Photograph - Take-off of John Duigan in his Biplane; Mia Mia; Victoria; circa 1910; Photograph of John Robertson Duigan making an early flight in his biplane. Taken by his brother Reginald Duigan at the family property; 'Spring Plains'; Mia Mia; near Heathcote in central Victoria. One of a series of four photographs of the completed prototype in flight; taken in late 1910 or 1911. Although French and American flying machines had already flown in Victoria; J.R. Duigan built