Reverend Father Publius Cassar was a Catholic priest in Halifax, North Queensland. He was particularly interested in the history of the local region. He wrote historical papers and collected a quantity of primary and secondary source records, including photographs. This archive consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs and slides of the crash of US Liberator B-24 aircraft on Hinchinbrook Island in 1942. Cassar, Father (Publius) Archive
Archive Location: 102R
Detailed Listing
FCP/CORR/1 1973-1980 correspondence relating to the crash of U.S. Liberator B-24 aircraft on Hinchinbrook Island in 1942 ('Texas Terror') and efforts to build a memorial
FCP/PUB/1 Newspaper clippings on the search for information on the crash
FCP/PUB/2 Photographs and slides of the crashed plane