Lighter than air : Australian ballooning history / Helene Rogers.
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TextPublisher: [Melbourne] : Helene Rogers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 184 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780646820217Other title: Australian ballooning historySubject(s): Hot air balloons -- Australia -- History | Balloons -- Australia -- History | Ballooning -- Australia -- History | Balloonists -- Australia -- History | Hot air balloons -- History | Australia -- HistoryDDC classification: 797.510994 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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