2019 $1 ANDA Sydney Centenary of First England to Australia Flight Vickers 'Vimy' G-EAOU PNC

In early 1919, the Australian government offered £10,000 to the first Australian to fly from England to Australia in less than 30 days. At the time, Captain Ross Smith of the Australian Flying Corps was a highly decorated pilot. He took up the challenge, alongside his brother, Lieutenant Keith Smith, navigator and assistant pilot, and mechanics Sergeants Walter Shiers and James Bennett. The crew landed at Fannie Bay Airfield, near Darwin, Australia on 10 December 1919. They had flown almost 17,800 kilometres in just under 28 days, to become record-setting victors of the Great Air Race.