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.
Refer to an Organisational Timeline
Click here for a list of Organisational Acronyms used on this site.
Refer to a list of Ministers 1920-1996
Refer to a list of Controllers, Directors-General and Heads of Civil Aviation 1920-2009
Refer to indexes of DCA Monthly Circulars - 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950.
Refer to an index of articles from Departmental house journal DCA News 1968-1970
Refer to an 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
Refer to 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.
Read 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-52, 1961-62 1962-63
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| C.A.9 | Aircraft Logbook (Heavier than Air) |
| C.A.14A | Certificate of Airworthiness (Rev 1975) |
| C.A.107 | Requsition For Free Air Conveyance (Rev 9/41) |
| C.A.160A | Flight Details (Rev 8/6/45) |
| C.A.225 | Air Safety Incident Report (Rev 7/53) |
| C.A.242 | Certificate of Competency to Drive a Motor Vehicle or Operate Plant (Rev 5/51) |
| 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.
Read
the story of the Civil Air Ensign
Photos of the 'Government Hangar', Essendon Aerodrome c.1930s
Read about
The DCA's Role in the Second World War Part
1, Part 2, Part
3
Read a report on DCA in the
Bombing of Darwin 1942
Read the report 1949 - "Opportunity of a Century"
Read Fifty Years Ago - 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953
See
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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