with vocational qualifications (+1,515) and a Bachelor or higher degree (+1,131). This trend should continue, with more than 3,400 residents studying at University or TAFE at the time of the Census.

• Of the 14 benchmarked regional LGAs, Townsville has the highest median weekly household income ($1,381), while Albury has the seventh highest median weekly household income ($1,025).

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Population Catalogue 3218.0 – Australian Bureau of Statistics

Albury LGA & Benchmarked LGAs

Avg. Annual

Local Government Area June June June June June June June Change % Change

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2005-11 2005-11

Albury 47,731 48,482 48,857 49,171 49,253 49,397 49,467 1,736 0.6%

Albury Wodonga (combined LGAs) 81,877 82,775 83,303 83,826 84,311 84,884 85,510 3,633 0.7%

Ballarat 87,079 88,451 89,353 90,758 92,286 93,678 95,007 7,928 1.5%

Bathurst Regional 36,999 37,587 37,793 38,404 39,162 39,645 39,936 2,937 1.3%

Greater Bendigo 94,807 96,543 97,763 98,753 99,997 100,897 101,868 7,061 1.2%

Cairns 141,993 147,538 151,140 155,494 159,287 161,476 162,740 20,747 2.3%

Dubbo 39,247 39,618 39,642 39,817 40,191 40,389 40,491 1,244 0.5%

Launceston 64,432 64,531 65,033 65,689 66,312 66,799 67,190 2,758 0.7%

Mildura 50,797 51,590 51,770 51,888 51,978 51,923 51,848 1,051 0.3%

Orange 36,970 37,108 37,408 37,918 38,301 38,794 39,480 2,510 1.1%

Greater Shepparton 58,829 59,427 59,815 60,383 61,187 61,591 61,737 2,908 0.8%

Tamworth Regional 55,092 55,936 56,588 56,945 57,401 57,884 58,351 3,259 1.0%

Toowoomba 148,305 151,297 151,965 152,928 154,262 154,919 154,931 6,626 0.7%

Townsville 160,220 165,278 168,192 171,972 175,476 177,981 180,389 20,169 2.0%

Wagga Wagga 58,656 59,646 60,321 61,024 61,436 61,489 61,509 2,853 0.8%

Albury LGA & Surrounding LGAs

June June June June June June June Change Avg. Annual % Change Local Government Area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2005-11 2005-11

Albury 47,731 48,482 48,857 49,171 49,253 49,397 49,467 1,736 0.6%

Alpine 12,574 12,515 12,474 12,359 12,270 12,180 12,103 -471 -0.6%

Greater Hume 10,191 10,192 10,127 10,108 10,097 10,087 10,039 -152 -0.3%

Indigo Shire 15,162 15,350 15,329 15,360 15,430 15,413 15,376 214 0.2%

Towong 6,205 6,224 6,187 6,158 6,153 6,078 5,958 -247 -0.7%

Wangaratta 27,017 27,333 27,333 27,355 27,362 27,265 27,110 93 0.1%

Wodonga 34,146 34,293 34,446 34,655 35,058 35,487 36,043 1,897 0.9%

Forecast Population Forecast ID

Albury & Wodonga LGAs

Change Avg. Annual % Change Local Government Area 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2011-2031 2011-31

Albury 52,063 56,551 61,507 66,303 71,120 19,057 1.6%

Wodonga 37,634 41,779 46,234 50,574 54,777 17,143 1.9%

Albury & Wodonga 89,697 98,330 107,741 116,877 125,897 36,200 1.7%

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12 Demographic Profile 2011 Census

Albury LGA & Benchmarked LGAs

Albury Albury Wodonga Ballarat Bathurst Greater Cairns Dubbo Launceston Mildura Orange Greater Tamworth Toowoomba Townsville Wagga

(Combined LGAs) Regional Bendigo Shepparton Regional Wagga

Age Characteristics

0-4 Years 6.4% 6.9% 6.8% 6.9% 6.7% 7.5% 8.0% 6.4% 6.6% 8.0% 7.1% 7.0% 7.2% 7.3% 7.4%

5-14 Years 13.0% 13.5% 12.6% 13.9% 12.9% 14.2% 14.5% 12.0% 14.3% 14.1% 14.3% 14.0% 14.3% 13.8% 13.8%

15-19 Years 7.4% 7.6% 7.4% 7.9% 7.2% 6.6% 7.5% 7.3% 7.2% 7.2% 7.2% 6.9% 7.3% 7.8% 7.9%

20-24 Years 7.2% 7.3% 7.9% 8.3% 7.0% 5.8% 6.2% 7.7% 5.6% 6.5% 5.8% 5.6% 6.1% 8.3% 8.7%

25-34 Years 12.5% 12.7% 12.5% 11.6% 11.7% 13.8% 11.9% 12.7% 10.8% 12.7% 11.7% 10.9% 11.7% 14.8% 12.9%

35-44 Years 12.8% 13.2% 12.9% 12.8% 12.6% 15.8% 12.9% 13.1% 13.1% 13.0% 13.6% 12.5% 12.9% 14.5% 12.6%

45-54 years 13.5% 13.3% 13.2% 13.1% 13.6% 14.8% 13.7% 13.1% 14.0% 12.8% 13.7% 13.7% 13.2% 13.5% 12.7%

55-64 years 11.9% 11.6% 11.6% 11.6% 12.5% 11.5% 11.2% 11.8% 12.1% 11.2% 11.8% 12.7% 11.7% 10.3% 10.9%

65-74 years 7.8% 7.3% 7.8% 7.6% 8.3% 6.2% 7.7% 8.1% 8.3% 7.4% 7.8% 9.2% 8.4% 5.8% 6.9%

75-84 years 5.2% 4.7% 5.2% 4.6% 5.3% 2.8% 4.7% 5.2% 5.7% 5.0% 5.0% 5.5% 5.1% 3.0% 4.5%

85 years & over 2.2% 1.9% 2.2% 1.7% 2.3% 1.1% 1.8% 2.5% 2.2% 2.0% 2.1% 2.1% 2.0% 1.1% 1.9%

Household Characteristics

Couple Families (inc. children) 40.5% 41.4% 41.0% 42.6% 41.0% 40.6% 42.0% 38.8% 40.4% 43.2% 43.4% 39.0% 41.8% 43.5% 42.5%

Couple Families (no children) 40.1% 38.7% 38.6% 39.1% 39.2% 38.8% 37.2% 39.6% 40.1% 36.8% 38.2% 40.9% 41.2% 37.8% 38.6%

One-Parent Families 17.9% 15.5% 18.9% 16.8% 18.3% 19.1% 19.3% 19.8% 18.2% 18.5% 17.2% 18.7% 15.5% 16.9% 17.2%

Avg. Household Size (Persons) 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5

Financial Status

Median Weekly H'hld Income ($) $1,025 $988 $1,142 $991 $1,145 $1,096 $907 $878 $1,161 $980 $958 $1,061 $1,381 $1,149 Data Not Median Mthly Loan Repayment ($) $1,452 $1,307 $1,625 $1,300 $1,733 $1,500 $1,300 $1,268 $1,625 $1,300 $1,430 $1,517 $1,860 $1,549 Available Median Weekly Rent Payments ($) $195 $200 $220 $200 $250 $200 $200 $170 $230 $185 $200 $230 $290 $220

H'hlds Fully Owning Home 29.2% 27.9% 33.1% 32.8% 34.7% 23.2% 30.1% 31.3% 32.7% 31.6% 32.7% 34.9% 33.1% 23.2% 29.9%

H'hlds Purchasing Home 34.4% 35.1% 34.1% 34.4% 35.5% 33.7% 36.2% 32.1% 33.2% 32.5% 34.6% 32.1% 33.2% 36.2% 34.2%

H'hlds Fully Renting Home 32.6% 33.6% 29.4% 29.7% 26.5% 39.8% 30.2% 32.9% 29.7% 32.5% 28.5% 29.0% 30.4% 37.3% 32.3%

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13 Educational Profile 2011 Census

Albury LGA & Benchmarked LGAs

Albury Albury Ballarat Bathurst Greater Cairns Dubbo Launceston Mildura Orange Greater Tamworth Toowoomba Townsville Wagga

Wodonga Regional Bendigo Shepparton Regional Wagga

Educational Status

Pre-school 842 1,558 1,678 740 1,635 1,746 802 553 910 765 987 1,141 1,695 1,878 1,194

Infants/Primary 3,841 7,096 7,511 3,353 8,132 13,767 3,489 5,207 4,272 3,238 5,177 4,902 14,363 15,827 5,304

Secondary 3,266 5,733 6,507 2,827 6,763 9,467 2,782 3,873 3,809 2,778 4,533 4,065 10,411 10,859 4,036

Technical or Further Educational Institution 1,676 3,120 1,741 1,022 2,320 2,832 1,175 1,956 1,180 1,047 1,367 1,422 2,611 3,166 2,185

University or other Tertiary Institutions 1,735 2,746 4,885 2,161 3,824 4,437 777 3,288 791 1,064 925 958 5,503 8,732 3,167

Other type of educational institution 259 669 761 160 769 1,040 192 387 323 177 432 247 876 837 345

Qualification Status

Postgraduate Degree 756 1,106 1,845 688 1,415 2,384 431 1,133 314 631 612 544 2,688 3,012 1,089

Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate 699 1,153 1,832 465 1,813 1,572 373 684 489 394 661 510 1,627 1,599 645

Bachelor Degree 4,052 6,354 8,572 3,131 8,204 12,934 2,864 5,743 2,884 3,122 3,728 3,581 12,160 14,723 5,056

Advanced Diploma and Diploma 2,771 4,973 5,542 2,098 5,645 9,789 1,758 3,266 2,395 2,180 2,981 2,952 8,353 8,994 3,131

Certificate 8,496 15,216 14,379 6,828 17,108 26,986 7,094 10,106 7,678 6,379 8,854 10,202 23,522 29,814 10,610

Inadequately Described 486 788 722 447 786 1,655 450 495 379 391 416 675 1,197 1,379 639

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Qualification Profile of Residents (Aged 15 years +) 2011 Census

Albury & Wodonga LGAs

788 1,106 1,153

6,354 Postgraduate Degree Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate Bachelor Degree Advanced Diploma and Diploma Certificate 15,216 Inadequately Described

4,973

Albury LGA

486 756 699

4,052 Postgraduate Degree Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate Bachelor Degree Advanced Diploma and Diploma Certificate 8,496 Inadequately Described

2,771

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Student Enrolments

LaTrobe University, Charles Sturt University, Wodonga TAFE, TAFE NSW

Albury & Wodonga LGAs

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 University Charles Sturt (On-campus) 1,523 1,608 1,672 1,705 1,900 1,889 1,820 1,944 1,850 1,820 Charles Sturt (Off-campus) 1,752 1,541 1,100 1,302 1,303 1,338 1,606 1,784 1,780 1,673 La Trobe (Full-time) 821 948 891 756 761 699 600 639 859 880 La Trobe (Part-time) 298 262 271 357 321 298 367 351 78 70 Total 4,394 4,359 3,934 4,120 4,285 4,224 4,393 4,718 4,567 4,443 Vocational Training Riverina TAFE 5,730 7,012 7,900 5,600 6,235 5,586 6,427 5,611 5,839 5,943 Wodonga TAFE 9,700 11,550 11,883 11,880 11,929 12,878 13,064 14,142 14,050 13,164 Total 15,430 18,562 19,783 17,480 18,164 18,464 19,491 19,753 19,889 19,107 GRAND TOTAL

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Development

The following development information has been compiled using a variety of data sources, including:

• AlburyCity Construction Statistics – information is sourced from AlburyCity’s internal Construction Certificates data monitoring system.

• RP Data – statistics are collected from the Land Titles Office to calculate current median property prices. As of June 2011, RP Data ceased preparing and distributing this information therefore no current property price data is included in this edition of the Albury Economic Indicators.

• Property Trends report - this report was prepared by local property firm Fisher Murphy Valuers to show median housing prices for Albury and Wodonga. As of July 2010, Fisher Murphy Valuers ceased preparing and distributing this information therefore no current property price data is included in this edition of the Albury Economic Indicators.

Key Findings

Construction Certificates

• In 2011-12 the value of construction for the city was estimated at $134 million. While this represents a slightly lower level of investment in comparison with the previous three years, it is a positive result given the national and global economic conditions.

Property Trends

• While residential property prices have contracted in Albury between July 2010 and June 2011, property prices in Wodonga have recorded growth over the same period.

Building Investment

• Due to amendments to the Australian Bureau of Statistics ‘Australian Statistical Geography Standard’, building investment data at LGA level is not available for the 2011-12 financial year and therefore not featured in this edition of the Albury Economic Indicators. Building investment data for the Albury LGA, combined Albury Wodonga LGAs and the 14 benchmarked LGAs will be included in the July 2012 edition of the Albury Economic Indicators.

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Construction Certificates AlburyCity

Albury LGA

Number of Construction Certificates

Construction Type 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

Residential Construction 844 835 746 610 740 590 616

Non-Residential Construction 157 177 171 100 126 119 102

TOTAL 1,001 1,012 917 710 866 709 718

Value of Construction Certificates

Construction Type 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

Residential Construction $89,658,696 $84,654,048 $78,708,474 $57,836,927 $80,592,941 $68,276,520 $81,561,780

Non-Residential Construction $53,643,008 $67,908,681 $63,680,705 $77,199,309 $60,780,930 $68,122,053 $52,514,598

TOTAL $143,301,704 $152,562,729 $142,389,179 $135,036,236 $141,373,871 $136,398,573 $134,076,378

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Construction Certificates AlburyCity

Albury LGA

NB. Non-residential construction includes new commercial and industrial development, as well as alterations and additions to existing commercial and industrial buildings. Non-residential construction also includes construction certificates issued for land subdivisions and premise ‘change of use’.

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19 Residential Property Trends Fisher Murphy Valuers – www.fmv.com.au

Albury LGA

New Houses Units Vacant House Lots Year No. Sales Median Price ($) Mean Price ($) No. Sales Median Price ($) Mean Price ($) No. Sales Median Price ($) Mean Price ($) 2000-01 893 123,000 134,520 247 80,500 85,860 90 44,250 50,060 2001-02 1096 131,000 147,260 394 80,000 88,330 304 46,215 50,660 2002-03 940 165,000 180,460 392 94,500 103,430 396 48,000 52,460 2003-04 912 210,000 228,250 346 128,000 137,700 361 70,000 71,100 2004-05 816 240,000 258,000 277 155,000 164,500 213 85,000 99,500 2005-06 859 250,000 276,500 282 170,000 177,500 212 102,000 120,000 2006-07 858 260,000 282,000 292 165,500 179,000 280 105,000 119,000 2007-08 796 265,000 286,000 297 170,000 186,000 161 120,000 139,000 2008-09 656 260,000 274,500 233 171,000 179,000 140 110,000 111,000 2009-10 724 270,000 290,000 224 185,000 194,500 187 115,000 127,000

Wodonga LGA

New Houses Units Vacant House Lots Year No. Sales Median Price ($) Mean Price ($) No. Sales Median Price ($) Mean Price ($) No. Sales Median Price ($) Mean Price ($) 2000-01 599 123,000 129,810 136 93,000 96,760 169 40,000 45,130 2001-02 640 142,500 157,280 163 95,000 96,850 313 45,000 47,930 2002-03 645 175,000 189,200 132 117,000 116,300 426 61,625 66,810 2003-04 606 235,000 249,400 121 154,000 157,150 157 120,000 121,650 2004-05 645 237,000 257,600 148 169,000 178,100 173 120,000 122,200 2005-06 581 250,000 275,000 113 170,000 178,000 165 115,000 125,500 2006-07 642 260,000 284,000 147 183,000 191,000 241 125,000 139,000 2007-08 545 266,700 284,000 150 185,500 194,000 165 127,000 137,500 2008-09 561 255,000 280,500 151 180,000 189,500 293 110,000 118,500 2009-10 484 277,750 303,250 101 185,000 199,250 355 110,000 117,000

Albury Economic Indicators December 2012

Residential Property Prices RP Data – www.rpdata.com

Albury LGA

Period Median House Price Median Unit Price Jul 2011 $212,000 $185,000 Jun 2011 $271,000 $190,000 May 2011 $262,000 $174,000 Apr 2011 $250,000 $195,000 Mar 2011 $260,000 $162,000 Feb 2011 $238,000 $230,000 Jan 2011 $318,000 $161,500 Dec 2010 $271,000 $197,000 Nov 2010 $260,000 $170,000 Oct 2010 $288,000 $220,000 Sep 2010 $274,000 $157,500 Aug 2010 $255,000 $185,000

Wodonga LGA

Period Median House Price Median Unit Price Jul 2011 $287,500 $209,000 Jun 2011 $245,000 $213,000 May 2011 $270,000 $194,000 Apr 2011 $273,000 $180,000 Mar 2011 $268,500 $202,500 Feb 2011 $288,000 $224,000 Jan 2011 $290,000 $150,000 Dec 2010 $268,000 $195,000 Nov 2010 $306,602 $122,000 Oct 2010 $305,182 $198,500 Sep 2010 $276,000 $212,000 Aug 2010 $270,500 $199,000

Please note that both Fisher Murphy Valuers (Residential Property Trends) and RP Data (Residential

Property Prices) are no longer providing property data at a Local Government Area level. AlburyCity is currently working with other data providers to ensure that current property data is included in future editions of the Albury Economic Indicators.

Albury Economic Indicators December 2012

Further Information

AlburyCity’s Economic Development team also prepare the following reports:

Albury Land Monitor (Annual)

Albury Tourism Monitor (Annual)

Albury Wodonga Local Business Survey – Key Findings (Annual)

These reports are available for download from www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/ecodevreports. Alternatively, contact the Economic Development team on 02 6023 8111 for assistance.

AlburyCity Economic Indicators Report December 2012