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Southern Cross: An original…
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Melbourne
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27-Aug-2023
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Southern Cross: An original albumen photograph of 'The Southern Cross' about to depart from California 22 x 29 cm mounted, framed & glazed together with a card with the hand-written dedication 'To: Billy Beausang, With Best wishes, From 'Chas' C.T.P. Ulm, 1928'. Overall 48 x 54 cm. William (Bill or Liam) Beausang was born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland on 22 May 1900. He travelled to Australia in 1924 after a distinguished military service and began working with Kingsford-Smith as an engineer in the late 1920s. The image captures the moment of departure, with Kingsford Smith & Ulm piloting the world-famous aeroplane on the historic first flight across the Pacific Ocean.
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