Cooby Creek Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
The Commemoration plaque just inside the main gate. |
The Station entrance. The audience is standing and the US flag has just been raised. |
Plaque covered by veil, flanked by Girl Guides. |
The Hon. Reg Swartz, the local Federal member, addresses the crowd. (4GR is the commercial radio station covering Toowoomba & the Darling Downs.) |
Willson Hunter, the NASA Senior Scientific Representative to Australia, addresses the crowd. |
The Mayor of Toowoomba, Mr Jack McCafferty (1914–1999), speaks. |
Tour of Inspection – L. to R.: Mr Lloyd F. Bott (Department of Supply), Dr. M. W Woods (Department of Supply), Mr Don Freeman (Station Director), The Hon Reg. Swartz, Member for the Darling Downs and Minister for Civil Aviation. |
Mrs Swartz plants a tree. (Is it still there?) |
Left to right: Mr Jack McCafferty, Mr Don Freeman, The Hon Reg Swartz, Mr Willson Hunter. |
Guests at the Dedication Ceremony. |
Roger Hancock, son of shift supervisor David Hancock, spotted his family in the above photo. |
Guests at the Dedication Ceremony. |
Unveiling the plaque. Reactions range from wonder to – er… |
The Commemorative plaque. |
Willson Hunter, Reg Swartz and Don Freeman Tony Salvage is at the console. (Thanks to Nevil Eyre for the ID.) |
Guests inspect the console equipment. (Who is at the console? Contact.) |
The official party with the antenna and intsrumentation van in the background. Note the members of the public lining up for a tour, and also the reservoir in the background. |
Lloyd Bott, Willson Hunter, Reg Swartz and Jack McCafferty enjoy a drink in the office (note the Goddard trailer visible through the door, behind the waiter). |
Younger set admiring dummy astronaut. In the marquee set up at Cooby Creek. |
Bill Hempstead, son of Cooby Creek’s Ted Hempstead, has provided this annotated copy with identification of those in the photo. |
The cover of the commemorative photo album. |
Neil Sandford took these transparencies on opening day.
14. View from Road towards the Dam. |
12. Opening Ceremony. |
13. Opening Ceremony. |