Photographs relating to Sir Charles Kingsford Smith

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The National Archives holds a large collection of photographs relating to Australian pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Many are held in the photographic collections of the Australian Overseas Information Service (AOIS) and are being progressively added to the PhotoSearch database. Searches using terms such as 'kingsford smith' or 'southern cross' will identify captions and enable you to view images that have been placed on PhotoSearch.

Photographs relating to Sir Charles Kingsford Smith held in Canberra

Australian Overseas Information Service, black and white negatives and prints, 1911–1971, Series A1200
Title or description of record Date range Series number
Kingsford Smith – in cockpit of the plane undated A1200, L16620
Southern Cross at Eagle Farm airport undated A1200, L18095
Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles (portrait) undated A1200, L18548
Kingsford Smith with Sir Hubert Wilkins undated A1200, L18549
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's Southern Cross at Mascot Airport undated A1200, L20537
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's Southern Cross at Mascot Airport undated A1200, L20538
Southern Cross – Fokker F7 used by Kingsford Smith to cross the Pacific in 1928 – flying near Canberra 1928 A1200, L27005
Southern Cross flying near Canberra 1928 A1200, L27011
Southern Cross housed at Eagle Farm Airport. Brisbane undated A1200, L27046
Lyon, Ulm, Kingsford Smith and Warner after first Pacific flight 1928 A1200, L36324
With Lyons, Ulm, and Hart near Southern Cross not dated A1200, L36325
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's chronometer undated A1200, L52574
Kingsford Smith, Southern Cross undated A1200, L96364
John Ulm (son of co-pilot Charles Ulm), Captain Harry Lyon (navigator), Harry Warner (radio operator) and Wilfred Kingsford-Smith (brother of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith) at Brisbane's Eagle Farm airport for the unveiling of a memorial to the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross across the Pacific from the US 1958 A1200, L27047

Australian Overseas Information Service, photographic colour transparencies, 1971–ongoing*, A6135
Title or description of record Date range Series number
Kingsford Smith memorial at Brisbane airport undated A6135, K20/7/78/10
Southern Cross housed at Memorial, Brisbane airport undated A6135, K20/7/78/12
Pictures used in Australia Now, Volume 7, No. 3 – cockpit of Southern Cross undated A6135, K28/7/78/27
The Southern Cross at Adelaide Airport undated A6135, K28/7/78/28
Replica of Southern Cross under construction in Adelaide undated A6135, K25/3/81/24
Replica of Southern Cross under construction in Adelaide. undated A6135, K25/3/81/25
Replica of Southern Cross under construction in Adelaide undated A6135, K25/3/81/26
Replica of Southern Cross under construction in Adelaide undated A6135, K25/3/81/27
Replica of Southern Cross under construction in Adelaide undated A6135, K25/3/81/28
Replica of Southern Cross under construction in Adelaide undated A6135, K2/6/81/42
Replica of Southern Cross under construction in Adelaide undated A6135, K2/6/81/43
Construction of the replica of the Southern Cross undated A6135, K5/8/81/1
Construction of the replica of the Southern Cross undated A6135, K5/8/81/2
Construction of the replica of the Southern Cross undated A6135, K5/8/81/3
Construction of the replica of the Southern Cross undated A6135, K5/8/81/4
Construction of the replica of the Southern Cross undated A6135, K5/8/81/5
Construction of the replica of the Southern Cross undated A6135, K5/8/81/6

Australian Overseas Information Service, black and white negatives and prints, 1971–ongoing*, A6180
Title or description of record Series number Series number
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, with Charles Ulm undated A6180, 2/9/71/15
Prime Minister SM Bruce presents cheque to Charles Kingsford Smith 1928 A6180, 20/5/74/40
Search to begin in Sahara for Kingsford Smith's aircraft – Captain Lancaster with Southern Cross Minor undated A6180, 5/8/75/24
Search to begin in Sahara for Kingsford Smith's aircraft – Captain Lancaster with Southern Cross Minor undated A6180, 5/8/75/25
Standing before Lady Southern Cross undated A6180, 10/5/76/15
With Lady Southern Cross a Lockheed Altair monoplane undated A6180, 11/8/76/29
Map of final flight path of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith undated A6180, 11/8/76/30
Southern Cross in glass-walled building, Brisbane Airport undated A6180, 14/6/78/10
Southern Cross in glass-walled building, Brisbane Airport undated A6180, 14/6/78/11
Southern Cross in glass-walled building, Brisbane Airport undated A6180, 14/6/78/12
Mr Charles Kingsford Smith retraces his father's trans Pacific flight undated A6180, 16/6/78/6
Mr Charles Kingsford Smith retraces his father's trans Pacific flight undated A6180, 16/6/78/7
Arrival of Southern Cross at Eagle Farm airport 1928 undated A6180, 9/8/79/14
Dutchmen assist in building Southern Cross replica undated A6180, 21/11/80/8
Dutchmen assist in building Southern Cross replica undated A6180, 21/11/80/9
Dutchmen assist in building Southern Cross replica undated A6180, 21/11/80/10
Dutchmen assist in building Southern Cross replica undated A6180, 21/11/80/11
Dutchmen assist in building Southern Cross replica undated A6180, 21/11/80/12
Reconstruction of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 30/3/81/38
Reconstruction of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 30/3/81/39
Reconstruction of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 30/3/81/40
Reconstruction of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 30/3/81/41
Reconstruction of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 30/3/81/42
Reconstruction of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 30/3/81/43
Reconstruction of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 30/3/81/44
Replica of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 31/3/81/4
Replica of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 31/3/81/5
Replica of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 31/3/81/6
Replica of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 31/3/81/7
Replica of the Southern Cross undated A6180, 31/3/81/8
Replica of the Southern Cross under construction in Adelaide undated A6180, 2/6/81/3
Replica of the Southern Cross under construction in Adelaide undated A6180, 2/6/81/4
Southern Cross replica maiden flight undated A6180, 7/9/87/10
Southern Cross replica maiden flight undated A6180, 7/9/87/11

Mildenhall photographic collection of early Canberra, 1921–35, A3560
Title or description of record Date range Series number
Photographs of Kingsford Smith's visit to Canberra 1928 A3560, 4160 to 4179

RAAF survey flight reports, 1919–85, A9736
Title or description of record Date range Series, item number
Flight of the Canberra in the successful search for the Southern Cross, April 1929 (includes photos of the search, the Southern Cross and Kingsford Smith and fellow aviators) 1929 A9376, 42

* Most photographs within these series are not individually dated. The images of Kingsford Smith and his historic flights appear to have been added to these series many years after they were taken. Where this has occurred, the date of the photograph can only be estimated from a knowledge of the events depicted.