CAC Plant Reports 1938, numbers 12 – 22

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1919 Captain Henry Wrigley and Sergeant Arthur William Murphy departed from Forbes and flew to Narromine on 18 November 1919 on the third leg of an aerial survey of a suitable route from Melbourne to Darwin. Flying in the single-engined Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e B6183, their route of approximately 140km took them over Parkes and Peakhill. They made a forced landing near Wyanga station due to engine failure. After working on the engine they were able to proceeed. Source: Tom Lockley, Wrigley and Murphy: Australia’s First Transcontinental Flight; AHSA (NSW) Inc., 2009.

2002 On 18 November 2002 the Minister for Transport and Regional Services, the Hon John Anderson MP announced the intended abolition of the CASA board by mid 2003, to be replaced by more direct Ministerial controls. Source: Canberra Times, 19 November 2002, p. 3. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7. via aph.gov.au website