The Duigan GalleryThrough photographs, text and sound all kindly provided by the Duigan family, Museum Victoria and the RAAF Museum Point Cook, this page highlights the pioneering work of John Robertson and Reginald Charles Duigan who designed, built and flew the first truly 'all Australian' aeroplane.
Australia and Europe : Prior to 1908 The Robertson, Duigan and Simpson Families - A Selected Genealogy Spring Plains - Mia Mia, Victoria
Australia : 1908 - 11 Glider #1 and 2 Test flights - Mia Mia, 1908/9
Test flights - Mia Mia, 1909
Construction - Mia Mia, 1910 Test flights (private) - Mia Mia, 1910/11 Test flights (public) - Mia Mia, 1910/11 Demonstration flights - Bendigo, May 3, 1911 Documentation - 3Views, other drawings and technical specifications 'Australian Biplane - Successful Trials' - The Argus, October 8, 1910 On display - at the Museum of Victoria c. 1920/90 Melbourne Museum FactSheet (PDF file)
England : 1912 Tractor Biplane #1 - with A.V Roe, 1911/12 'Mr Duigan's Success' - The Aeroplane, May 2, 1912 For more information about the AVRO-Duigan (incl. scale plans), visit Derek Buckmaster's Design Bureau website
Australia : 1913
France : 1916 - 18 Captain J. R. Duigan, M.C. - Australian Flying Corps 'A Thrilling Flight' - Captain J.R. Duigan wins the Military Cross Point Cook - Australia's oldest and the world's second oldest military flying base The Australian Flying Corps, 1916-1918 3 Squadron AFC vs. Manfred von Richthofen, 'The Red Baron' Manfred von Richthofen, 'The Red Baron'
Australia : 1920 - 1950 Reginald Duigan - 'Investor', 1936
Duigan : The Next Generation Brian Lawless Duigan, DSO, DFC and Bar (1914 - 1982) and his Aircraft Terence Lawless 'Terry' Duigan, DFC (b:1916) his Aircraft and his Art Suzanne 'Sue' Lawless Duigan (1924 - 1993) and her Aircraft John Denis Duigan (b:1927) and his Aircraft
Australia : a Postscript John and Reginald Duigan, Australian aviation pioneers - by Keith Meggs Duigan Pusher Biplane (Replica) - by Ronald Lewis - with a special Photo Album Duigan Pusher Biplane (Replica) - at the new 'Melbourne Museum' from June 2000 'First Flight', 1910 - 1960 (1990) - A Monument at Mia Mia Gliders and Powered Aeroplanes 1908 - 1910 - Europe and the USA Stamp of Approval - the Duigan Brothers 'go postal' Document Restoration - pushing back the years Mia Mia - a local area map Hamilton and the Western District - Cradle of Australian Aviation? With gratitude and thanks - Mrs Gwynne Elizabeth Duigan, wife of Terry
Bibliography Brodgen, Stanley, (interview with Reginald Charles Duigan), John Duigan's Plane Made History, Aircraft, Australia's Aviation Magazine, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, October, 1960 Cutlack, F.M., The Australian Flying Corps. The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, Vol. VIII.; University of Queensland Press. St. Lucia, Brisbane. Franks, N., and Bennett Alan, The Red Baron's Last Flight A Mystery Investigated, Pan Macmillan 1998. Issacs, Keith., Military Aircraft of Australia 1909-1918, Hammond, David., (illus.) Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1971 Kendall, F. J., John Robertson Duigan : A Pioneer Aviator in Australia, (An Address to the Society on Tuesday evening 26 February, 1974), The Victorian Historical Magazine. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 177th Issue, Vol. 45, Number 3, August 1974, pp.141-58. eMail: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~rhsvic/index.htm Meggs, Keith, John Duigan, The History of the Australian Aircraft Industry, Chap. 3 (excerpt), as pre-published in Aviation Heritage, Vol. 26 No.1, 1990 Mc Laren, Ian, Australian Aviation: A Survey, (An Address to the Society on 18 September, 1957), The Victorian Historical Magazine. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 111th Issue, Vol. XXVIII, Number 3, August 1958, chapters 2 and 3, pp.88-91. eMail: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~rhsvic/index.htm Schaedel, Charles.: Men & Machines of the Australian Flying Corps. 1914-19. Dandendong, Vic. Kookaburra Technical Publications. (N.d.).
 Duigan Reference Timeline The Duigan Family Archive A A4 version may also be downloaded
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