MVM 1928

October 6: Elected as a Nationalist party candidate to the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament as Member for East Yarra; minister without portfolio.

Birth of only daughter, Heather.

Robert Menzies: Elected to Victorian Parliament 4

Victorian Parliament, Spring Street, Melbourne 4

Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm and two Americans complete the first trans-Pacific flight crossing from San Francisco to Brisbane by way of Honolulu and Fiji.

Australian airman Bert Hinkler becomes the first person to fly solo from Britain to Australia. The flight is completed in less than fifteen and a half days.

The world's first flying medical service, the Aerial Medical Service was established on an experimental basis at Cloncurry, Queensland. Its first response to a call came on 17th May, 1928, with a flight from Cloncurry to Julia Creek.
The service was founded by 'Flynn of the Inland', the Reverend John Flynn; the first pilot was Qantas' Arthur Affleck, and the first flying doctor Sydney surgeon Dr Kenyon Welch, who was chosen from a list of volunteers. In the first year Dr Welch saw 255 patients suffering conditions from typhoid fever to gunshot wounds.

Kingsford Smith flies the Pacific 4

Charles Kingsford Smith 4

British women over 21 gain the right to vote.

Fleming discovers penicillin which destroys bacteria, the first antibiotic.

First commercially available television set, made by Daven, goes on sale in the US for $75.

Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in a sound film with the release of "Steamboat Willie".