76-716: Great Keppel Island ( Woppaburra : Wop-Pa ) lies 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the coast off Yeppoon in the locality of The Keppels in the Shire of Livingstone , Queensland , Australia. It is part of the Capricorn Coast of Central Queensland . The island's traditional owners are the Woppaburra people. As the largest of the eighteen islands in the Keppel Group, Wop-Pa covers an area of 1308 hectares. The tropical climate and numerous beaches attract tourists from all points, and
152-409: A 300-room resort hotel, 300 resort apartments, 1,700 villas, a 560-berth marina and ferry terminal, a championship golf course, yacht club, sporting ovals, childcare facilities, chapel and cultural centre. The plan includes 1,300 acres (545 hectares) of environmental parkland on Lot 21 which is currently public land for recreation purposes. This land has already been recommended for a conservation park by
228-468: A family resort. After purchasing the lease for the resort and that of Lot 21 which covers 74% of the island, GKI Resort Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the privately owned Australian company Tower Holdings, closed the facility in 2008. They then unveiled a $ 1.15 billion revitalisation plan for the island. The plan, which has been declared a "significant project" by the Queensland Government, includes
304-465: A few years being replaced by previously international operated Qantas 767-238ERs, 767-338ERs and later supplemented by seven ex- British Airways 767-336ERs. Qantas revived the Australian Airlines brand between 2002 and 2006 to serve the low-cost leisure market of visitors to and from Australia but using a full-service model, operating selected Qantas 767-338ERs – although the livery used was not
380-530: A great deal of effort, it should be possible to make the planned start date of 7 October. With the discussion complete, Coles said: I have news for you. We start next Monday. After a week of frantic effort hiring staff, borrowing a tin shed at the RAAF base at Laverton because Essendon Airport had been turned into mud by heavy rain, creating operations manuals, passenger manifests, tickets, and load sheets — even making passenger steps and baggage carts because there
456-417: A house and seven cabins at Fisherman's Beach and so began the first rudimentary 'resort'. Ill health saw Tompson sell the buildings to Con, Cres and Alan Morris who called the resort 'Silver Sands' and ran it until 1966. It was then purchased by Graham Roberts and Tom Green who built a large new building and the first swimming pool. This was also when Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) built the airstrip to service
532-416: A large hotel, hundreds of apartments and condominiums, a marina, a Greg Norman designed golf course and a larger sized airstrip capable of landing small jet aircraft. After 12 years of ownership the only major accomplishment by Tower Holdings was the completion of an Environmental Impact Study which lead to the approval by all three levels of government for the redevelopment proposal. Tower Holdings demolished
608-514: A lease over Great Keppel "from year to year and not exceeding five years" in partnership with C.E Beddome and Sir Arthur Palmer (Rowland, 2007) and so began the pastoral era on the islands. In 1882 the lease on Great Keppel Island drew interest and competition. Shaddock (1981) describes how the Lands Department held a public auction for six square miles with the successful applicant being Robert Lyons of Rockhampton . In its early European history,
684-521: A number of accommodation villages and houses cater to tourists. There are 17 white sandy beaches with some of the highest cover of hard coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef . The coral diversity of these reefs matches that of the Whitsundays with clear waters most of the year around. The island is served by ferries and aircraft landing at Great Keppel Airport . At one point major airlines served
760-516: A number of the old resort buildings in April 2018 and then put the remains of the resort and its leases on the market in the middle of the year. Historically and currently, the island is within the local government area of Shire of Livingstone , but between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Rockhampton Region following a local government amalgamation that was subsequently reversed. In April 2023,
836-474: A private beach house on the water's edge. Ferries depart everyday to Great Keppel Island from Keppel Bay Marina & Pier One, Rosslyn Bay. A number of charters, and full day cruises, sailing adventures, and extended tour options are also available from Keppel Bay Marina. From April 2002,Great Keppel Island boasted a resort owned by Contiki , dedicated to making it a "backpackers' island", though has recently been taken over by Mercure Resort , making it more of
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#1732852222316912-403: A rare distinction (among Pama-Nyungan languages) between voiced and voiceless stops, which seems to be maintained intervocalically, but not in other environments, where voicing seems to be in free variation. This observation, posited by Holmer and maintained by Terrill, is supported by the consistency to which older authors transcribed certain words; intervocalically, there is greater consistency in
988-581: Is a T-shirt proclaiming "I got wrecked on Keppel Island". Great Keppel Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park . The island is surrounded by 27 kilometres (17 mi) of beaches, as well as extensive coral reefs. The island is known for its fish diversity. Swamp mahogany , a species with a limited topographical range, grows on the island. [REDACTED] Media related to Great Keppel Island at Wikimedia Commons Woppaburra language Darumbal , also spelt Dharambal ,
1064-566: Is an Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland in Australia declared extinct . It was spoken in the Rockhampton area of Queensland, as well as on the Capricorn Coast , Southern Great Keppel Island and Yeppoon islands. Dialects were Guwinmal , Karunbara , Rakiwara , and Wapabura . It is classified with Bayali as a Kingkel language , but the two are not close, with a low 21% shared vocabulary. Indeed, Angela Terrill states that "there
1140-414: Is no evidence on which to base a claim of a low-level genetic group including Dharumbal with any other language". There is some variation in the naming of the language community. Walter Roth spells Ta-rum-bal and Taroombal while Norman Tindale records Dharumbal and cites the alternatives Tarumbul , Tarambol , Tarmbal and Charumbul . Nils Holmer , who undertook the first modern field study of
1216-492: The Darumbal nation, with centuries old middens testifying to the quantity of seafood found in the surrounding waters. It is believed that they occupied Wop-pa for around 5,000 years. European settlers killed or removed most of the indigenous population by the end of the 19th century. The first recorded visit to the island was conducted by naturalist John MacGillivray aboard HMS Rattlesnake in 1847. In 1866, Robert Ross obtained
1292-732: The Department of Environment and Resource Management . Tower chairman Terry Agnew did not have the support of the residents of Central Queensland or the Environment Department. The proposal was rejected by the Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett in October 2009 on the grounds that there would be 'unacceptable' impacts to the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef values of the island. Unfazed by
1368-477: The 1950s and again proved immensely popular as a result of their smooth, vibration-free ride. Although government-owned, the Liberal conservative government of the 1950s had a philosophical leaning towards the needs of the privately owned Ansett and the requirements of TAA suffered as a result. The controversial Two Airlines Policy was introduced and effectively seriously limited growth and expansion opportunities for
1444-452: The Ansett terminal when it went broke in 2002. Any third airline operating there had to make do with the regional airline facilities. At other airports the two airlines had leased mostly empty terminals and installed all operational furnishings themselves. The airport authorities eagerly accepted lease money from Compass while providing almost no space in their terminals. The ambitious new airline
1520-584: The Century between late 1987 and 1994. Between 1980 and the merger with Qantas, selected teams participating in the Australian Touring Car Championship bore both Trans Australian Airlines (TAA) and Australian Airlines insignia, and from 1985 to 1990 the Seven Network commentary team used the airline to travel between the states to attend the various racing venues. By the end of the 1980s,
1596-514: The Chairman of ANA, with a view to recruiting Holyman as General Manager of TAA at the princely salary of £10,000 pa, and, when that offer was declined, of buying the near-monopoly airline outright. Holyman was not willing to sell, nor to work for a government-owned body, but was interested in setting up a "composite company", the details of which proposal remained unclear. Eventually, the ANAC proceeded with
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#17328522223161672-629: The Commission at a meeting on 2 September 1946. Gentlemen, the Government wants us to start services as soon as possible. There is a Federal election on 28 September. If we don't have an airline up and running by then and Labor loses the election there'll be no airline. We'll be out of a job. Any suggestions? After some discussion, it was agreed that the airline was not ready. It had a name, some excellent pilots, and some aircraft, but no ground facilities, no sales staff, no documentation, not even tickets. With
1748-513: The Federal Government level to offer both government-owned carriers, Qantas and Australian, for sale. Australian Airlines was offered first but was quickly snapped up by Qantas, which offered $ 400m to purchase the domestic carrier. Qantas then decided to merge the airline into its network. Subsequently the government offered the entire merged operation in a public float, after selling a cornerstone 25% stake to British Airways, returning Qantas to
1824-525: The Queensland State Government announced that they had cancelled the leases previously held by Tower Holdings, opening the way for future development. Great Keppel Island has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: The first resort on the island was operating in 1967. There are no high-rise resorts on the island. The resort is now closed however there is still accommodation on Great Keppel Island which ranges from tents and cabins or even
1900-592: The Reverend John Flynn , Sidney Cotton , Keith Virtue and Charles Kingsford Smith . Governments on both sides of politics, well aware of the immense stretches of uninhabitable desert that separated the small productive regions of Australia, regarded air transport as a matter of national importance (as did the governments of other geographically large nations, such as the Soviet Union and the United States). In
1976-603: The United States, and Brain appointed Aubrey Koch (from Qantas) as Senior Pilot DC4 Skymaster and John Watkins as Chief Technical Officer. Watkins would become one of the key figures in TAA's success. His first task was to travel to the United States to accept delivery of the DC-4s. He later wrote: To my utter astonishment Arthur Coles, after the expected pep-talk about the DC-4 assignment, said he
2052-481: The active management of the family business. He was 'a great believer in competition for business' and would not have accepted the post of Chairman of the ANAC had the monopoly provision been retained. The Commission decided on the name "Trans-Australia Airlines", applied to the Treasury for a preliminary advance of £10,000 and set about making plans, recruiting staff, and purchasing equipment. Reg Ansett , proprietor of
2128-481: The airline companies to employ overseas "strike breakers" but went even further, opting to pay the newly employed pilots from the public purse. The early 1990s changed the face of Australian domestic air travel. The Federal Government, although technically having deregulated the domestic aviation sector, made it effectively impossible for new entrant Compass Airlines to succeed. In 1987, the Hawke government announced that
2204-420: The airlines without government approval. Flight numbers and schedules were strictly controlled, and TAA and Ansett-ANA invariably had flights departing airports for the same destination at exactly the same time with exactly the same equipment. The policy was so strict that even newly purchased identical aircraft (one from each airline) were required on their delivery flights to enter Australian airspace at exactly
2280-412: The carrier's new theme songs. In 1986, after a change of airline management, the name Trans-Australia Airlines was controversially dropped, in favour of Australian Airlines . Associated with this image change was a new livery for the airlines' aircraft, which wore the title "Australian". Australian Airlines was the travel sponsor for the television shows Neighbours , Wheel of Fortune and Sale of
2356-569: The director-general of civil aviation, the deputy director, a Labor party luminary and former member of the Commonwealth Bank board, the director-general of posts and telegraphs, and the assistant secretary of the Treasury. The commission was to be chaired by Arthur Coles . Coles was one of the richest men in Australia and the co-founder of the Coles Group . By this time, Coles had withdrawn from
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2432-714: The domestic air transport monopoly of Australian National Airways (ANA) in the late 1940s, and taking over the Queensland air network from Qantas. It was also at the time TAA supported the Flying Doctor Services of Australia by providing aircraft, pilots and engineers to ensure every emergency was answered quickly. Qantas had also been instrumental in the formation of the Flying Doctor Service. The airline's headquarters were located in Melbourne . In 1954 TAA became
2508-445: The domestic airline industry, in that it was a wide-body (twin-aisle) aircraft. It provided significant extra capacity on the trunk east coast network and to Perth . In 1986, Trans-Australia Airlines was rebranded as 'Australian Airlines' and the kangaroo returned to its livery. Its new image coincided with a very successful and popular television campaign: "You Should See Us Now", "Face To Face" and "The Way We Do The Things We Do" became
2584-513: The entire airline was officially renamed "Qantas Airways Limited" continuing the name and livery of the parent company with the only change being the change of by-line from "The Spirit of Australia" to "The Australian Airline" under the window line with the existing "Qantas" title appearing above. During its period as TAA, the company played a major part in the development of the Australian domestic air transport industry. The establishment of TAA broke
2660-536: The existing material, Terrill concludes that there were likely three phonemically distinct rhotic consonants: a retroflex continuant, and two trills, distinguished by voicing. The two trills only appear intervocalically and never word-initially. The (near) minimal pairs given by Stephen Wurm are: Additional minimal pairs were observed by Holmer. Darumbal has three phonemic vowels. Terrill finds no evidence for contrastive vowel length. Roth used various diacritics in his transcriptions, but no explanation for their function
2736-683: The first airline outside Europe to introduce the Vickers Viscount , and in 1981 it introduced the Airbus A300 , the first wide-body aircraft to be purchased by an Australian domestic airline providing TAA with a clear edge over a major competitor at the time, Ansett which had purchased instead, the Boeing 767-200 , receiving the type approximately a year later. Ironically, although the A300s were initially painted in full Qantas livery, they were phased out within
2812-487: The fore again. TAA planned to start regular services on 7 October, but there was a federal election set for 28 September. Britain's wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill had been enormously popular during the darkest hours but was voted out at the first post-war opportunity. There was no certainty that the Chifley government would not be treated likewise, and the opposition was opposed to government ownership. Coles addressed
2888-745: The friendly friendly way", whose lyrics and music were a variation on the 1967 song " Up, Up and Away ", written by Jimmy Webb and also used by the US airline Trans World Airlines . Further expansion occurred in the 1970s and larger 727-276s (simultaneously with Ansett) were acquired. Once again the terms of the introduction were restricted by the Two Airlines Policy. In 1974, TAA acquired a majority shareholding in Great Keppel Island . In July 1975 in partnership with Mayne Nickless it formed coach operator AAT Kings . In 1978, car rental company Kay-Hertz
2964-421: The government began to move towards deregulation of domestic aviation. Deregulation took effect in October 1990. A by-product of this impending change was the 1989 Australian pilots' dispute . As the result of prolonged wage suppression, this dispute saw the resignation of the majority of Australian Airlines' aircrew and the basic structure of the airline was changed forever. The Hawke cabinet not only encouraged
3040-490: The grazing lease and ran sheep, also building a new homestead in the central part of the island. Michael O'Neill died in 1923 but Lizzie remained on the island, remarrying a young fisherman, Ralph Leeke in 1924. The homestead is now known as Leeke's Homestead and is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register . Leeke's Beach and Estuary are also named after Ralph and Lizzie. The marriage did not last and Ralph left
3116-414: The growth in domestic aviation in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s was dominated by the rivalry between the privately owned Ansett-ANA and the government-supported TAA. A major factor in the success of the government airline was the wise choice of aircraft. After initially utilising the venerable and readily available Douglas DC-3 , TAA was able to acquire the revolutionary pressurised Convair 240 . Popular with
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3192-436: The island but Lizzie remained running the sheep by herself until the early 1940s. After World War II , the island increasingly became a tourist destination.. Prior to this a local oysterman, James Morris was in the habit of bringing fishing parties to this island with accommodation in bush shelters. The first two huts were built by his sons Con and Cres in 1935 at Fisherman's Beach. In 1957, Charles Tompson finished constructing
3268-454: The island was used to raise sheep. William T Wyndham, became the first permanent European inhabitant on Great Keppel, having been appointed by Lyons as stock-keeper. Wyndham developed good relationships with the Woppaburra and was just in his treatment of them. Wyndham has both the highest peak on the island and a cove on the east coast named in his honour. Wyndham left the island after witnessing
3344-614: The island, mostly with smaller Twin Otter aircraft suited to the short runway. However, since the closure of the resort, the small private airport is not attended and 24 hours advanced approval is required to land. The islands were named by Captain James Cook in April 1770 after the then First Lord of the Admiralty , Admiral Augustus Keppel . Prior to European settlement, the island was home to an estimated 60-80 Woppaburra and Ganumi people of
3420-447: The islands to the north in 1941, civil aviation was sacrificed to military needs. By the end of the war, there were only nine domestic airlines remaining, eight smaller regional concerns, and Australian National Airways (ANA), a conglomerate owned by British and Australian shipping interests which had a virtual monopoly on the major trunk routes and received 85% of all government air transport subsidies. The Chifley government's view
3496-558: The language uses Darumbal , as does the Darumbal-Noolar Murree Aboriginal Corporation for Land and Culture . However, Holmer also uses ⟨D⟩ to indicate an interdental stop (where others have used ⟨dh⟩), and indeed, he alphabetises Darumbal along with other words beginning with an interdental stop, making his Darumbal equivalent in pronunciation to Dharumbal . From the available material then, Angela Terrill justifiably uses Dharumbal . Dharumbal possesses
3572-525: The late 1960s it had a massive network crisscrossing the continent, as well as an internal network within Papua New Guinea and flights from Darwin to Baucau in Portuguese Timor . At this time the airline's livery was the famous white "T" on a blue tail, referred to as "The Look of the '70s". One of the more memorable television advertisements of the period was the jingle "Up, up and away, with TAA,
3648-563: The licenses of private operators would lapse for those routes that were adequately serviced by the national carrier. From this time on, it seemed, that air transport in Australia would be a government monopoly. However, a legal challenge , backed by the Liberal opposition and business interests generally, was successful and in December 1945, the High Court ruled that the Commonwealth did not have
3724-405: The merger with Qantas was seen as inevitable to give the latter a domestic network — and revive its bottom line — many former staff of Australian Airlines (TAA) and the general public mourned the loss of this iconic Australian brand. Although Compass was controversially and perhaps inevitably forced out of business, Australian's days, and those of Ansett, were numbered: the decision had been made at
3800-431: The mistreatment of the Woppaburra people by the lessee who forcibly removed 30 people following the killing of some sheep. The remaining people were forced to work for the lessee in squalid conditions and over the next 20 years their numbers dwindled until the final forced removed of the last 18 Woppaburra people in 1902. The island was effectively vacant from 1903 to 1918. At that point, Michael and Lizzie O'Neill took over
3876-473: The objections and in spite of several other Great Barrier Reef Island resorts closing Tower Holdings submitted a third proposal early in 2010. The federal Tourism Minister , Martin Ferguson , announced his support for Agnew's proposal on 22 February 2012. Whilst Contiki managed the resort it was widely visited by high-school students during the school holidays. The most popular souvenir, mainly purchased by girls,
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#17328522223163952-472: The original plan, to build an airline from scratch. One of the first people hired was Lester Brain , then the operations manager at Qantas . Brain had 22 years of pioneering aviation experience behind him and was regarded as the man behind Qantas' reputation for technical excellence. He applied for the advertised position of TAA Operations Manager, but to his surprise and delight, was instead offered an appointment as General Manager — though at £3,000 pa, not
4028-649: The power to prevent the issue of airline licenses to private companies. The government could set up an airline if it wished, but it could not legislate a monopoly. Much of the press objected strongly to the setting up of a public airline network, seeing it as a form of socialisation by stealth. With the bill suitably amended to remove the monopoly provisions, the Australian National Airways Commission came into existence in February 1946. The commissioners themselves were prominent high-achievers, including
4104-586: The public and working in the public interest. In August 1945, two days after the end of World War II , the Australian parliament passed the Australian National Airways Bill, which set up the Australian National Airways Commission (ANAC) and charged it with the task of reconstructing the nation's air transport industry. In keeping with the Labor government's socialist leanings, the bill declared that
4180-418: The resort in 1992 but sold it to two Queensland businessmen, Bevan Whittaker and Ron Hancock in 1998. Under this ownership it was operated firstly by Contiki and then by Mercure . A further sale followed in 2006 with Sydney-based developer Tower Holdings taking ownership. Tower only ran the resort for a short time before closing it down in February 2008 announcing its plans for a major redevelopment involving
4256-495: The resort. Roberts and Green sold to a Sydney -based consortium in 1971 which also acquired the grazing lease thus changing the future use of the island. TAA increased its interests in the resort taking over full ownership in 1975. The resort continued to expand over the next 15 years eventually reaching a size able to accommodate 350 visitors and 130 staff. It is most famously known for the highly successful "Get Wrecked on Great Keppel" advertising campaign. Qantas took over TAA and
4332-461: The same as that used by the previous domestic operation. Up until World War II , Australia had been one of the world's leading centres of aviation. With its tiny population of about seven million, Australia ranked sixth in the world for scheduled air mileage, had 16 airlines, was growing at twice the world average and had produced a number of prominent aviation pioneers, including Lawrence Hargrave , Harry Hawker , Bert Hinkler , Lawrence Wackett ,
4408-401: The same time. The conservative government's benevolent attitude towards Ansett was epitomised in the 1950s when it forced TAA to swap a number of its popular turbo-prop Viscount aircraft with Ansett-ANA in return for slower and older, piston-engined Douglas DC-6Bs . In another instance, TAA had planned to re-equip with the revolutionary Sud Aviation Caravelle pure-jet but as Ansett felt this
4484-714: The shutting down of Compass on 20 December 1991, 5 days before what would have been the immensely profitable Christmas travel period. A seemingly well-orchestrated plan saw the Compass aircraft quickly flown out of the country and, with them, potentially the demise of a truly deregulated domestic aviation sector. Ansett and TAA/Australian were the sole remaining players, in effect a de facto two-airline policy yet again. Throughout this period of transformation and deregulation, Australian Airlines continued its successful run by posting healthy profits, increasing passenger loads and gained much favour from its catchy television commercials. Although
4560-419: The small Victorian company Ansett Airways was quick to offer to get the new airline off to a flying start by selling his entire operation to the ANAC as a going concern, including, if desired, his own services as managing agent. The asking price, the Commission decided, was optimistic, and Ansett declined a more modest counter offer. There was considerable correspondence between the Commission and Ivan Holyman,
4636-585: The stock market after being absent from listing since 1947. Qantas acquired Australian Airlines on 14 September 1992, in preparation for its closure on 30 April 1994. Subsequent to the merger, TAA/Australian's Boeing customer code '76' was replaced by the Qantas's customer code '38' for all subsequent Boeing aircraft deliveries, beginning with the Boeing 737-838. The majority of the Australian Airlines branding
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#17328522223164712-452: The then government-owned domestic air terminals would be effectively privatised and leased to the two domestic airlines. Compass, a threat to the TAA/Ansett duopoly, was granted severely limited access to terminal facilities. At Sydney Airport both major airlines had effectively been given freehold ownership of their two separate terminals. The Federal Airports Corporation later purchased
4788-452: The travelling public because of its ability to fly above much of the weather, it was really this aircraft that established the airline's reputation for excellence and service reliability. East-coast services were continually expanded and TAA soon earned its title as a true 'trans Australian' airline with services to Perth on the west coast of the continent, using Douglas DC-4 aircraft. Vickers Viscount turboprop aircraft were introduced in
4864-482: The two major Australian domestic airlines between its inception in 1946 and its merger with Qantas in September 1992. As a result of the "COBRA" (or Common Branding) project, the entire airline was rebranded Qantas about a year later with tickets stating in small print "Australian Airlines Limited trading as Qantas Airways Limited" until the adoption of a single Air Operator Certificate a few years later. At that point,
4940-507: The use of a certain symbol, while in other environments (word-initially, after liquids), there is more variation. Other Pama-Nyungan languages with a voicing distinction of stops include Thangatti , Marrgany-Gunya , Wangkumara , and Diyari . Laminal consonants are often realised interdentally , but may also be realised palatally in any position, except for the laminal nasal, which must be realised palatally in word-final position. Lateral consonants may not appear word-initially. From
5016-444: The words of Director General of Civil Aviation AB Corbett: A nation which refuses to use flying in its national life must necessarily today be a backward and defenceless nation. Air transport was encouraged both with direct subsidies and with mail contracts. Immediately before the start of the war, more than half of all airline passenger and freight miles were subsidised. However, after 1939 and especially after Japan's invasion of
5092-465: The £10,000 that had been offered to Holyman. TAA acquired its first two aircraft in mid-June 1946, both Douglas DC-3s . A dozen more DC-3s would be added over the next few months, all ex- Royal Australian Air Force aircraft originally bought by the Australian Government under lend-lease . In July, the Treasury released £350,000 to allow TAA to order four larger, more modern Douglas DC-4s in
5168-414: Was allocated by the government what were clearly the worst gates, in the least desirable sections of domestic terminals across the country (in some cases, Atco huts were used) and had to operate from the international terminal at Perth Airport . As the result of liens placed over the Compass aircraft (due to alleged non-payment of airways expenses), the government's Civil Aviation Authority effectively caused
5244-501: Was disbanded in 2006 and its assets were absorbed back into the Qantas group. Qantas currently allocates space at its Airport West Training Facility (formerly the TAA/Australian Airlines Flight Training Centre) for The TAA Museum. The museum displays artefacts from the life of TAA/Australian including service ware, uniforms, advertisements, and photographs and is open to the public during the week. Over
5320-426: Was no time to buy them in the ordinary way — Captains Hepburn and Nickels took off from Laverton at 5:45 am bound for Sydney. TAA's first scheduled flight carried a full load of VIPs and just one paying passenger. The subsequent few years led to massive growth for the new airline. As post-war austerity gave way to a more affluent era, Australians were able to travel by air in ever-increasing numbers. Much of
5396-500: Was provided. The Koinmerburra people (Koinjmal, Guwinmal) spoke the Guwinmal dialect, while the Wapabara (Woppaburra) probably spoke their own dialect. This Australian Aboriginal languages -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Trans Australia Airlines Trans Australia Airlines ( TAA ), renamed Australian Airlines in 1986, was one of
5472-513: Was purchased in partnership with Mayne Nickless. In December 1980, TAA commenced operating a service from Hobart to Wellington in New Zealand under a Qantas flight number. The Two Airlines Policy was marginally relaxed in the early 1980s when TAA was able to introduce the Airbus A300B4 , whilst Ansett chose to purchase the Boeing 767 . The A300 was a revolutionary aircraft at the time for
5548-434: Was relying on me to find out what new equipment was being developed that would enable us to offer our passengers a better product than our established rival, at a competitive price. It was typical of Coles, who knew nothing about aircraft, to reason that quality equipment would be vital, and then select the best man for the job of finding it and be prepared to back his judgement. At this point, political considerations came to
5624-470: Was removed during the merger and replaced with Qantas branding; for instance, Australian's Flight Deck Lounge became The Qantas Club. The sole remaining Australian Airlines brand identity – The Australian Way (inflight) magazine – was rebranded as The Qantas Magazine in 2016. In October 2002, Qantas revived the Australian Airlines brand as a full-service carrier, targeting the low-cost leisure market and flying primarily out of Cairns and Bali . This airline
5700-448: Was summed up by Minister for Air, Arthur Drakeford : Where are the great pioneers of aviation? … We discover that one by one the small pioneer enterprises are disappearing from the register. It is the inevitable process of absorption by a monopoly. Air transport, the government believed, was primarily a public service , like hospitals, the railways, or the post office. If there was to be a monopoly at all, then it should be one owned by
5776-444: Was too advanced at that stage for their own needs, both airlines were required to purchase the Ansett preference: the less advanced turbo-prop Lockheed L-188 Electra . The Electra proved a reliable aircraft and TAA continuously grew and prospered. In the 1960s it introduced Boeing 727-100 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 Whispering T-Jets on primary routes as well as Fokker F27 Friendship Jetliner turboprops on regional routes. By
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