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    Jane Gardner Batten CBE OSC (15 September 1909 – 22 November 1982), commonly known as Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator who made several record-breaking...
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    Statue of Jean Batten is located outside Auckland International Airport, New Zealand, and honours the life of New Zealand aviator Jean Batten. The bronze...
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  • The Jean Batten Memorial is located in Jean Batten Square in Rotorua, New Zealand and honours the life of pioneer aviator Jean Batten, who was born in...
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    Pisidia. Two volumes describing these discoveries were published in 1834. Jean Batten – became the best-known New Zealander of the 1930s, internationally,...
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    officer and explorer) 1938 – Germán Busch (President of Bolivia) 1935 – Jean Batten (aviator) 1933 – Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII, King of...
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    singer. Concha Buika was born on 11 May 1972, in Palma de Mallorca. Jean Batten, the New Zealand aviator, died in Mallorca in 1982. Conor Benn, British...
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    1740 1807 First woman (disguised as a man) to circumnavigate the world Jean Batten New Zealander 1909 1982 First person to fly between England and New Zealand...
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  • Jean Batten's 1934 record flight from England to Australia set a record of 14 days, 22 hours and 30 minute for a woman flying the distance between the...
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  • writer Jean Bartik (1924–2011), American computer programmer Jean Batten (1909–1982), New Zealand aviator Jean Bertheroy (1858-1927), French writer Jean Blackburn...
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    Hughes; Jean Batten Honored; American Cross-Country Flier and New Zealand Girl Get Harmon Trophies, The New York Times, March 1, 1937 Merrill, Jean Batten Win...
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    the CBD, bordered by Queen Street, Shortland Street, Fort Street and Jean Batten Place. The site marks the beginning of the old shoreline of 19th century...
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    on Friday 8 December 1972. A new international terminal, named after Jean Batten, was built in 1977. Prior to this, all flights used what is now the domestic...
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  • Knight-Ridder publishing Jean Batten, New Zealand aviator John Batten (disambiguation) Jennifer Batten, a guitarist and author Joseph Batten, English academic...
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    Tauranga CBD. The terminal is located to the north of the runway, on Jean Batten Drive, and consists of a two-storey building with four tarmac gates....
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    on October 27, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2020. Air Prize for Hughes; Jean Batten Honored; American Cross-Country Flier and New Zealand Girl Get Harmon...
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  • where inspired by Jean Batten, a female aviator from New Zealand. Shipstead got the idea for the book after seeing a statue of Batten at the Auckland Airport...
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  • 1922) November 21 – Lee Patrick, American actress (b. 1901) November 22 Jean Batten, New Zealand aviator (b. 1909) Stanisław Ostrowski, Polish politician...
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  • Good Wife) Mrs. Fielding Feature film 1987 The Riddle of the Stinson Jean Batten TV film 1989 The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro Ruth TV film 1990 Wendy...
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    contract and the generous patronage of Wakefield provided the funds for Jean Batten to purchase the Percival Gull Six G-ADPR monoplane in which she set two...
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    the key Australian aviation pioneers including Kingsford-Smith, Ulm, Jean Batten and Nancy Bird Walton. The Airfield was closed by Greater Taree City...
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    Streets in the suburb also recall other aviators such as Sir Alan Cobham, Jean Batten and Amy Johnson. In the 2021 Census, there were 2,059 people in Melrose...
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    commemorating the 50th anniversary of the flight. A young New Zealander named Jean Batten attended a dinner in Australia featuring Kingsford Smith after the trans-Pacific...
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  • Shortland Street Zlata Recurring Role 2014 Agent Anna Rhonda "2.9" 2016 Jean Jean Batten TV film 2018 Wentworth Spike Baxter TV series: 6 episodes 2018 Power...
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    Oswald Watt Gold Medal in recognition of this flight. New Zealander Jean Batten made at least two noteworthy flights in her Gull Six (G-ADPR). On 11...
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    Nancy Wake (war heroine) Janet Frame (poet) Jane Campion (filmmaker) Jean Batten (aviator) Lorde (singer) Valerie Adams (shot putter) Kiri te Kanawa (opera...
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  • Retrieved 24 December 2023. Memorial plaque in cemetery in Majorca where Jean Batten is buried NZ Memorial in Korea New Zealand Expeditionary Force...
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  • Society William Hobson (1792–1842) – co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi Jean Batten (1909–1982) – aviator Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes (1924–2006) – heart surgeon...
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    is continuing this project. Darby Street, Lorne Street, Fort Street, Jean Batten Place, and Fort Lane have been converted into shared spaces since 2011...
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    by a snake 1980 Azaria Chamberlain 2 months Attacked by a dingo 1982 Jean Batten 73 years Infection from a dog bite 1993 John Pickard 80 years killed...
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