Summary

In 1939 Edward J. Connellan obtained the rights from the Commonwealth Government to establish a mail service between Alice Springs and Wyndham in Western Australian. He subsequently established an air transport company Survey and Inland Transport Company (c1940). The company was renamed Connellan Airways Ltd in 1943. A further name change occurred in 1970 when Connellan Airways Limited became Connair Pty Ltd.

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Timeline

 1940s - 1943 Survey and Inland Transport Company
       1943 - 1970 Connellan Airways Limited
             1970 - 1980 Connair Pty Ltd
                   1980 - 1981 Northern Airlines (Operations) Limited

Archival resources

Northern Territory Archives Service

• Connair Pty Ltd records, 1934 - 1980, NTRS 622, 623, 919, 920, 981; Northern Territory Archives Service. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• Fact Sheet 155 - Edward John Connellan and Connellan Airways, Ntional Archives of Australia, 2010, http://www.naa.gov.au/. Details