Montage of images and letter commemorating Amy Johnson's visit, ca. 1930 / New South Wales Sports Club

ML 1520

fonds

ca. 1930

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Prints, Textual Records

1009605

1 montage - visible image 50 x 76 cm, in frame 60 x 86 cm

The New South Wales Amateur Sports Club was established in 1896. In 1900, when the club took premises at 10-12 Hunter Street, Sydney, the name was changed to the New South Wales Sports Club Limited. It became the headquarters for a range of sports in New South Wales and Australia and fostered Australian participation in international sport. As part of a long association with eminent aviators, the club entertained aviatrix Amy Johnson on 11 June 1930, following the completion of her solo flight from Croydon, London, to Darwin. She was presented with a sharkskin travelling case during her visit.

Noel Cook (1896-1981) was a cartoonist and comic strip writer. Born in New Zealand, he moved to Sydney where he drew cartoons for Smiths Weekly and the Bulletin and later produced comic strips for the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph. He left Australia for London in 1950.

References:
One hundred years of Australian sport : a history of the New South Wales Sports Club / M. T. Daly. Sydney : New South Wales Sports Club, 1996
Design & Art Australia Online : Noel Cook. https://www.daao.org.au (accessed 16 July 2019)

Framed montage of items commemorating Amy Johnson's visit to the New South Wales Sports Club in Hunter Street, Sydney, on 11 June 1930. The montage comprises: 2 gelatin silver photographs of the visit, one taken inside the club and one outside; a print commemorating her solo flight from England to Australia, signed 'Noel Cook 1930'; a typescript signed letter of thanks from Johnson to the club's president, dated 20 June 1930; a panel painted with the text 'Presentation to Amy Johnson by Members of the Club on June 11th 1930. In recognition of her wonderful achievement being the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.' The items are mounted on cardboard and framed in a maple arched frame. Brackets on each side of the frame may indicate previous use as a mirror frame.

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