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Lighter than air : Australian ballooning history / Helene Rogers.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780646820217 (pbk.)
Author	Rogers, Helene (author)
Title	Lighter than air : Australian ballooning history / Helene Rogers.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	[South Melbourne] : Affirm Press, [2021]
Description	184 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Fledgling balloonists in nineteenth century Australia realised that their aerial endeavours added little to their pockets, or to science. Re-inventing themselves as showmen and women, they performed daring acrobatics from trapezes and parachutes, touring towns and cities all over the country. Along the way, they faced primitive and challenging conditions; experienced petty squabbles, farcical incidents; aeronauts blown out to sea, onto rooftops. Many were crippled. Some even died.
Subjects	Ballooning -- Australia
	Hot air balloons -- Australia
	Balloons -- Australia
	Balloonists -- Australia
Call number	2021.167

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00941082	2021.167	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .