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INDEX
AIF see Australian Imperial Force Ammassalik, Greenland, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88 ANL see Australian National Line anaesthetic, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160 ATN-7 see Channel 7 Sydney Anderson, Selina, 129, 135-6 A Son is Born (fùm), 30 Angelow, Michael, 222 A Town Like Alice (fùm), 31 Angove,John, 150 Abel Tasman (ship), 301, 303 Angove, Thomas W.C., 148-53 Aborigine (or Aboriginal),Australian, 37-46, Angove, Dr William Thomas, 149 61, 65, 173-80 animation see cartoon Academy of Motion Pictures,Arts and Antarctic/Antarctica, 59, 64, 65, 69, 70, 71, 72, Sciences Awards see Oscars 76,78,79,81,88,97 Acme Patent Spring, 275 Antarctic Treaty, 76 Adelaide Hills, SA, 20, 125-6 Aramoana (ship), 304 Admiralty, British, 43, 232, 256 Arbury Park see Raywood Advance Australia Award, 96 Archibald Prize, 19, 21 Aerial League ofAustralia, 245 architect, 241, 242 aeroplane, 59, 62, 66-72, 246, 247, 251, 280-95 Arctic, 62, 66, 67, 69, 73, 75, 81, 88 Age, The, 107, 131 Arctic Cirele, 59, 66, 68, 81, 85 Aiguille Rouge, 55 Arctic Ocean, 59, 67, 68, 73, 76 air conditioning, 108 Arctic Sea see Arctic Ocean Air Ministry (British), 238 AigUS, The, 4,13,115,131,264 Airesfiow tap, 151 artificial pacemaker see pacemaker airships, 63, 66, 72, 213 artist, 11, 13, 19-27 Al~ska,62,66,67,68,73,80,98 Asquith, Prime Minister Herbert Henry (later Alaskan (plane), 67 Lord Oxford), 237, 269 AJexander,AJfred,192-9 Astor,Viscountess NancyWitcher Langhorne, Alexander Bullet (plane), 288-9 139 Alexander, Douglas, 192, 194 Atlantic, HMS,40 Alexander Patent Racket Company, 192, 195, Atlantic Ocean, 15,94, 118,282,286 196,197,198,199 Australasian Medical Conference 1929, 158, Alpine Club, Canadian, 55 159, 161 Alpine Club, English, 55 Australian Antarctic Division, 79 Alpine Club, Ladies, 58 Australian Army Nursing Service, 23 Alpine Club, New Zealand, 56 Australian Army Ordnance Department, 144 Alps, Southern see Southern Alps Australian Broadcasting Commission, 29 Amalgamated Wireless Australasia, 279 Australian Democrats, 137 American Geographic Society, 68 Australian Flying Corps, 63, 281
315 GREAT AUSTRALIAN WORLD FIRSTS
Australian Imperial Force, 264, 265, 266 black marlin, 155, 160-1, 162 AustralianJournal, 6,7,8 Blackmores First Lady (yacht), 92-8 Australian Labor Party, 131, 136, 197,249 Bland, Lilian, 294 Australian Medical Association, 141 Blaupunkt, 279 Australian National Antarctic Research Bleak House, 8 Expeditions (ANARE) , 79 Blue Mountains, 49 Australian National Gallery Bobak, Molly Lamb, 26 Australian National Line, 296, 297, 298, 299, Bonney, Maude Rose, 295 300,301 Botany Bay, 42 Australian National Maritime Museum, 98 Bournemouth, 55 Australian of the Year, 168, 180,207 Bowen, Stella, 27 Australian Trader (ship), 300, 301 boxed wine, 153, 154 Australian War Memorial, 25, 268 Boyce, Sir Harold Leslie, 265 Australian War Memorial Art Committee, 22 Brabham BT-19, 201 Australian Women's Army Service, 22 Brabham, Sir Jack, 200-8 autogyro, 238 Braddon, Mary Elizabeth, 9 automobile see car Bradley, Lieutenant William, 39 Autophone, 147 Bradshaw, Ian, 217, 218, 219 Avro (company), 282 Brancker, Sir Sefton, 282 Avro Avian (aeroplane), 282, 292 Bray,John Randolph, 17 Breakfast Creek, Queensland, 122 BAFTA, 31,33 Brennan, Louis, 227-40 bagasse, 245 Brennan Torpedo Company, 229, 230, 231 Baird, John Logie, 114 Brett, Percy Rollo, 5 Baker,'Snowy', 17, 182 Brisbane, Queensland, 78, 179, 195, 197,285, Bakken, Earl E., 162 286,293 Ballarat,Victoria, 110, 111, 112, 113 British Natural History Museum, 64, 65, 66 Bankhead, Tallulab, 188 Britannia, HMS, 45 Banks, Sir Joseph, 40 Broken Hill, 183,281 Barokes, 154 Brookes, Sir Norman, 196 Barrard, Lilliane, 58 Bruce, Prime Minister Stanley, 283 Barre, Raoul, 12 Bryant, Millicent, 251, 295 Barrett, Mavis 'Eletha', 32-3 Building, 247 Barton, Laura, 221 Bulletin, The, 244 Bass, George, 43 Bundle, 40, 45 Bass Strait, 296, 297,300,301 Bungaree,45-6 Bass Trader (ship) , 298 Burgess,WT.,190 Bassey, Shirley, 32 Butler, Lady Elizabeth (nee Elizabeth Bathurst, HMS, 45 Southenden Thompson), 25 Bathurst, NSW; 210, 211, 212, 215 Buttfield, Herbert, 120-2 battery, electrical, 112 Byrd, Richard E., 66, 67, 69, 70 Battle cf the River Plate (film), 31 Bean, CE.W, 63 Cadogan, Muriel, 52, 55, 56 Beckwith,Agnes, 183, 184, 190 Caffari, Dee, 98 Bell, Dr Alexander Graham, 110, 112 Cairns, 24,197,276 Bennelong, 37-45 Calais, 184 Bennelong electorate, 44-5 Caley, George, 46 Bennelong Medal, 44 California, 45, 68, 239 Bennelong Point, Sydney Harbour, 37, 40 Callaghan,John, 162 Bennelong Society, 44 Calvert, Commander James, 59, 76 Bennett, Suzanne see Lady Suzanne Wilkins Canada,4,5,25-6,55,138,162,299 Berg, Edith Hart, 294 Canberra, 23, 250, 285 Beverley Hills Hotel, 33 Cannon, Martha Hughes, 138 Big Wine Cask, 154 Cape Horn, 90, 93, 94, 97, 98 Bigelow, Wilfred, 162 Cape ofGood Hope, 90, 95, 97, 108 Black, Dr Robert, 24 Cape Town, South Africa, 281, 292, 292
316 INDEX
Cape York, 65 Cooper, Lynch, 175, 179 ca~ 10,72, 115-16, 197,200-9,210-15,238, Cooper, Sally, 221 239,271-9 Cottee, Ray, 90-8 ferry, 296-304 Cowan, Edith, 137 car, racing see racing car Craig, Sybil, 27 cardiac, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160 crankless engine, 252, 257-8 cardiac pacemaker see pacemaker Crankless Engines Australia PIL, 257 Carnegie, Andrew, 236 Crawford, 'Gentleman' Jack, 196 Carrel, Félicité, 57 Cressy (tennis racquet), 192, 195-6 CarringtonAthletic Ground, 173, 176, 177, crime fiction, 3 178 cross-fiow water turbine, 252, 254, 261 cartoon character, 10, 14, 18 Crossley, 278-9 cartoonist, 12, 13, 14 Crosson,Joe, 69, 70 cartoons, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17,18 crouch start, 173-6 Casey, Richard (Lord Casey), 257-8 Crown StreetWomen's Hospital, 157, 158 Castlemaine, Victoria, 4 Cullen, Dr William, 103 'Cat thatWalked by Himself,The' (poem), 13 Cummeragunja, 174, 175 Cavill, Frederick, 182 Cavill, Percy, 182,289 Daedalus, HMS, 38,45 Cayley, Sir George, 250 D'Arnico, Helen, 220 Chadwick, Florence, 190 Danenhower, Commander Sioan, 73, 75 Channel Nine, 213 D'Angeville, Henriette, 57 Channel 7 Sydney, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 218 Dark Knight, The (film), 33 Chaplin, Charles, 12, 13 Darwin, 30, 283, 285 Chapman, Grace Evelyn, 25-6 Daughter of the Gods,A, (film), 187 Chappell, Greg, 222 Davitt, Ellen (Mrs Arthur Davitt), 8 Chatham, 43, 230 de La Roche, Baroness Raymonde, 294 Cheesman,Al, 72 de L'Isle, Governor General Lord, 298 Chevrolet, 10, 17,208,272,277 de Mole, Lancelot, 262-9 Chicago, 185 de Palma, Ralph, 208 Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Krystyna, 97 Dead Letter, The, 9 Christie, Julie, 31 Deakin,A!fred,237 Churchill, Sir Winston, 139,237,265,269 Dean,James,33 Cinnamon Scrub (yacht), 91 Deception Island, 69, 70, 71 circumnavigation, 46, 64,76,78,81,87,88,89, Denison, Hugh, 272, 273, 277 90,92,93,97-8 detective fiction, 3, 4, 8, 9 City of Rio deJaneiro (ship), 105 Detective's Album, The, 3, 6,7, 8 claret ash tree see Raywood claret ash Detroit, 66, 67 Clarke, Charles Haden, 289-91 Detroit News, 66, 67 Cleveland, Ohio, 287-8 Detroiter (plane), 66, 68 Cobra (car), 208-9 Dhyrenfurth, Hettie, 58 Coleman, Elizabeth Bessie, 295 Dickens, Charles, 8 Coleman,Joseph,109 Disneyland Monorail, 240 Collings, Senator ].S., 22 Disney Studios, 13, 14, 15, 18 Color Magic, MS, (ship), 304 Dorman, Arabella, 26 Comet (ship), 304 Dot and the Kangaroo, 49 cornic strip, 12, 13, 15,17 Dover, 184 Commonwealth Franchise Act (1902),128 Downer, Sir Alexander, 126 Connecticut, USS, 116 Doyle,Arthur Conan, 4 Conquest of Mt Cook and other climbs, 55 Du Faur, Eccleston Frederic, 48 Coober Pedy, 124 Du Faur, Emmeline Freda, 47-56 Cook, Captain James, 41 Du Faur Peak, 53 Cook, David, 222 Duigan,John, 251 Coolidge, President John Calvin, 67 Dumas,Vito,97 Cooper Car Company, England, 203, 204, 205, Dunbar, Evelyn, 21 207 Dupain Institute, 52
317 GREAT AUSTRAUAN WORLD FIRSTS
Dupain,Jeannie, 52 First Fleet, 38 Dupre, Lonnie, 78-88 Fisher, Andrew, 267 Durack, Fanny, 190-1 Flanagan, Adrian, 98 Fleet Street, 11 Eagels,Jeanne,33 Flinders, Matthew, 45 Ealing Studios, 30 flight, 62, 63, 66-72, 110, 111, 112,241,245-7, Earhart, Amelia, 287 250-1,280-95 East if Eden (film), 33 Fokker aeroplane, 66, 286 Eastman,T.c., 108 Ford (company), 257, 274 Ederle, Gertrude, 190 Ford, Edsel, 66 Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, 269 Ford, ModeIT,272,274,277 Edison, Thomas, 111 Ford National Reliability Air Tour, 288 EdwardVII, King, 11 Formula One, 200, 203, 205, 206, 207 Eielson, Carl Ben, 59, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 Formula Two, 205 Electoral Act (1863), 129 Fortune, Eastbourne Vawdrey, 5, 7, 8 electrocardiograph, 157 Fortune,Joseph, 4, 5 Elephant Walk (film), 30-1 Fortune,Joseph George 'Georgie', 4 Ellery, RJ.L., 111, 114 Fortune, Mary, 3-8 Ellsworth, Lincoln, 66, 73, 75 Fram (ship), 88 Eltham, England, 42, 43 franchise, 128, 129 Emma (ship), 60 Freeman, Cathy, 180 Empress ofAustralia (ship), 296-303 Frognal, England Empress ofAustralia (ship, 1922),299 frozen meat, 105, 106-7, 109 Empress ifAustralia (ship, 1953),299 Fuller, Sir George, 273 engineering, Fysh, Hudson, 285 civil, 241, 242, 243, 253 electrical, 61 Gallagher, Maljorie, 12, 13, 16 hydraulic, 253 Gallipoli, 63 marine, 242, 254 Garrard, 143, 147 mechanical, 61, 252, 261 Garson, Greer, 189 mining, 253 Garton, Edmund Skelton, 242 English Channel, 181, 182, 184, 185, 190,303 Gash, Anne, 98 Enos Electric Railway, 239 Gaumont, 61, 62 Eora,38,40 Geelong, 103, 104, 109 Eric the Red, 81, 88 Geelong Advertiser, 103 Eureka Stockade (film), 30 General Motors, 257-8, 279 explore~45,50,59,60,62,64,66,81,89 George III, King, 38, 41 external cardiac pacemaker, 155, 157-9, 161-2 George V, King, 69 George VI, King, 299 Fahrenheit 451 (fùm) , 240 German, 20 Falkland Islands, 70, 94, 98 Germany, 69, 139, 154,237 Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 14 Gertie the Dinosaur, 17 Fangio,Juan Manuel, 201 Giant (film), 33 Far From the Madding Crowd (film), 31 Glasgow, 102 Father Brown (fùm), 30 glider, 241, 246, 250, 251 Fawkner,John Pascoe, 103 Gnung-a Gnung-a Murremurgan, 38, 45 Feldman, C. Russell, 278 Goldstein, Vida, 128-32 Feline Follies (animated cartoon), 12, 14 golf, 157 Felix the Cat, 10-17 Gorrie, Dr John, 108 Felix,Winslow, 10, 17 Gottfredson, Floyd, 13 Ferris Bros P IL, 279 Grcif Zeppelin (airship), 72 films see motion pictures Graham, Alex, 52 Finch, George Ingle, 28-9 Graham, George, 52 Finch, Peter, 28-33 Graham Land,Antarctica, 66, 71 Finch,Yolande (nee Turnbull/Turner), 32 Graham, Muriel, 53 Finland, 129-30, 138 Graham, Peter, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
318 INDEX
gramophone, 140, 142 House ofCommons (British), 132, 139 Grand Prix, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207 House of Lords, 139 Grand Traverse, Southern Alps, 47, 54 House of Representatives, 129, 130, 135, 137 Granger, Stewart, 31 Howard, Prime Minister John, 44 Great Barrier Reef, 79,189 Hughes, Prime Minister William 'Billy' Morris, Great White Fleet, 116 63,267 Green, Anna Katherine, 9 Hulme, Denis 'Denny,' 206, 207 Greeruand, 78-89 Hunt,John Horbury, 48 Greenwich, England, 183, 184 Hunter, Governor John, 42, 44 Greystake:The legend afTarzan (fùm), 33 Hurley, Frank, 63 Guess Wha~ Caming ta Dinner (fàm), 33 huskies see sIed dogs Gulf of Carpentaria, 65 Hutchens, Harold, 177-178 gyrocar, 239 Hyman,Albert Salisbury, 161-2 gyroscope, 233-8 ice-making, 101, 103, 104, 108 HMV (His Master'sVoice), 147 Idriess, Ion, 123, 124 Hackman,Gene,31 Rima (yacht), 98 Hahndorf, 20, 24 India, 28, 29, 45, 108,236,264,283 Haines,Janine, 137 Indianapolis 500 (race), 200, 201, 204, 208, 215 Hallett, 60, 76 Ingalls, Laura, 288-9 Hamilton, Mary Riter, 26 Institute ofArchitects of New South Wales, Hamilton, Mrs, 57 242-3 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 (race), 210 Institute of Electrical Engineers, 117 Hargrave, Lawrence, 245 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, England, Harrison, James, 101-9 259 Harvard Medical School, 161 Investigatar, HMS, 45 Havana, Cuba, 289 Ireland/Irish, 4, 156,228,232,239,294,303 Hawke, Hazel, 96 Italy, 283, 300 Hawke, Prime Minister Robert 'Bob', 94 Hawkesbury River, 38, 48,160 Jamaica, 32,187 Hawthorne, N.Vernon, 291 James, Dame Naomi, 97 Healey, Geoff, 210-15 James Watt International Medal, 259 Hearst, William Randolph, 69, 73 Johnson, Amy, 292 Hektaria (ship), 70 helicopter, 212, 213, 238 K2,58 Hermitage, New Zealand, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55 Kanchenjunga, 58 Heysen, Sir Hans, 20 Kar/uk (ship), 62 Heysen,Nora,19-25,27 kayak, 81-8 Hill, Captain William, 40, 45 Kellerman,Annette,181-91 Hillary, Sir Edmund, 29 Kelly, William T., 271-9 Himalayas, 55, 58 Kelly's Motors Ltd, 272 Hindaastan, HMS, 46 Kereopa, Allana, 222 Hinkler, Bert, 283, 284-5 Kernot Memorial Medal, 259 Hobart, 91,141,143,146,193,276,285,298, Kernot, Professor Wc., 228 299,300 Kidman, Sir Sidney, 282 Hobson, Percy, 180 King, Captain Philip Parker, 45 Hoelscher,John,78-88 King, Lieutenant Commander Philip Gidley, Holbein, Montague, 185 40 Holden, 203, 211, 279 Kingsbury,Albert, 256, 258, 261 Hollywood, 14,31, 181, 187, 189 Kipling, Rudyard, 13 Holmes, Sherlock, 3, 4 Kirk,Alexander, 105 Holt, Benjamin, 269 Kissing Point, 44 Honda,206 Kitson, Linda, 26 Haad, HMS, 256 Knight Bachelor, 207 Hopps,John,162 Knox, Alexander, 245 Hopwood, Stephen Bromby, 194, 197 Knox-Johnston, Sir Robin, 97
319 GREAT AUSTRALIAN WORLD FIRSTS
Koczwara, Chris 'Trel!a', 26 McWilliam, John Alexander, 156 Kramer, Parker, 72 Maegraith, Kerwin, 13 Ku-ring-gai Chase, 48, 49, 51 Maldon,VictorÏa, 252-3 Kyabra Hills, Queensland, 120, 122 Mallory, George, 28-9 Malone,'Peerless' Tom, 177, 178 Lady Audley's Secret, 9 Malpas, Charles, 151 Lake, Simon, 73, 74 Manly Cove, Sydney Harbour, 39 Lancaster, Captain William 'Bill; 281-93 Marconi, Guglielmo, 118,271-2 Launceston, Tasmania, 192, 195, 196, 197, 199, Markiewicz, Countess Constance, 139 298 marlin, black, 161, 162 Lawrence, Dr Carmen, 137 Marriner,William,12 Le Blond, Audrey, 58 Marsden, Samuel, 45 Leader, 107 Martel, Nellie, 128, 129, 132-3 Lear, William, 278 Matterhorn, 57 Leavenworth Case, The, 9 Mawson Research Station, 78, 79, 81 Ledger, Heath, 33 May's Motors, 276, 277 Legislative Assembly, 103, 131 Meldrum, Max, 21 Legislative Council,Victoria, 103 Me/ville (ship) , 72 Leigh,Vivien, 30--1 Menzies, Prime Minister Sir Robert, 268 Lenin,Vladimir, 64, 65 Mermaid, The (film), 187 Leverian (Parkinson's Museum of Natural Messmer, Otto, 12, 13, 17 History),41-2 Miami, Florida, 289-90 Leydenjar, 155 Michell,Anthony George Maldon, 252-61 Lidwill anaesthetic machine, 155, 157 Michel! Bearings Ltd, England, 257 Lidwill, Dr Mark C., 155-62 Michell,John, 259 light bulbs, 111, 112, 113 Michell thrust bearing, 252, 254, 255, 256, 259 Lightning Ridge, 124 Michell Workshop Viscometer, 252, 258 Lightning Ridge, NSW, 124 Mickey Mouse, 13, 18 Lilienthal, Otto, 247, 250--1 Military Cross, 63 Lindbergh, Charles, 15,282 Military History Section, 20, 22 Lindon, Annie, 53 Miller, George Keith, 281 Ling, Mrs Henry H., see Mary Ann Miller, Jessie 'Chubbie', 280-93 Moore-Bentley Million Dol/ar Mermaid (fùm), 189 Lister, Anne, 57 Minarets, The, 51 Little Wonder Mine, 122-3 Ministry ofDefence (Australia), 116 Lloyd-George, David (later Prime Minister), Ministry of Munirions (British), 266 238,267-8 Minnesota, 78, 80, 82 Longmore, Lieutenant Arthur, 251 Mitchell, Major, 13 Los Angeles, 10, 189,286,288 Monash, General Sir John, 60 LasAnge/es (plane), 69, 70 monorail, 227, 233-9 Lyon, Harry, 286 Mont Blanc, 57 Lyons, Dame Enid, 137 Moore-BentIey, Mary Ann, 128, 129, Lyons, Prime Minister Joseph Joe', 137, 141, 133-4 142 Moowattin, Daniel, 46 Morley, Lord, 234, 236 MEE (Member of the Order of the British Morris, Augustus, 105 Empire),28,179 Morse code, 117 Maamby, Tristan, 45 Mort, Thomas, 105 McAulay, Professor A.L., 144 motion pictures, 12, 14,29-33,62,64-5,181, McCay, Winsor, 17 187 McCubbin, Louis, 22 Motorola car radio, 278 McDonald, Bobby, 173-5, 176 Mount Bryan, 59-60 Mclntosh,John, 282 Mount Panorama, 210, 211, 213 Mclntyre, Dr William, 145-6 mountain climber/climbing, 50--8 McKinney, Louise, 138 mountaineer, 47, 50, 54, 56, 58 MacPhail, Agnes, 139 movies see motion pictures
320 INDEX
Mt Annette, 52 OBE see Order of the British Empire Mt Cadogan, 47, 55 O'Brien, Michael, 216-19 Mt Chudleigh, 53 Olivier, Sir Laurence, 30--1 Mt Cook/Aoraki, 47,50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56 opal,119-27 Mt Dampier, 47, 53 black,124 Mt Everest, 28-9, 58 Opal:The Cem of the Never-Never, 125 Mt Green, 53 Opel, Robert, 222 Mt Kosciuszko, 56 Optical Munitions Annexe, 144 Mt Lendenfeld, 53 Order ofAustralia, 25, 96, 153, 168,207 Mt Mabel,52 Order of the British Empire, 29, 141, 206, 207. Mt Malte Brun, 51 249,268 Mt Nazomi, 47, 53 Orlando Winery, 152 Mt Pibrac, 54 ornithopter, 111, 112 Mt Sealey, 51 Oscars, 31, 33, 222 Mt Sebastapol, 53 Best Actor, 28, 33 Mt Sefton, 47,54-5 Best Actress, 33 Mt Tasman, 53 Best Supporting Actor, 33 Mudie-Cook, Olive, 25 Ossberger, Fritz, 261 'Murders in the Rue Morgue, The', 8 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, 18 Murphy, Dan, 151 Outerbridge, Mary, 193 Murphy, Edmund Francis, 123, 124 Murphy, Michael, 175 Paamiut, Greenland, 83, 85, 87 Murray River, 174 pacemaker, 155, 158, 159,161, 162 Museum Victoria, 109, 258 Pacific Ocean, 13, 68, 116,286 Packard, 208 NBC,16, Pankhurst, Mrs Emmeline, 133 Nanga Parbat, 58 Paradis, Maria, 57 Nansen, Fridtjof, 88 Paramount, 14, 16 National Gallery ofAustralia, 25 Parer, Ray, 282 National Gallery of South Australia, 20, 22 parliament, 128, 129, 130, 134, 136, 137, 138, National Library ofAustralia, 25 139 National Museum, 250 Parramatta River, 38, 44 National Women's Air Derby (1929),280, Paris (ship) , 256 286-7 Paris, France, 29, 125, 185 Nauti/us (submarine), 73-5, 77 Pathé (film studio), 14 Nautilus, USS (nuclear submarine), 76, 77 Neary, Donna]., 27 Peary, Robert, 88 Neptune's Daughter (film), 187 Peck,Annie Smith, 58 Network (film), 32 pedestrian (pedestrianism), 174, 177 New Guinea, 19,23,24 Pedley, Ethel, 49 New South Wales Academy ofArts, 48 Peltier, Therese, 294 New South Wales Corps, 45 Penfolds, 151, 152 New South Wales, National Art Gallery of,20, Perkins, Jacob, 108 48,49 Perth, 165,203,276 New South Wales State Library, 13 Phillip, Governor Arthur, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Newl'ork, 11, 15, 16,64,69,72,73, 176, 186, photo-engraving, 114 187,286,288,294 photo-lithography, 114 Newbigin, Henry, 256, 257, 258 photographer, 59, 62, 63, 94, 132 Nichol!s, Sir Douglas, 179-80 Pianta, Phil, 305 Nicol!, Eugene, 105 Pinnacle Peak, 58 Niven, David, 31, 222 Pinner,55 Norfolk (ship), 106 Pirkis, Catherine Louisa, 9 Norfolk Island, 38, 40, 45, 46 plane see aeroplane Norgay,Tenzing,29 Plymouth, 43, 265 North Pole, 60, 63, 66, 67, 73, 76, 77, 80, 81, 88 Poe, Edgar Allen, 8 Nun'sVeil,51 Point Barrow, 62, 66, 68
321 GREAT AUSTRALIAN WORLD FIRSTS
Port Jackson, 44 Rockhampton, 242 Postmaster General's Department, 116 Roe, Erica, 222-3 'Powder Puff' Derby see National Women's Air Ross Sea, 69, 70, 71 Derby Rowley, Tom, 45 Power and the Glory, The (fIlm), 30 Royal Air Force (British), 281,284 Princess ofTasmania (ship), 297, 300 Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Princess Victoria, MV, (ship), 303 238 Punch (London), 244 Royal Albert Hall, 131, 133 Punch (Melbourne), 244 RoyalAustralasian College of Surgeons, 160 Pyramid Peak, Karakorum, 58 Royal Australian Air Force, 24, 96, 201 Pyrenees,57 Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 157 Royal Australian College ofPhysicians, 159 Qaanaaq, Greeruand, 84, 85, 87 Royal Australian Navy, 116 Qantas, 285 Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, 116 Queen Mary RMS (ship), 257 Royal Geographic Society, 28-9, 68 Queen of the Sea (film), 187 Royal Humane Society, 155 Quest (ship), 64, 65 Royal Institute of British Architects, 249, 250 Quimby, Harriet, 294-5 Royal Meteorological Society, 64 Royal Navy (British), 251, 256, 285 RAAF see Royal Australian Air Force Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit, 163, 166, RCA (Radio Corporation ofAmerica), 16 168 RCAVictor, 142 Royal Prince Alfrèd Hospital, 156, 157, 159 RaceCam, 210-15 Royal Society, 112, 114,235,259 racing car, 200-9, 210-15 Royal Society of Victoria, 117 radio, 92,93,94, 116, 118,245 :p...ussell, Peter Nicol, 105 car, 271, 276, 278-9 Russia, 64-5, 75, 98 licence, 116 Rutkiewicz, Wanda, 58 station, 64, 116 Ryrie, Lady, 283 Rae, Isobel 'Iso', 21 Ryrie, Sir Granville, 283 Rafferty, Chips, 30 Raiche, Bessica Faith Medlar, 294 Sahara, 280-1, 293 Rankin,JeanettePickering,138 sailing, 90-7 Rats ofTobruk, The (film), 30 Sailing Alone Around the World, 97 Raywood, 125-6 Salonola, 142, 146 Raywood (claret) ash tree, 119, 125 S3ll1uels, Charlie, 173, 176 - 179 ReCell, 166, 167 San Francisco, 46, 83, 286 Rechemcinc, Tamara 'Tchinarova', 30, 31, 32 San Francisco (plane), 69,70,71 record-changer, 140-7 Sanders,Jon,97 Red Rose (plane), 282-5 Sargent, Professor Dudley, 181, 186 Redex, 203 Scherl,August, 240 Reece, Richard, 156 Scholie, 153 Rqeree, 173, 178 Schonberg,Johnny, 202 refrigeration, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108 Schuurmann, Madame Elink, 21 Reliance, HMS, 43 Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne, 109 Renmark, South Australia, 149, 152,263 Scott, Blanche Stuart, 294 Repco,201,205,206 Seagull, The (play), 32 resuscitation, 155 Searoad, 298 Revere Beach, Boston, 185 Senate (Australia), 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, Reynolds, Professor Osborne, 260 137 Richardson, Henry Handel, 13 Shackleton, Sir Ernest, 64 Richardson, Kathleen, 58 Shelby, Carroll, 208-9 Richardson, Sir Ralph, 33 Sherman, Louis, 257 Rio de Janeiro, 45, 64 Sherrill, Charles, 176 Robbery Under Arms (film), 31 Shiralee, The (film), 31 Roberts, Mark, 223 Shute, Neville, 31 Robinson Redwing (plane), 293 Siebe & Co., 104, 105
322 INDEX
Silberhorn, 53 Sutton, Henry, 110-18 Simms, Frederick, 269 Sutton, Mary, 111, 113 Singapore, 283, 284, 302 Sutton's Music, 112, 113 Siren of the Sea (film), 187 Sutton, Richard, 111, 113 Sirius, HMS, 38 Swan,]oseph,112 Skandia (ship), 303 swimming, 181-91 Skate, USS, 59,76 Swinton, Colonel Ernest, 269 sIed dogs, 78-8 Sydney Church ofEngland Girl's Grammar Slocum,]oshua, 93, 97 School,49 Smith, Alexander Kennedy, 228 Sydney Coye, 39, 42 Smith, Bernhard Alexander, 253 Sydney Gazette, 44 Smith, Sir Charles Kingsford, 68, 285, 292 Sydney Harbour, 37, 38, 91 Smith, Sir Keith Macpherson, 282 Sydney Heads, 41, 90, 93 Smith, Keith Vincent, 44 Sydney Homeopathie Hospital, 49 Smith, Mary Ellen, 138-9 Sydney Ice Company, 105 Smith, Sir Ross Macpherson, 282 Sydney Metro Monorail, 240 Smithsonian Institute, 109,258 Sydney Morning Herald, 12, 13 South Island, New Zealand, 49, 56, 304 Sydney Opera House, 37, 45, 243 South Pole, 69, 72, 76 Sydney,Viscount (Thomas Townshend), 42 Southern Alps, New Zealand, 49, 54 Syme, David, 107 Southern Cross (plane), 68, 286 Southern Cross,WA, 281 Tabei,]unko,58 Southern Cross Minor (plane), 292, 293 Tail of Thomas Kat (animated cartoon), 12, 13 Southern Ocean, 92, 95, 96 Tanguey, Dame Dorothy, 137 Spence, Catherine Helen, 129 tank (vehicle), 262-70 Spencer, Professor Walter Baldwin, 50, 51 Tauranac, Ron, 201,202,204,205 Spitsbergen, Norway, 68, 74 Taylor, Elizabeth, 31 Spray (sloop), 93, 97 Taylor, Florence, 241-50, 294 spray-on skin, 163, 165, 166, 167 Taylor, George Augustine, 243-8 Squire,]ames,44 Taylor,Vincent Patrick (Captain Penfold), 244 StanleyWinery, 152, 154 telegraph, 113 Stawell Gift, 174, 179 telegraph facsimile, 114-15 Stefansson,Vilhjalmur, 62, 66, 73, 81 telegraph, wireless, 116-17, 118 Steger, Will, 88 telephane, 110, 113-14 Stokes, Sir George Gabriel,260-1 telephone, 110, 112 Stone, General LeRoy, 239 television, 16,17,32,210-15,217,218,220 Stoner, Marie, 165, 166, 167 Tellier, Charles, 105 Stoney Creek, 120, 121 tennis, 192-9 Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men, The racquet, 192-9 (fIlm),30 Tesla, Nikola, 114 Stowe, Francis Ernest, 242, 248 Thames River, England, 41,183,184,230 Strathleven, SS (ship), 109 Thompson, Freda, 295 streaker, 216-23 Thomson, David, 47 streaking, 219-20, 221 thrust bearing (tilt-pad) see Michell thrust submarine, 59-60, 62, 67, 73-7 bearing suffrage, 130, 132, 133, 138 torpedo, 227,228-32 Sullivan,]ames E., 176 Tower, Beauchamp, 260 Sullivan,]immie, 185, 186 Town LikeAlice,A (film), 31 Sullivan, Pat, 10-17 town planner/planning, 241, 243, 249 Summit car, 271, 273-7 Tracy, Spencer, 33 Sunday, Bloody Sunday (film), 31 Traill,]essie,21 surgeon, 156, 164,165, 167, 168, 169 Transitone car radio, 278 surgery, 156, 158, 161, 163, 165, 167, 168, 169 Treloar, Lieutenant-Colonel John, 20, 22, 23, Supply, HMS, 38, 43 24 Sussex, Lucy, 4, 6 Trials of Oscar Wilde, The (film), 31 Sutton Autocar, 115 Tristan de Cunha, 64
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Trouve, Gustave, 111 Weddell Sea, 69 trudgeon (swimming stroke), 182 WeUs, H.G., 235 TT (TransportTasmania) Line,301 White Australia policy, 131 Tubowgulle see Bennelong Point White Cliffs, NSW, 123-4 Tullis,Julie,58 Whitehead, Robert, torpedo, 231 Turnbull, Don, 197 Wilkins Australia and Islands Expedition, 65-6 Twain, Mark, 235 Wilkins Coast, Antarctica, 71 Twining,Alexander,108 Wilkins Ice Shelf,76 Wilkins Island, 76 Ulm, Charles, 68 Wilkins, Henry, 60, 61 Ulysses (ship), 304 Wilkins, Lady Suzanne (nee Bennett), 69, 72, Undiscovered Australia, 65 74 United Kingdom, 31, 97, 98, 139,203,206, 207,254,261 Wilkins, Louisa, 60 United States Congress, 138 Wilkins, Sir Hubert, 59-77, 81 United States Marine Corps, 26-7 Wilkins Sound, Antarctica, 71, 76 United States Navy, 244, 256 Wilkins's Bunting (Finch), 59, 64 University ofAdelaide, 61 William Hill (ship), 46 University of Melbourne, 156,228,253,258, Williams, Esther, 189 259,260 Williamstown,Victoria, 229, 230 University of Sydney, 24, 48,156,157,159, Wilson, Mary Helena see Mary Fortune 242 Wimbledon, England, 196 University ofTasmania, 143, 146 wine cask, cardboard, 148-54 University ofWesternAustralia, 166, 168 Wingfield, Major Walter c., 193 Winkler, Margaret, 14 Vega (plane), 68, 72 wireless see radio Venus of the South Seas (filin), 187 wireless telegraphy, 116-17, 118 Verne, Jules, 74 wireless transmission, 245 Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller (Seeley Register), Wollaston, George, 119-20 9 Wollaston, John, 119 Victoria Ice Works, Melbourne, 105 Victoria; Queen, 25 Wollaston, Tullie C., 119-27 Viking l (ship), 303 Woman of Mars, A, 133, 134 Vinsafe wine, 154 Womanhood Suffrage League, 132 Von Haast, Heimich & Nellie, 49-50 Women's Social and Political League, 134 Von Haast, Sir Julius, 50 women's suffrage, 130, 131, 132, 133 vote, right to, 128-, 138, 139 Wood, Dr Fiona, 163-8 Woollarawarre see Bennelong WaifWander see Mary Fortune Workman, Fanny Bullock, 58 Walker, Lucy, 57 World War 1,20,21,22,26,63,73,131,139, Walker,WilliamA.,198 157,169,256,261,268,270,281,299 Warner, Harry, 14 Wright brothers, 245, 251 war artist, 19-27 Wright, Wilbur, 294 War Office, British, 230, 232, 233, 236, 263, WorldWar II, 11,21,22,26,30,75,139,144, 264,266,267,269 160,169,201,256,268,299,303 Waterworth & Ross, 141 Wuppertal Schwebebahn (FloatingTram), 240 Waterworth, Edith, 141 Wynn,David, 151, 152 Waterworth, Eric, 140-7 Wynn'sWinegrowers,151 Waterworth Hobart Annexe, 144--5 Waterworth Infant Respirator, 145 Waterworth,John Newham, 140-1 Yarra River,Victoria, 183, 184 Waterworth projector, 145 Yemmerawanne, 40, 42, 45 Watson, Basil, 251 Yeppoon, Queensland, 78, 88 Watt, Harry; 30 Watt,James, 108,252,260 Ziegfield Follies, 12 Webb, Captain Matthew, 185, 190 Zukor,Adolph,14