MS 933 Guide to the Papers of W. Hudson Fysh
Summary
| Creator: |
Fysh, Hudson, Sir, 1895-1974 |
| Title: |
Papers of Sir Hudson Fysh |
| Date range: |
1937-1967 |
| Reference number: |
MS 933 |
| Extent: |
6 cm (4 folders) |
Access
The papers were donated to the Library by Sir Hudson Fysh in 1965 and
1967.
Scope and Content
The collection comprises articles and speeches by Sir Hudson Fysh, most
of which relate to the development and future of air transport and in
particular to Qantas Airways Limited, of which he was Managing Director.
Included are two books on Qantas, one by E.A. Crome and one by E.
Bennett-Bremner.
Separated Material
The main collection of Sir Hudson Fysh Papers are held by the Mitchell
Library at ML MSS 2413. Papers relating to his war involvement are held
at the Australian War Memorial at PR83/078.
Biographical Note
Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 7 January
1895. He was educated at Launceston Grammar School and Geelong Church of
England Grammar School. Fysh served in the AIF and the Australian Flying
Corps during World War I.
After the War, Fysh and Lt P.J. McGinness surveyed the original air
route from Longreach to Darwin for Ross and Keith Smiths 1919
flight. He was a pilot with the first official air mail service in
Queensland and in 1922 piloted the second flight from Australia to England.
Fysh was a founder of Qantas in 1920. He was Managing Director of
Qantas (later Qantas Empire Airways Ltd.) in 1923-1947 and Chairman and
Managing Director in 1947-1955. He was a member of the Executive
Committee of I.A.T.A. (International Air Transport Association) and President
for 1961-1962. He was awarded the Oswald Watt Gold Medal for service to
aviation. He died in 1974.
Reference
Whos who in Australia (1971)
Item List
Item
1 Australian commercial aviation: Pageant
of progress. Reprinted from Shipping commerce and
aviation, 22 October 1937. (4p.)
2 Air journey to England.
Mentions Britains air re-armament plan, touches on current aircraft
achievements and describes an air trip to Holland, April 1938. (23p.)
3 [Notes] To the
Executive and Seniors of Qantas Empire Airways on the occasion of removal of
head office to Sydney. [September 1938] (10p.)
4 Flying-Boat Service: a great link of
empire, the past and the future. [1938?] (4p. )
5 The Empire Flying Boat Service: what the
scheme means. Reprinted from Shipping commerce and aviation of
Australia, 22 October 1938. (Lists the milestones in Qantas history
from 1920-1938. 4p.)
6 Impressions of a trip aboard.
An address delivered to the Millions Club, Sydney, 9 March 1939.
(13p.)
7 A uniform of blue. Broadcast
on 3 February, [194?] from 2BL Sydney. (4p.)
8 British interest in a South Pacific Air
Service, Sydney, 1940? (4p.)
9 Flying-Boat operations: first years
work on Sydney Singapore route. Reprinted from Shipping,
commerce and aviation of Australia, 16 October 1939. (3p.)
10 Empire flying boat operations: continuance under war
conditions. Reprinted from Shipping, commerce and aviation of
Australia, 30 October 1940. (3p.)
11 Australias unknown neighbour, Portuguese
Timor. (In Walkabout, 1 May 1941, p7-15)
12 The future is in the air. Address
delivered to the Constitutional Club, Brisbane, 16 October 1941.
(14p.)
13 The aerial shape of things to come.
(Published in Smiths weekly, 5 September 1942) (5p.).
14-15 A selection of articles written by Fysh
during a trip to England entitled The Empire and the air age,
British Empire broadcast from the BBC London British Empire Air
Power; England leads in the airand English speaking
air-co-operation (published in Flight, 12 August 1943), Sydney,
11 September 1943. (16p.)
16 Post war overseas airlines as affecting
Australia. Sydney, 1 November 1943. (14p. )
Folder 2
Item
17 'Round the world by air in wartime. An
address delivered to Rotary Club of Sydney, Australia. 16 November
1943. (10p.)
18 The future of air transport; what part will
Australia play? Dangers of inter-empire competition. Sydney,
25 August 1944. (5p.)
19 Australia in Empire air
transport. (In the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical
Society, London. vol. 50, no. 421, January 1946. (p.
21-72)
20 Support for the British aircraft
industry. Resume of a speech made at a dinner at the Australia
Hotel, Sydney, given by Qantas Empire Airways to welcome Lord Knollys, chairman
of BOAC and his party to Australia. Sydney, 15 March 1946.
(4p.)
21 Qantas Empire Airways faces the
facts. (Published in Sydney Morning Herald, 31 August
1946.) (2p.)
22 Qantas Empire Airways order of the Super
Constellation 1049C type. (press release, 1950?, 4p.)
23 Chairmans address for Qantas Annual General
Meeting, 17 December 1946. (8p.)
24 Speech by the Chairman of the meeting at the
Extraordinary General Meeting of Qantas Limited held at Brisbane, 3 July
1947. (4p.)
25 25 years of air transport. A talk
on the ABCs National Programme on 25th Anniversary of the
first regular Qantas air service, 2 November 1947, Sydney, 28 October
1947. (7p.)
26 Future operations on the Australia
England air route. Installation of the Constellations.
(Reprinted in part from Aircraft) Sydney, 17 November 1947.
(4p.)
27 Address to Australian Air Force Veterans
annual re-union. Sydney, 26 February 1948. (8p.)
28 [Notes] to the Executives and
Seniors of Qantas Empire Airways. (Includes ideals and ethics and general
policy and is a revised version of 1938 notes, 1948? 13p.)
29 A visit to Lake Taupo, New Zealand, a trout
fishermans paradise. Sydney, 18 March 1948. (7p.)
30 Comment by chairman of Qantas Empire Airways Limited
on the profit and loss account and balance sheet for the year ended 31 March
1948. Qantas news bulletin, December 1948. (3p.)
31 Impressions in New Guinea. An ABC
broadcast, 31 July 1949. Sydney, 19 July 1949. (9p.)
Folder 3
Item
32-34 I.A.T.A. and friendship: a
non-technical answer to the question what useful purpose is being served
[by] the International Air Transport Association? Qantas
Empire Airways, Sydney, 1 August 1950. (4p.)
35 A talk on the progress of air transport to the
Legacy Club, Sydney, 10 April 1952. (11p.)
36 Broadcast for ABC, station 2FC, Sydney, Sunday 31
August 1952 [by] Guest of Honour. (Relates to first air
service linking Australia with South Africa to commence 1 September 1952)
Sydney, 26 August 1952. (5p.)
37-40 Opening of Australia South Africa
Air service: the Wallaby service. Speech made at Kingsford
Smith Airport, Sydney 1 September 1952. Quantas Empire Airways (3p.)
41 30 years of air transport. Qantas
Empire Airways Limited, 5 November 1952.
42 An address delivered at a dinner given by staff
member of Qantas Empire Airways at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, to celebrate to
occasion of Fyshs knighthood. Sydney, 28 July 1953.
(14p.)
43 The dawn of aviation in
Queensland. Reprint of a chapter from the book Taming the
north. Qantas Empire Airways Limited, 1953? (8p.)
44 Statement issued following the
announcement by H.L. Anthony, Minister for Civil Aviation, that Qantas Empire
Airways is to take over the Pacific Service from British Cathay Pacific
Airways, 19 March 1954. (2p.)
45 Speeches and statements given on the occasion of the
opening Qantas Sydney Vancouver service. Sydney, 7 June
1954. (9p.)
46 Australian Air transport advancement.
The Qantas part: early pioneering days. (In
Walkabout, Australia geographical magazine. vol. 20, no. 11;
1 November 1954, p.10-15)
47 Speech given at a dinner celebrating the
21st anniversary of the BOAC Qantas Empire Airways Kangaroo
Route partnership, Dorchester Hotel, London, 8 December 1955. (6p.)
48 Ethics and other things:
a souvenir of Qantas Service. (Incorporates preamble to notes
written in 1938, 1948, 1955) (15p.)
49 Tourism as a business and human
need. Speech made at the ANTA dinner, Canberra, 9 February
1957. Qantas Empire Airways. (4p.)
50-51 Official opening of Qantas House.
Address given on 28 October 1957. Qantas Empire Airways Limited.
(4p.)
52 [Speech to] Australian Air League. Annual
Review, 8 December 1957. Sydney 6 December 1957. (2p.)
53 Visit to Moscow. Qantas Empire Airways,
Sydney, November 1958. (32p.)
54 The inaugural Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Memorial
Lecture. 10 December 1919. The Ross and Keith Smith flight to
Australia, delivered at the Adelaide Boys High School, West Terrace,
Adelaide, SA, 28 April 1958. The Royal Aeronautical Society, Adelaide
Branch, 1958. (27p.)
Folder 4
Item
55 Speeches and statements given overseas on the
occasion of the first Boeing 707 delivery flight from Seattle to Sydney.
Sydney, 10 July 1959. (8p.)
56 Entrance of the jet age. Address
to the Rotary Club of Sydney, 11 August 1959. (12p.)
57 Founders Day speech at Geelong Grammar School,
24 June 1965. (4p.)
58 Unveiling by Sir Hudson Fysh of the Qantas Memorial
at Winton, Qld, 10 July 1965. (4p.)
59 Speech by Sir Giles Guthrie, Chairman of BOAC at a
dinner held in Dorchester Hotel Ballroom, London, on 26 April 1967, on the
occasion of the retirement of Sir Hudson Fysh as Chairman of the Board of
Qantas Empire Airways Limited. (3p.)
60 Reply of Sir Hudson Fysh after Sir Giles Guthrie had
proposed a toast to him and Lady Fysh at a dinner tendered at the Dorchester
Hotel Ballroom, London, on 26 April 1967 to mark his retirement as chairman of
Qantas Empire Airways. (6p.)
61 Qantas Aeriana
1920-1954 by E.A. Crome, edited by N.C. Baldwin with foreword by A.G.
Townley. Sutton Coldfield, England, Field, 1955. 195p.
62 Front-line airline: the war story of Qantas
Empire Airways Limited, by E. Bennett-Bremner. Sydney, Angus and
Robertson, 1944. 193p.
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