Noel Coward disembarking from a Qantas airplane, Singapore, 1935, photographer unknown, from vintage gelatin silver print, Sir Hudson Fysh archive, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 1063/1201, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RJ77n/vDa2E2BVXGqr0
trove.nla.gov.au/work/38861739 - the NLA has a slightly better version...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36755347 - this photo appeared in the Brisbane Courier-Mail on 29th May, 1935...I haven't yet managed to find another contemporary publication...
I gather the aircraft is a De Havilland DH.86 which Qantas used on the Brisbane-Darwin-Singapore route...
During 1935, English playwright/composer, etc Noel Coward made a tour of the Far East...he was evidently a passenger on the the Batavia-Singapore leg of the Qantas flight from Australia...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32859396 - the West Australian, 23rd May, 1935...brief item re...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEfxLIyf_IY - Mrs Worthington...
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trove.nla.gov.au/work/38861739 - the NLA has a slightly better version... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36755347 - this photo appeared in the Brisbane Courier-Mail on 29th May, 1935...I haven't yet managed to find another contemporary publication... I gather the aircraft is a De Havilland DH.86 which Qantas used on the Brisbane-Darwin-Singapore route... During 1935, English playwright/composer, etc Noel Coward made a tour of the Far East...he was evidently a passenger on the the Batavia-Singapore leg of the Qantas flight from Australia... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32859396 - the West Australian, 23rd May, 1935...brief item re... -------------------------------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEfxLIyf_IY - Mrs Worthington...