THE ADVENTURES OF WALTZING MATILDA
THE FIRST CIVILIAN PASSENGER FLIGHT TO REACH
AUSTRALIA FROM BRITAIN AFTER THE SECOND
WORLD WAR
David Carment
Howard Barron’s 1946 oil painting of Waltzing Matilda’s
arrival in Sydney (National Library of Australia)
Waltzing Matilda in 1946
(Associated Newspapers Ltd)
Geoffrey Wikner in 1945
(Norman Mitchell (comp), Flight of the Halifax: The Biography of Captain G. N.
Wikner Australian Pioneer Aviator, Lane Cove, 1993)
Tom Sulman in 1945
(Held by David Carment)
Letter of agreement to Tom Sulman 1946
- first page
(Held by David Carment)
Letter of agreement to Tom Sulman – second page
(Held by David Carment)
Most of Waltzing Matilda’s crew and passengers
shortly before leaving England
(Associated Newspapers Ltd)
Geoffrey Wikner (centre) during an engine service at
Pegu in Burma
(Associated Newspapers Ltd)
Tom Sulman (left) and another crew member working
on Waltzing Matilda at Pegu
(Associated Newspapers Ltd)
Some Waltzing Matilda crew and passengers at Pegu
(Associated Newspapers Ltd)
Sydney Morning Herald, 12 June 1946
Sydney Morning Herald, 17 June 1946