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