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Historical re-enactment in Australia has been occurring since at least the early 1970s. With no conventional land battles and few protracted civil disturbances since the British colonisation of Australia, most military re-enactment in Australia focuses on events from other countries (mostly European), including the European Feudal, medieval, and renaissance eras.
The First Fleet Reenactment Voyage (also known as the Second First Fleet) was a project to assemble a fleet of tall ships to sail from England to Australia in a historical reenactment of the First Fleet that colonised Australia in 1788. The reenactment was first conceived in 1977 and organised to commemorate Australia's bicentenary of colonisation.
First flight in South Australia [37] Bolivar, South Australia: Bleriot monoplane: Carl William 'Bill' Wittber 1910: 1910-03-17: SA: First controlled flight in South Australia [38] Bolivar, South Australia: Bleriot monoplane: Fred Custance 1910: 1910-03-18: Vic: Flight at Diggers Rest [38] Diggers Rest, Victoria: Voisin biplane: Harry Houdini ...
The route was disrupted in late April 1941 due to an uprising in Iraq which meant that the stop at Lake Habbaniyah was not available and there were no flights between Cairo and Basra in early May. [5] A non-stop shuttle service was then set up between Tiberias and Basra, but the mail capacity was greatly reduced as more fuel had to be carried. [6]
The Double Sunrise service was formed in July 1943 to re-establish the Australia–England air link that had been cut due to the fall of Singapore in February 1942. The service initially operated from its base in Nedlands, Western Australia near Perth, [4] to the Royal Air Force base at Lake Koggala near Galle in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
Living history, artillery, black powder Company of the Wolf Australia: Middle Ages: 1250 AD 1490 AD Combat reenactment, living history The English Civil War Society UK: English Civil War: 1642 AD 1651 AD Combat reenactment, living history, educational visits, film and TV work Ermine Street Guard UK: Roman army: 50 AD 200 AD
Qantas began international passenger flights in May 1935. In 1948, the first commercial flight from Australia to Africa was flown by Qantas, launching what is known as the Wallaby Route. [2] [3] In 1954, the first flight from Australia to North America was completed, as a 60-passenger Qantas aircraft connected Sydney with San Francisco and ...
The Wallaby Route or "Wallaby Service" is a term coined by Qantas (formerly Qantas Empire Airways), referring to the commercial passenger air route between Australia and South Africa. [ 1 ] First flown in 1948, its name was inspired by the route's short ‘hops’ used to cover the long distance, [ 1 ] similar to the hops of the wallaby ; a ...