History by places

This section lists the main places connected with Guillaux in Australia, April to October 1914.

There are also basic introductions to Guillaux in Engliah and French

A full report of the mail flight based on Nelson Eustis' book

A 1985 article from Flypast .pdf version and text version with comments and corrections

If you would like a printed version of these files see the .pdf index.

If you would like MS Word versions of these files see the word index

Please feel free to use material from these files for any purpose!

  1. Wednesday 1 April: Arrival at Fremantle
  2. Wednesday 8 April: Arrival in Sydney
  3. Saturday 18 April: Victoria Park performance
  4. Saturday 25 April: Newcastle Showground performance
  5. Saturday 2 May: Victoria Park performance
  6. Friday 8 May: first seaplane flight in Australia
  7. Saturday 9 May: Victoria Park performance
  8. Saturday 16 May: Wagga performance
  9. Saturday 23 Many: Albury performance
  10. Friday 29 May: visit to Governor-General
  11. Saturday 30 May: Melbourne performance
  12. Monday 1 June: visit to Point Cook
  13. Monday 8 June: Bendigo performance (King's birthday holiday)
  14. Tuesday 9 June: flight Bendigo-Ballarat
  15. Saturday 13 June: Ballarat performance
  16. Saturday 20 June: Adelaide performance
  17. Saturday 27 June: back in Melbourne
  18. Friday 3 July: flight to Geelong
  19. Saturday 4 July: Geelong performance
  20. Sunday 5 July: return flight to Meblourne
  21. Wednesday 8 July: flight over Melbourne
  22. Friday 10 July: Flight to coursing meeting
  23. Thursday 16 July: mail flight Melbourne showground, overview,  Seymour, Wangaratta, Albury, Wagga Wagga, Harden
  24. Friday 17 July: mail flight, stopped at Harden; additional information from Harden here
  25. Saturday 18 July: Mail flight Goulburn, Liverpool, Moore Park
  26. Saturday 25 July: another Newcastle performance
  27. Saturday 1 August: performance at Ascot; serious crash
  28. Saturday 5 September: performance at Bathurst
  29. Saturday 12 September: performance at Sydney
  30. Thursday 22 October: Guillaux sails for Europe