Cloncurry Airport Cloncurry Airport Cloncurry Airport is an airport in Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. Cloncurry Airport has been the focal point for many of Australia’s greatest innovations. Cloncurry was involved with the beginnings of QANTAS, and the original QANTAS hangar is still in use at the aerodrome, where "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service" is still displayed above the hangar door. The Royal Flying Doctor Service was founded there in 1928, now recognised the world over. The airport was also on route for early planes coming from overseas and a stopping place for contestants in the great air races of 1919 and 1934.
Softball in Queensland Softball in Queensland Softball is played in Queensland . Softball saw a "benefit" in the bombing of Darwin and the inclusion of Australia in World War II in terms of bringing in American military personnel who brought softball with them to this state. Local competitions were organised by Mack Gilley in the state by 1946. A Queensland organisation was created in 1946 by the American Mack Gilley. The state federation was one of the foundation federation members of the Australian Women's Softball Council in 1949. In 1971, there were 171 teams affiliated with the state organisation, 290 in 1975, 326