Special Achievements

• 1928 - First Queensland woman to obtain a pilot's licence.

Additional Information

• She learned to drive a car at the age of 12 years, being one of the first woman motorists in Queensland. When little more than a child she undertook the passenger car service from Charleville, through Augathella. to Tambo, the men drivers being ill with influenza, and for several months she continued doing the 260-mile journey

Link - Qantas Group Half Year Financial Results – 22 February  2018, Alan Joyce - Speech, page 5

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Link - From the CEO, Qantas, 1 May 2018

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Trove: The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld.: 1930 - 1956) Thu 2 Sep 1937 Page 24

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