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The great air race

From a rescue that co-opted part of the town of Albury to pilots being taken prisoner by Mussolini’s forces, the 1934 London to Melbourne air race was far from a walk in the park.And the entire adventure was sponsored by Melbourne’s chocolate king, Sir Macpherson Robertson.Join host Jen Kelly, Melbourne journalist and history buff Jamie Duncan, and lead curator at the State Library of Victoria, Carolyn Fraser, for the final instalment in our miniseries on Sir Macpherson Robertson. Read more here.  

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