Perth West Australia Wing your Way with Australian National Airways

The original a colour lithographic promotional Poster was created by Ronald Skate in the 1950's. A wonderful view of the internal arcade of London Court situated in Perth's central business district and a map of Australia showing the routes and major destinations of the Australian National Airways.

Ronald Clayton Skate was an Australian artist and illustrator who lived and worked in Melbourne. He studied in Melbourne under; Max Meldrum, a Scottish-born Australian artist and founder of Australian Tonalism, Archibald Prize winner in 1939 and 1940, and John Shirlow, an Australian pioneer lithographer. Skate was a member of the Victorian Artists Society and served as president of the Art Directors' Club of Melbourne.
ANA, Australian National Airways began operation in 1930 and was Australia's principal carrier from the mid-1930’s to the early 1950’s. The Airline was taken over by Ansett owned by Reginald Ansett in October 1959, the two airlines were merged to form Ansett-ANA.