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Fysh, Wilmot Hudson (Hudson) (1895 - 1974)

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Business executive

Born: 7 January 1895 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Died: 6 April 1974 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia.

(Sir) Wilmot Hudson (Hudson) Fysh and Pat McGinness were commissioned by the Australian government in 1919 to survey the Longreach (Queensland)-Darwin section of the route for the government's £10,000 prize contest for a flight from England to Australia. In 1920 Fysh and McGinness were two of the four founders of Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd).

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003550. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 31 July 2006

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