Media Release 10 January 2020 QANTAS CENTENARY POSTCARD COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED Today Qantas Founders Museum announced the winners of the Centenary Postcard Competition as part of the Museum’s Qantas Centenary celebrations. Annette Coles from Tasmania won the 3-16 years category while Katie Quinn from Western Australia won the 17+ years category. The Centenary Postcard Competition […]
CELEBRATE THE QANTAS CENTENARY AT QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM In 2020, Australia’s national airline Qantas Airways will turn 100, an amazing achievement for the airline and an important moment in our nation’s history. There is no better place to celebrate this incredible milestone than at Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach, […]
The first Qantas Round-the-World flight doesn’t rank as highly in the airline’s history as it possibly should. On December 20th, 1957, Lockheed Super Constellation VH-EAO “Southern Auora with Captain R A Bruce in command, left Sydney with 32 press, radio and television reporters for a 20-day 27 000 mile (43 452 km) flight during which […]
MEDIA RELEASE ‘ISLAND FASHION’ TOURS TO QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM IN JANUARY 2020 Qantas Founders Museum is delighted to present ‘Island Fashion on Tour’, a Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) regional touring project for children and families in January 2020. ‘Island Fashion on Tour’ features a range […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 9 December 2019 MUSEUM UNVEILS NEW SUPER CONSTELLATION DISPLAY TO COMMUNITY On Saturday 7 December 2019, the Longreach Community were the first to experience the new interior display of Qantas Founders Museum’s Super Constellation which will be open to the public later in the year. The […]
QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM MEDIA RELEASE 21 OCTOBER 2019 CELEBRATE THE QANTAS CENTENARY IN OUTBACK QUEENSLAND Visitors are invited to travel to Outback Queensland, the region where Qantas was established, to celebrate the centenary of Australia’s national airline. Qantas Founders Museum has announced its program of events to celebrate the centenary of Qantas […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 25 November 2019 MUSEUM WELCOMES QUDOS BANK AS MAJOR SPONSOR FOR QANTAS CENTENARY EVENTS Qantas Founders Museum is proud to announce that Qudos Bank will be a major sponsor for Qantas Founders Museum’s Celebration of the Qantas Centenary Program of Events in 2020. Qudos […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 21 November 2019 CEO AWARDED ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP Qantas Founders Museum CEO Tony Martin has been made a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, awarded in Brisbane on Monday 18 November 2019. The presentation of Tony Martin’s Fellow certificate, which took place during […]
Qantas Founders Museum’s Airpark Roof Project is moving at an impressive pace with the project’s 400 tonne steel frame lifted into place in just five weeks! In late October, the last piece of the steel frame forming Qantas Founders Museums 8072m2 Airpark Roof was lifted into place and the temporary support systems removed, completing an […]
Qantas Founders Museum has won the Cultural Tourism award at the 2019 Outback Queensland Tourism Awards ceremony held in Winton on Saturday 2 November 2019. The Cultural Tourism category recognises tourism operations that foster a greater understanding and appreciation of authentic culture, history, heritage and/or the arts. Qantas Founders Museum CEO, Tony Martin, said it […]
