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'Dandy Danbayarri's story describes in detail the construction in 1929 of the Wave Hill airstrip, which was built to accommodate planes belonging to a search party, and the first landings on it. The planes were participating in the search for aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and the airstrip was one of several that allowed them to fly directly across the country from New South Wales and Victoria, instead of following the coast via Perth.' Kingsford Smith, missing in north-western Australia, was soon found alive near Wyndham; however, the airstrip at Wave Hill was to very soon see much greater use than expected when the Kookaburra, a plane travelling north to join the search, was forced to land in scrub about 130 kilometres south-east of Wave Hill. The cattle station was then used as a base for one of the search parties. These events captured the attention of the nation at the time and are documented in many aviation histories and pilot biographies.' (Introduction)
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- Daguragu / Kalkaringi / Wave Hill, Victoria River area, Central Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
- 1929
