Guide to the Papers of Charles Kingsford-Smith

Logbook of the Southern Cross, trans-Pacific flight, 31 May 1928-9 June 1928 (Item Item 1) - Box Shared, Volume Item 1 (MS 209)

A flyer titled 'Urgent Notice' with text in English, Malay and Chinese, dated Singapore, 1935 (Item 22)

The notice is a request for information relating to the disappearance of Charles Kingsford-Smith and Captain J.T. Pethybridge.

A flyer with text in Siamese and Burmese (Item 23)

The flyer is a request for information relating to the disappearance of Charles Kingsford-Smith and Captain J.T. Pethybridge.

Cheque payable to Charles Kingsford-Smith for £3000, 1933 (Item 31) - Security-Binder (Shared), Security-Binder Item 31

Framed £1 note, signed by Charles Kingsford-Smith and Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker (Item 32) - Security-Binder (Shared), Security-Binder Item 32

Printed on the mount beneath the framed note is a short paragraph relating the story behind the 'Famous Pound Note'. It reads: 'At a London dinner in 1930, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith jokingly said that British aviation would not survive unless it acquired the Southern Cross. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker offered £1, which "Smithy" accepted. The pound note was signed by both parties. Brought to Australia by Captain A.G. Lamplugh, it was presented to Mr Hudson Fysh who in turn presented it to the Minister for Air Services (Mr White) for the inclusion amongst the Kingsford-Smith relics in the National Museum.'