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Crowds greeting the Southern Cross in Brisbane and Christchurch, New Zealand, 1928

Top photograph shows Kingsford Smith’s Southern Cross in the centre of a huge crowd when he landed at Brisbane after flying from San Francisco. The lower photograph shows only the wings of Southern Cross visible in the crowd at Wigram Aerodrome, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Source

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, 61843

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