The entrepreneur Arthur Rickard contracted the American Wizard Stone to fly
the first Melbourne-Sydney air mail bit he crashed his aircraft and was
injured.
Rickard entered negotiations with Guillaux, but it seems that the final operation
was organised by members of Guillaux’ team..
A few points of interest. Guilllaux' postcards seem to have been quickly printed;; they were not in colour as were Stones, and the wrong aircraft was shown on the cards. Guillaux' cards were not widely advertised, as were Stone's; there is evidence that more than 2000 numbered cards were printed, but general agreement that only 1785 cards were carried. A similar design was used for cards carried by Basil Watson in 1917,
Catalogue entry for sale of Guillaux memorabilia 2002
Forged Guillaux signature held by PowerHouse museum.
There were no formal commemorations but the anniversaries were noted for example in the context of air mails to New Zealand and to the UK.
There were major commemorations with a re-enactment flight by two Victa airtourers and a jet aircraft
A stamped envelope was produced with a special mail delivery by jet aircraft.
A series of stamps was issued to mark the centenary of the first flight in Australia. These commemorated John Duigan, Colin Defries and Harry Houdini. As well as the standard Australia Post issues, several 'products' were issued by various organisations. The Temora Aviation Museum conducted a re-enactment flight between Wagga Wagga and Temora, details of which can be seen here.