QANTAS: Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited
Aerial link between Brisbane and Darwin – the capitals of Queensland and the Northern Territory
Qantas was conceived by Lieutenants Wilmot Hudson Fysh DFC and Paul McGinness DFC on their return from service with the Australian Light Horse Regiment and then the Australian Flying Corps in World War 1. In 1919, they were commissioned to find suitable landing grounds for a Great Britain-Australia air race. After completing the survey in a Model T Ford, they were convinced that air travel was the ideal alternative for crossing sparsely populated country. They envisaged their aircraft linking Brisbane and Darwin – the capitals of Queensland and the Northern Territory – with railheads at Charleville, Blackall, Longreach, Winton and Cloncurry. Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness, and grazier Fergus McMaster registered Qantas in Brisbane on 16 November 1920. The name comes from the initial letters of the words in the original registered title – Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. The first Board
meeting was held in Winton on 10 February 1921.
http://www.qantas.com.au/infodetail/about/FactFiles.pdf by sharathmum-02
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