Lot 2285

Description

The Sir Ross Smith Flight, 1919, official souvenir book of his historic flight from England to Australia, published in 1920 by Union Theatres, first page signed in ink at top, Margaret Swann, Elizabeth Farmhouse, together with cuttings of Sydney Morning Herald report on the flight. Some foxing, 1919 penned on cover, otherwise very fine and scarce.

Not only is this book scarce, it is the personal copy of Margaret Swann who lived with her family in Elizabeth Farm, the oldest building in Australia. Her father purchased the farm from the estate of General Edward Macarthur (Governor and Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie's son) in 1904 and the family remained in it until 1968. Margaret Swann and her family, with their appreciation of history, led to the preservation of Elizabeth Farm which is now an historic museum.

With research