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The monument commemorates Roger Damian Connellan, who was killed in January 1977 when a former employee of Connellan Airways deliberately crashed a Beechcraft Baron light aircraft into the Connair headquarters at Alice Springs in a suicide attack.
The attack killed four people, including Roger who was the son of the airline founder, Eddie Connellan.
Location
Address: | Memorial Avenue, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, 0870 |
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State: | NT |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -23.702139 Long: 133.863883 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | People |
Sub-Theme: | Tragedy |
Actual Event Start Date: | 05-January-1977 |
Actual Event End Date: | 05-January-1977 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MAIn memory of Roger Damian Connellan
1944 - 1977
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