Goulburn Valley Air Services

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Goulburn Valley Air Services was founded by Sir Reginald J Barnewall in Apr1954. The carrier was renamed to Southern Airlines in 1955
< small, Victorian intra-state carrier based at Essendon Airport, Melbourne >

[ – Southern Airlines was founded in Apr1955 and started services from Melbourne on 12Dec1955 as Goulburn Valley Air Services. Southern Airlines extended it network to SA and Tasmania, improved its fleet with de Havilland Doves and later Herons, but Barnewall’s ambitious little airline was put out of business by bitter Ansett Airways competition on their main routes, finally ceasing operations in Nov1958 ]

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