Aviation has been very significant in Australia. As a country with large distances to cross and a sparse population, aviation was an ideal way to provide services such as mail, transport, medical support and goods supply. This was especially applicable to areas where railways were not viable and roads were primitive. All around Australia, a large number of aviation museums have been established, recording our aviation history.

Vickers-Viscount--V.816 VH-TVR on display at Moorabbin Air Museum. Image courtesy of Australian National Aviation Museum.

Aviation museums

Queensland

• Hinkler Hall of Aviation
• Queensland Air Museum
• Qantas Founders Outback Museum
• Royal Australian Air Force Museum, Townsville

Northern Territory

• Central Australian Aviation Museum - Alice Springs
• The Australian Aviation Heritage Centre

New South Wales

• Temora Aviation Museum
• Fleet Air Arm Museum
• Australian Aviation Museum, Bankstown
• Luskintyre Aviation Flying Museum
• The Camden Museum of Aviation
• Fighterworld Aviation Museum, Williamtown

Victoria

• The Australian National Aviation Museum - Moorabbin Air Museum
• Ballarat Aviation Museum
• The Airways Museum & Civil Aviation Historical Society
• Trans-Australia Airlines Museum
• RAAF Museum, Point Cook

South Australia

• South Australian Aviation Museum
• Classic Jets Fighter Museum

Western Australia

• Aviation Heritage Museum of Western Australia

Useful links

• Australian Air Museums

Last updated: 8th December 2008
Creators: David Gardiner, Kathryn Wells