Between August 1935 and April 1938 a “battle” was waged between several newspapers, arguing about the merits of producing an American-designed aircraft in an Australian factory, for use by the Royal Australian Air Force.

Here’s an example of some of the negative headlines which appeared during this period:

Click on the link below to read my article in the Australia ICOMOS journal Historic Environment about the “newspaper war”:

Historic Environment Volume 33 Number 3 – 2021 The Wirraway ‘Newspaper War’