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Jean Dorothy GARDINER
Also known as: Dorothy
Special Achievements:“The 14th woman in Australia to hold a private license and possibly only the second to own her own plane.”
1929 - With Bobbie TERRY was first women in New South Wales/Australia to own their own aircraft. Jean's plane was a DH 60.
1931 - She gained a private pilot’s license, Melbourne, Victoria.
1931 - Probably first woman to cross New South Wales by air when flying from Adelaide to Broken Hill, Sydney and back to Adelaide.
Resources
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References
Bird, Nancy. (2002). My God ! It's a Woman. North Ryde, New South Wales: Harper Collins.
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. "‘Aero Club of NSW’ car badge". accessed 9 September 2020.
Australian Geographic. "Forgotten Aviatrices". accessed 9 September 2020.
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Image - On the Wing: Flying Notes of the Week
Trove: Wellington Times (NSW: 1899 - 1954), Thursday 13 April 1933, page 6
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Image - Aerial Pageant
AERIAL PAGEANT. SPECTACULAR FLYING. EXCITING RACES.
Trove: Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842 - 1954), Monday 2 October 1933, page 6
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Image - Gossip
Trove: Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld.: 1907 - 1954), Friday 13 December 1940, page 6
