Aerial Defences
p. 37 · Read in the full issue
Norfolk Island's Importance to Australia
THE importance of Norfolk Island in the aerial defence of Australia and New Zealand was emphasised by the island’s Administrator (General Sir Charles Rosenthal) when addressing members of the Pacific Islands Society at the Carlton Hotel in Sydney, on June 26.
Sir Charles said that, ever since his assumption of office, he had urged upon the Commonwealth Government the necessity of linking Norfolk Island by air with Australia, New Zealand, the Solomons and the New Hebrides group.
One result of his recent visit to Can berra, he said, was the approval of an aerodrome site on the island.
“People must realise that Norfolk Island is of great strategic importance, as one of the outer defences of this country,” he said, “and in these days, when one does not know what will hap pen within the next twenty-four hours, it is most essential that we should be prepared for any eventuality.”