pithhelmets

I'm going to guess this was a copy, and that one of the soldiers is a relation of the Mrs. Gough who ordered it.

Calling beachcomber australia. Come in beachcomber australia. Try the catalogue now, please!

The Gambia Regiment is a possibility, per wikipedia:
The parade uniform of the regiment consisted of khaki drill shorts with red fezzes, along with scarlet zouave-style jackets. The jacket style was inherited from the West India Regiment. The jackets had a yellow edging and red cummerbunds. In the field, the regiment originally wore a variation of the Kilmarnock cap, but just prior to World War II this changed to the slouch hat. Similarly, British officers attached to the regiment initially wore pith helmets, but they also later changed to the slouch hat. Although most uniforms in the RWAFF were similar, the special distinction of the Gambia Regiment was a khaki and brown puggree, and a brown cummerbund.

Similar?

collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1977-09-130-6

Or the Northern Nigeria regiment, maybe

I feel so humbled and inspired by these early pilots especially the fortitude of the women in those times.

HMM.. What's Vita-Lick Ltd.?

"Vitalick was the original livestock supplement in Australia and has been assisting in livestock nutrition since the 1920." according to the current (2009) supplier, Rational Nutrition Pty. Ltd.

(ref. www.pdbower.com.au/vitalick.htm )

See also this photograph showing the Vita-Lick stand at the 1936 Royal Easter Show:

acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=35311

it's ridiculous how small that ad is.

this scene today would probably involve a sheep shaped plane.

R.I.P. Nancy Bird Walton.

news.theage.com.au/national/tributes-fly-in-for-nancy-bir...

Thank you SLNSW for these timely images.

Aviatrix is probably my new favorite word

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Pith Helmets, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Oh wow they had Canon 1Ds mkIII's in 1882?! Hehe I guess you are using this to speed up the scanning workflow, good idea. The results are very nice, I am sure you are busy but I would be very interested to see a snap of your capture setup and a bit of info about lighting, exposure etc. if you don't mind sharing and have the time of course. Keep up the good work =)

wohoooo