CAHS & Airways Museum Archives Index

CAHS & Airways Museum Archive Collections

This page provides links to indexes of various collections within the extensive Civil Aviation Historical Society archives.

This is not an exhaustive list of material in the archives. Researchers should contact the CAHS directly if additional material is desired.

CAHS & AIRWAYS MUSEUM CATALOGUES

The following Catalogues detail items held in the CAHS Archives and the Airways Museum collections. They are in searchable .pdf format.

Airways Museum Objects
Films
Audiovisual Library (all in digital format)
Oral History Recordings
Technical Library
Airmail Mailbag Collection
Aeronautical Charts
G & H Series Photographic Negatives
The Ken Cross Collection (early Aeradio & Flight Service)

ANNUAL REPORTS

Each year the Department made an Annual Report to Parliament on Civil Aviation in Australia (and New Guinea). The Introductions from these reports provide a summary of the major events in the Department's history for that year, as well as important events in the industry generally.

Read 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-52, 1961-62 1962-63

INDEXES

Monthly Circulars, DCA - 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950.

DCA News, Departmental house journal 1968-1970

Transport Australia, later Aviation Australia, Departmental house newspaper: Part 1 1981-82, Part 2 1983-84, Part 3 1985-86, Part 4 1987

The Gen - newsletter published by the Electrical Engineering Branch of DCA. It appeared in 32 parts between July 1958 and August 1967.

'DCA Publications' series

'DCA Technical Information Bulletins' series

Aviation Heritage, articles related to civil aviation in the journal of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia (AHSA), Volumes 17-33, covering the period 1976-2002 (with some gaps).

AIRCRAFT MAGAZINE