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PO Box K346 Haymarket NSW 1238

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THE CRAFT TABLE
Make & Do Activity Kit
Commemorative aerogramme
This aerogramme commemorates the centenary of
Australias rst airmail ight in July 1914.
Maurice Guillaux was the rst pilot and ew from
Melbourne to Sydney in a Bleriot XI aircraft.
Time: 10 minutes + time to write
Difculty:
Hint: Visit the Museum to see a Bleriot XI
airplane hanging from the ceiling!
Print out your template
in colour. Use scissors to
cut around the black lined
edges.
1.
Write your letter on the
back of the aerogramme
(avoid the aps) and also
on the front bottom panel.
2.
Fill in both the address
labels.
3.
Fold your aerogramme along
the dotted lines, beginning
with the bottom panel and
then the aps as shown.
4.
Seal the aps with a little
glue. the addresses should
be showing on; one on the
front and the other on the
back.
5.
If you wish to send this
aerogramme to a friend
or relative you will need to
put it in a DL envelope, put
on a stamp and post it like
regular mail.
6.
aerogramme template
scissors
stick glue
a pen
Optional: a stamp and
envelope
What you will need: