The first airmail between England and Australia - Heroes of the Skies. Ep 2 @StateLibrarySouthAustralia
The first airmail between England and Australia - Heroes of the Skies. Ep 2  @StateLibrarySouthAustralia
Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of Stories from the Stacks, Carolyn talks about the very first airmail to arrive in Australia from England, which the crew travelled with during the Great Air Race of 1919.

View the Intercom Book here: https://digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/6137

Presented by Carolyn Spooner, Librarian at the State Library of South Australia and curator of the Heroes of the Skies exhibition.

Music featured in the video is an instrumental version of the song "Enough", composed and performed by Steve Lennox, from his album "In the Lighter Dark".
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The first airmail between England and Australia - Heroes of the Skies. Ep 2

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