From the formation of the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of Defence
in 1921, the organisation has developed and changed in many ways. In later
years the once omnipresent Department has been broken up with its various
functions and operations passing to a number of successor organisations,
both government and private.
List of Organisational Acronyms used on this site
Controllers, Directors-General and Heads of Civil Aviation 1920-2016
Organisational Chart - 1928
Indexes of DCA Monthly Circulars - 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950.
Index of articles from Departmental house journal DCA News 1968-1970
Index of articles from Departmental house newspaper Transport Australia, later Aviation Australia: Part 1 1981-82, Part 2 1983-84, Part 3 1985-86, Part 4 1987
Indexes of material held in the archive of the Civil Aviation Historical Society
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.
1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-52, 1961-62 1962-63
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| C.A.1 | Application for Pilot's Licence |
| C.A.2 | Application for Navigator's Licence |
| C.A.3 | Application for Ground Engineer's Licence |
| C.A.4 | Licence for Pilots Not Carrying Passengers or Goods for Hire or Reward ('A' Licence) |
| C.A.5 | Licence for Pilots Carrying Passengers or Goods ('B' Licence) |
| C.A.6 | Licence for Navigators, Engineers or Ground Engineers |
| C.A.7 | Pilot's Logbook |
| C.A.8 | Journey Logbook |
| C.A.9 | Aircraft Logbook (Heavier than Air) |
| C.A.10 | Engine Logbook |
| C.A.11 | Application for Certificate of Registration of Aircraft |
| C.A.12 | Application for Certificate of Airworthiness |
| C.A.13 | Certificate of Registration |
| C.A.14 | Certificate of Airworthiness |
| C.A.14A | Certificate of Airworthiness (Rev 1975) |
| C.A.15 | Application for Licence for Aerodrome |
| C.A.16 | Licence for Aerodrome |
| C.A.17 | Medical Examination of Civilian - Medical Re-examination of Civilian (for Pilot, Navigator, Engineer) |
| C.A.18 | Medical Examination of Candidate on Entry - Record Card |
| C.A.19 | Special Medical Examination of Civil Pilot, Navigatory or Engineer |
| C.A.20 | Monthly Statement of Flights by Civil Aircraft |
| C.A.21 | General Information, Aerodromes and Landing Grounds |
| C.A.42 | Report of Forced Landing and/or Accident (c.1920s) |
| C.A.48 | Syllabus of Examinations for Ground Engineer's Licences (1931) |
| C.A.50B | Aircraft Inspection Report |
| C.A.62 | Certification of Aircraft After Repair |
| C.A.65 | Particulars of Weighing of Aircraft |
| C.A.68 | D/F Check Bearing Report |
| C.A.71 | Aeradio Signal Log |
| C.A.107 | Requsition For Free Air Conveyance (Rev 9/41) |
| C.A.149A | Aircraft Accident Investigation Summary Report (Rev 1968) |
| C.A.160A | Flight Details (Rev 8/6/45) |
| C.A.187 | Certificate of Airworthiness Renewal |
| C.A.225 | Air Safety Incident Report (initial issue) |
| C.A.242 | Certificate of Competency to Drive a Motor Vehicle or Operate Plant (Rev 5/51) |
| C.A.341 | DCA File |
| C.A.523 | Report on Investigation into Aircraft Accident (Rev 4/56) |
| C.A.735 | Load Data Sheet (Rev 1969) |
| C.A.822 | Certificate of Maintenance Approval (Rev 12/57) |
| C.A.1488 | Flight Plan (Rev 1/65) |
| D.A.1641 | Domestic Flight Plan (Rev 11/87) |
Read about The Creation of the Civil Aviation Branch and its Early
Years - Part
1, Part 2
Photo of CCA Lt Col Brinsmead with Bert Hinkler
Photo of early aviation personalities - CAB's Controller of Civil Aviation Lt Col Horace Brinsmead, ANA pilot G U 'Scotty' Allan, Captain G C 'Skipper' Matthews and the CAB's Superintendent of Flying Operations Major A. Murray Jones at Essendon - c.1930.
Photos of the 'Government Hangar', Essendon Aerodrome c.1930s
Read about
DCA's Role in the Second World War
Read about Aeradio in the
Bombing of Darwin 1942
Read the report 1949 - "Opportunity of a Century"
Read Fifty Years Ago - 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953
Read about the DCA film Flight Plan - 1950
Photos of the press Information
Centre established by DCA in Henty House for the 1953 London-Christchurch
Air Race
Read a history of Aviation Accident Investigation in Australia
The celebration of 75 Years of Civil Aviation Administration - 1996
Read about Australia's Contribution to ICAO
The Australian overseas aid programme - ATC console in Nepal, 2004
Read about the Henty House Tea Trolley
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