Centre for the Government of Queensland

Loading cargo from the back of a Landrover, Air Queensland DC3 at Lockhart River airport, 1982. Slide by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Passengers board an Air Queensland DC3 at Lockhart River airport, 1982. Lockhart River is a remote town on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula, directly east of Weipa with a population of 369 in 1981. Slide by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Navaho Chieftan, Lockhart River airstrip, Lockhart River, 1982. Slide by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Comanche 250, Thorpe's Transport, at Horn Island airport, 1972. Slide by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Passenger walks across the tarmac to board an Ansett-ANA Electra aeroplane at airport, Eagle Farm, 1960. Slide by Richard Hopkins, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Aircraft from the Redcliffe Flying Services at Chinchilla Aiport, 1979. Slide by Neville Sim, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Old Brisbane airport taken from a TAA Fokker Friendship, Eagle Farm, 1972. Slide by Laurel Murdoch, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Stopping at Roma on TAA Fokker Friendship, which featured a pressurised cabin for the comfort of passengers, 1965. Slide by Lynne Cain, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Airport runway, Charleville, 1965. Slide by Lynne Cain, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Plaque to Stinson crash, O'Reilly's Guest House, Lamington National Park, Beaudesert Shire, 1978. The plaque documents the air crash on 19 February 1937 of the 'City of Brisbane' with the deaths of Rex Boyden, Beverley Shepherd, James Westray, Roland Graham and William Fountain, the survival of Josiah Binstead and John Proud and the role of Bernard O'Reilly in locating the site. Slide by John Boult, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Centre for the Government of Queensland

Loading cargo, Air Queensland DC3, Lockardt River airport, 1982

Air Queensland DC3 at Lockhart River airstrip, 1982

Navaho Chieftan aircraft, Lockhart River airstrip, 1982

Comanche aircraft at Horn Island Airport, 1972

Ansett-ANA Electra aircraft at airport, Eagle Farm, 1960

Chinchilla Airport, 1979

Old Brisbane airport, Eagle Farm, 1972

TAA Fokker Friendship aircraft at Roma Airport, 1965

Charleville airport runway, 1965

Plaque, 1937 Stinson Air Disaster, 1978