WHO WAS PAUL McGINNESS? by Museum Curator Tom Harwood The other founders of QANTAS called Paul Joseph McGinness (PJM) âthe spark of QANTASâ, because he first had the idea and the passion to pursue it, but whatâs his story? Not even he seemed to know the exact date but PJM was born in the Ballangeich […]
Australiaâs Prime Minister Billy Hughes spent Christmas 1918 at Cobham Hall which was being used as a convalescent hospital for Army officers in Kent, England. The Commandant was Australian-born Florence Bligh, then Lady Darnley who, on Boxing Day, persuaded Hughes to have a conversation with Australian patients Captains John Finlay, John Leahy and Robert McKenzie […]
On the second Monday of every month, Qantas Founders Museum Curator Tom Harwood will present a FREE lecture about a certain time, aircraft or person in the history of Qantas. In this lecture the Curator will talk about one of the Qantas Founders, Paul McGinness, the man described as the “spark of Qantas”.
