MS 10127; MS Acc13.070
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Maude Bonney
- Title
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Papers of Maude Bonney
- Date Range
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ca. 1920-ca. 1990
- Collection Number
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MS 10127; MS Acc13.070
- Extent
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3.38 metres (7 boxes + 2 folio boxes + 1 folio item + 1 packet + 1 audiovisual carrier)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 10127 comprises diaries, papers, silver tray and poster relating to Maude Bonney's life and aviation career, including her pioneering Australia-England flight, and involvement in the search for the missing Stinson aircraft (7 boxes, 2 fol. boxes, 1 fol. item).
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn5976167).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Maude Bonney, National Library of Australia, [class/file/item number]'.
Biographical / Historical
Aviatrix. Maude Bonney was the first woman to fly from Australia to England and the first person to fly solo from Australia to South Africa. Her maiden name was Maude Rose Rubens but she did not like "Maude" and preferred to be called "Lores" (pronounced Lori). She married Harry Barrington (Billi) Bonney, founder of Hardy Brothers enterprises. Maude Bonney died in Miami, Queensland in 1994.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 10127. Original Consignment
This consignment comprises diaries, papers, silver tray and poster relating to Maude Bonney's life and aviation career, including her pioneering Australia-England flight, and involvement in the search for the missing Stinson aircraft (7 boxes, 2 fol. boxes, 1 fol. item)
Three diaries (File 1) - Box 1
Notebook of Maude Bonney, approximately 1933.
Diary of Maude Bonney, 1937.
Diary of Maude Bonney, 1933.
Correspondence, maps, flight plans (File 2) - Box 1
Photographs (File 3) - Box 1
Drawing of aeroplane (File 4) - Box 2
Famous Australians (Journal) (File 5) - Box 2
Loose photographs (File 6) - Box 2
Diary (1967), correspondence, 1937 - 1967 (File 7) - Box 2
Photograph album (File 9) - Box 2
Flying training papers (File 10) - Box 3
Linen map of Cooloolah, Queensland (File 13) - Box 3
Correspondence, papers, manuscript, Peruvian banknotes (File 14) - Box 3
Notes, loose papers, press clippings (File 15) - Box 3
Telegrams, loose papers, 1934 - 1990 (File 16) - Box 3
Scrap album, c1934 (File 17) - Box 3
Scrap album (File 18) - Box 3
Incomplete photograph album, c1929 (File 19) - Box 3
Printed material (File 21) - Box 4
Monograph: Stunt Flying by Richard Duncan, 1930 (File 23) - Box 4
Photographs, c1930s (File 24) - Box 4
Photograph album, c1906 - c 1930s (File 26) - Box 4
Military Survey (Ipswich), memorial publication to Captain Arthur Phillip (File 28) - Box 5
Scrap book, photograph album (File 29) - Box 5
Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, 1933 - 1985 (File 30) - Box 5
Log book, assorted printed matter and maps, c1935 (File 31) - Box 5
Feature articles, various journals icluding Shell Times and Pix People, 1972 - 1986 (File 32) - Box 6
Scrap album newspaper cuttings, aircraft promotional publications (File 33) - Box 6
Includes copy of Admiralty chart of longitudinal variation, Australia, and annotated Information Circular of rules and procedures for flying over, and landing in, different countries (File 34) - Box 6
Commonwealth of Australia Information Circular 4/1937, Air Traffic Control, 1937 (File 35) - Box 6
Loose pages from a photograph album (File 36) - Box 6
Folder entitled "Mrs Lores 'Harry' Bonney: includes correspondence supporting Bonney for award of Order of Australia. Signatories include Douglas Bader, Leonard Cheshire and Adolf Galland, 1981 - 1985 (File 37) - Box 6
Newspaper cuttings and correspondence (File 38) - Box 7
Australian Bicentennial Community Supporter Certificate, 1988 (File 39) - Box 7
Scrapbook "England", c1930s (File 40) - Box 7
Photograph album (red) (File 8) - Folio-Box 8
Photograph album (blue) (File 11) - Folio-Box 8
Telegrams, 1933 (File 12) - Folio-Box 8
Shell Co of Australia, presentation photographs of Bonney (File 22) - Folio-Box 8
World Expo appointment certificate of Bonney as Honorary Ambassador, 1988 (File 27) - Folio-Box 9
White flying suit and helmet (File 20) - Folio-Box 9
Scrap book (File 25) - Folio-Box 9
Silver plate: Nancy Bird Trophy [awarded to Bonney], 1981 (File 41) - Folio-Box 9
Two laminated sheets of Shell Timeswith articles re Bonney, 1985 (File 42) - Folio 10
Class MS Acc13.070. Consignment Added 2013
This instalment comprises photographs of Maude Bonney and an interview on tape made by the Powerhouse Museum, of Maude Bonney at 90 years of age talking about her flying experiences before World War II (1 packet).
Aviatrix Before the War Part one and two (Item NLA.MS-SAV006434) - Cassette-Box 276
1 item, TDK AD 60, Compact cassette tape
