Keywords: StateLibQld 1 115436 Planes in front of the Qantas hangar at Charleville airport, 1935.jpg en Planes in front of the Qantas hangar at Charleville airport 1935 Charleville is the largest town in South West Queensland and has a population of approximately 3300 people It is a rich pastoral area and was first explored by Edmund Kennedy in 1847 Charleville was named by Surveyor W Tully for his hometown in Ireland Cobb and Co established their largest and longest running coach making factory in Charleville in 1886 and the railway line was connected from Brisbane in 1888 Charleville was one of the first airports used by Qantas to fly paying passengers to Longreach in 1922 It is also home to the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Charleville School of the Air 1935-12-26 handle 10462/deriv/134736 Copied and digitised from an image appearing in The Queenslander 26 December 1935 p 28 Contributor s The Queenslander PD-Australia StateLibQld-License 1935 in Queensland Charleville Airport Aviation in Queensland Black and white photographs De Havilland DH 86 Express Hangars in Australia 1935 in aviation Aviation images from The Queenslander De Havilland Dragon Images from The Queenslander |