Describes the background to the emergency landing event by the Astr[a]ea [Aircraft G-ABTL] on Bathurst Island in 1933.

NOTE: Photograph 1 (345) from Father Gzell.

1. Photograph: ‘The Astrea at Bathurst Island’

2. Photograph: ‘Looking across Apsley Strait, the St Francis at anchor and native huts on the near shore’

Places mentioned: England (UK); Darwin (NT); Apsley Strait (NT)

Transport mentioned: St Francis (lugger); Astr[a]ea (Aircraft G-ABTL)

Photo number/s as per Journal and Index of Photographs: 345, 346