Western Sydney International · Nancy-Bird Walton Airport

Aviation Archives
Collection Contents

The touchscreen collection, organised into eight box chapters — each gathering photographs, documents, 3D-scanned objects, film and ceramic artworks around one pioneer or theme.

8Box chapters
75Curated assets
43Photographs
133D objects
7Film
Box 01

Nancy-Bird Walton

At the controls · Flying machines · the 1936 Air Race

12 items · 5 photographs, 4 3d models, 1 video, 1 document and 1 poster

  1. 01PhotographAustralian aviatrix Nancy Bird in leather jacket, hat and goggles, New South Wales, 22 August 1933
  2. 02PhotographNancy Bird in Gipsy Moth at Kingsford Smith Flying School, 1933
  3. 033D modelAircraft model, De Havilland 60G Gipsy Moth, flown by Nancy Bird Walton, c 1960
  4. 04PhotographNancy Bird's De Havilland Gypsy Moth, "Vincere", Mascot
  5. 053D modelModel of Nancy Bird Walton's Leopard Moth aircraft, 1933
  6. 063D model1958 Powder Puff Derby Trophy Race won by Nancy Bird Walton and Iris Critchell, 1958
  7. 073D modelSoft toy 'Spots' owned by Nancy Bird Walton, 1930-1939
  8. 08Video1936 Brisbane to Adelaide Air Race
  9. 09PhotographNancy Bird greeted by Jean Batten in the Brisbane to Adelaide Air Race - arrival in Sydney [signing autographs], 17 December 1936
  10. 10PhotographBrisbane to Adelaide, Mascot - December 1936
  11. 11DocumentEntries in Air Race
  12. 12PosterPoster advertising Adelaide 1936
Box 02

Nancy-Bird Walton

Female aviators

22 items · 16 photographs, 4 3d models, 1 video and 1 film

  1. 01PhotographAviatrix Bobby Terry standing in front of her plane, New South Wales, ca.1920
  2. 02PhotographPhotograph of aviator Nancy Lyle, 1927
  3. 033D modelModel of Nancy Lyle's Gipsy Moth aircraft "Diana", VH-UKV, made by Arch Dunne, 1929-1930
  4. 04PhotographJocelyn Howarth and Nancy Bird, ca. 1930-1933
  5. 053D modelMakeup compact presented to Nancy Bird Walton, 1951
  6. 063D modelStanley Super Vac thermos used by Nancy Bird Walton, 1930-1935
  7. 073D modelPresentation charm and chain presented to Nancy Bird Walton
  8. 08FilmAmy Johnson arrives, 1930
  9. 09PhotographEnglish aviatrix Amy Johnson at Mascot, New South Wales, May 1930
  10. 10PhotographMiss Skelton, Mrs. Terry, Miss Follett, Mrs. Upfold, Miss Arnott, and Miss Deaton, lady pilots trained by the Aero Club of NSW, 1930
  11. 11PhotographPhotograph of Jean Batten from the Papers of Nancy Bird Walton, 1933
  12. 12PhotographAviatrix Jean Batten behind the wheel of a car after her record breaking flight from England to Australia, May 1934
  13. 13VideoFreda Thompson London to Sydney flight, 1934
  14. 14PhotographNancy Bird
  15. 15PhotographAviatrix Lores Bonney boarding her Gypsy Moth at Charleville, ca. 1933
  16. 16PhotographAustralian aviatrix Miss Irene Williams in front of her plane after flying from Perth to Sydney, New South Wales, 23 April 1932
  17. 17PhotographArrival in Sydney of Jean Batten in Percival Gull 'Jean', 13 December 1936
  18. 18PhotographCrowds greet arrival of Jean Batten, 13 December 1936
  19. 19PhotographArrival of Jean Batten, 13 December 1936
  20. 20PhotographAviatrix Joyce McCulloch standing next to a plane, New South Wales, 13 May 1932
  21. 21PhotographAviatrix Miss F. Deaton in her plane, New South Wales, ca. 1930
  22. 22PhotographBlack-and-white group photograph from the first Annual General Meeting of the Australian Women Pilots Association, 4th November 1951
Box 03

Nancy-Bird Walton

Slides from her talks · early flight & aviators

12 items · 7 photographs, 3 3d models and 2 videos

  1. 01VideoRoss Smith Flight - LON to AUS
  2. 023D modelFlying goggles worn by Nancy Bird Walton, after 1945
  3. 033D modelAviation helmet used by Nancy Bird Walton, 1942
  4. 04PhotographSlide, 35mm, black and white, portrait of aviator Bert Hinkler, c1928
  5. 05PhotographSlide, 35mm, black and white, crowd watching Bert Hinkler's aerobatics, Perth, Western Australia, February 1928?
  6. 06PhotographSlide, 35mm, black and white, Charles Kingsford Smith in cockpit of Lady Southern Cross, United States of America, 1935
  7. 07PhotographSlide, 35mm, black and white, portrait of Lawrence Hargrave, 1911
  8. 08VideoThe Conquest Of The Pacific, 1928
  9. 09PhotographSlide, 35mm, black and white, Nancy Bird Walton standing beside Charles Kingsford Smith's Percival Gull 'Miss Southern Cross', c1933
  10. 10PhotographSlide of Nancy Bird Walton, c1935
  11. 113D modelTrophy awarded to Nancy Bird Walton, 1993
  12. 12PhotographNancy Bird Slides - History of Flight
Box 04

Andrew ‘Del’ Delfosse Badgery

From the Berrima District collection

14 items · 9 photographs, 1 3d model, 1 video and 3 documents

  1. 01PhotographPortrait of Del Badgery, c1915
  2. 02VideoAustralasian Gazette, Early Flight
  3. 033D modelPropeller boss from the Nancy Bird Walton collection, 1939
  4. 04PhotographAndrew Badgery (1836-1910) with his wife Rebecca nee Fulljames (1846-1933). Standing at rear, Ethel Badgery (1875-1949); seated on his mother's knee, Andrew Delfosse Badgery Jnr (1888-1965); Herbert William (1868-1926) seated at front. c.1889
  5. 05DocumentAviator Certificate, Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, December 1913
  6. 06PhotographAndrew Delfosse Badgery with his plane in Melbourne, 1914
  7. 07DocumentNotice advertising Del Badgery's flight at the Hobart showgrounds, September 11th 1914
  8. 08PhotographThe first recorded flight in Tasmania was made by pioneer aviator Andrew Delfosse Badgery on September 12, 1914 (Elwick Showgrounds, Caudron biplane). Hobart, September 12th 1914
  9. 09PhotographThe first recorded flight in Tasmania. Hobart, September 12th 1914
  10. 10PhotographThe first recorded flight in Tasmania. Hobart, September 12th 1914
  11. 11PhotographThe first recorded flight in Tasmania. Hobart, September 12th 1914
  12. 12PhotographDel Badgery, Egypt, 1915
  13. 13PhotographDel Badgery, 1915
  14. 14DocumentDel Badgery Service Records
Box 05

Len Waters

From family and collection

10 items · 6 photographs, 1 3d model, 1 video, 1 document and 1 poster

  1. 01PhotographPortrait - Len commissioned this portrait in full flying suit at the end of the war
  2. 02VideoIsland Target
  3. 033D modelKittyhawk Toy Plane
  4. 04PhotographThe Southern Cross on its arrival in Sydney from the flight across the Pacific, 10 June 1928
  5. 05Poster1940 RAAF recruitment poster
  6. 06DocumentLen Waters Service record: Assessing Officer's Statements, 18 January 1945
  7. 07PhotographP40 N-15 Kittyhawk aircraft 'Black Magic' (HU-E), so named by 411271 Flight Lieutenant Denis Russell Baker, DFC, 78 Squadron; later flown by Warrant Officer Leonard Victor (Len) Waters
  8. 08PhotographDuring nine months active service Waters flew ninety-five sorties, mostly ground attacks (shell lodged in the cockpit over Celebes)
  9. 09PhotographLen Waters postage stamp, 1995 (Australia Remembers series)
  10. 10PhotographLen Waters and Oodgeroo Noonuccal standing in front of an Australian Aboriginal flag, participating in a march, Brisbane
Box 06

Billy Bain — ceramics

Nancy · fly-through

2 items · 2 animations

  1. 01AnimationCeramic artwork - aircraft sculpture (Nancy / Diana biplane)
  2. 02AnimationLandscape (Animation still) - Nancy
Box 07

Billy Bain — ceramics

Del · fly-through

2 items · 2 animations

  1. 01AnimationCeramic artwork - aircraft sculpture (Del biplane)
  2. 02AnimationLandscape (Animation still) - Del
Box 08

Billy Bain — ceramics

Len · screen-array takeover

1 items · 1 animation

  1. 01AnimationLandscape (Animation still) - Len