The sign includes a photograph of the plane, supplied by the Dunolly Museum, along with the following text:
In this paddock on 14th July 1920 Leslie Clarke landed Charles Pratt's Airco DH6, the first plane to land in Dunolly. The flight was a promotional tour for Geelong as a place of business. After landing here the plane was flown to the Dunolly Racecourse giving joy flights for 3 days. A months later this plane was destroyed in a storm.
[Image on sign: Airco DH6 No 1972 at Dunolly Racecourse 14-16th July 1920. Photo courtesy Dunolly Museum]
More information and history from the Dunolly Museum
The Dunolly Museum website has a fantastic and very detailed page of information, images, maps and newspaper articles relating to the first plane landing at Dunolly.
This page is definitely worth a read, as well as the many other interesting stories and historical information provided on the Dunolly Museum website.
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The brilliant Dunolly Museum houses a huge collection of relics, gold nugget casts, firearms, photographs, local history records and more.
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