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Rosalind MERRIFIELD
Special Achievements:1965 - First Australian woman to fly the Pacific solo.
1966 - Awarded the Jean Lennox Bird trophy and the Nancy-Bird trophy.
1962 - She trained at the Royal Aero Club, New South Wales.
1963 - Awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to Instructor rating, which were hard to obtain for a woman.
Resources
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Link - Flight thrilled Canberra, too
Canberra Times (ACT: 1926 - 1995), Monday 19 April 1965, page 3