Amy Johnson achieved worldwide recognition when, in 1930, she became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Flying G-AAAH Jason, she left Croydon Airport, Surrey, on 5 May and landed at Darwin, Northern Territory on 24 May. Colourised by Don McKenzie for the Darwin Colourising Yesteryear FB Group. Oct-2021

Download all Darwin and Dontronics files from my Google Drive.

Updated: 17-Feb-2026, 12:20 PM by Don McKenzie

You can now download all of the Darwin and Dontronics files from my Google Drive via the Download link above.

You may get an "Unable to scan for viruses" message on your system when you try to download large files. If you trust me as a known source, then please go ahead.

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Darwin Colourising Yesteryear - Full Files

Download only Darwin files. Zipped ▼

This collection showcases my painstaking work in transforming historical black and white photographs (and re-colourisation) of Darwin, NT, into vibrant colour images. We now have 1000 images online.

Darwin (Historical Images) files may be about 20GB. Includes all working constructional files and text files. Grouped into lots of 50. Sequential file names are "001 to 050.zip" through to "951 to 1000.zip"

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Darwin Colourising Yesteryear - Not Zipped

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Download all Darwin File. Not zipped. "Text-Before-After" ▼

Darwin Historical Images Grouped into lots of 50.

These files aren't zipped. I've named them "Text-Before-After". They contain the text description of the photo, an original black and white or older colour image, and a new colourised image. There might also be other photos from the original archive. Everything's in its original form, just not zipped up. All colour images are hi-res 4K pixels wide and in theory should be able to be ptinted out at about 4 feet 10 inches wide. Mind you I have never tried this.

Sequential file names are "001-050-short-version-text-before-after" through to "951-1000-short-version-text-before-after"

Why have I introduced this new version?

My website won't be there forever. Facebook may be, but there are many versions of my descriptions and Images, and it would be impossible to edit every one of them to make corrections.

I believe the only positive method is to load it all up to a Google Drive, and allow easy access to all text and images online so that users can see what is stored without the need to download or unzip anything.

If people wish to make alterations, they can simply post a message with the image to “Darwin Colourising Yesteryear” or “Darwin History” Facebook groups, with their corrected text, and I can upload it to my Google Drive easily.

Currently, I only have a few test files at this location on the drive. To update 1000 groups of files at 1 a day would be 2.7 years, so I may only end up updating at user requests only. Sure, it is a wait-and-see approach, but it would be nice to have the most accurate stories you can create with the appropriate Darwin Historical photos.

It's hoped that these images will resonate with a sufficient audience, prompting them to download and preserve them for future generations, thereby ensuring their longevity and accessibility.

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Darwin Colourising Yesteryear Collection

This collection showcases my painstaking work in transforming historical black and white photographs (and re-colourisation) of Darwin, NT, into vibrant colour images. We now have 1000 images online.

View the Collection:

The Challenge: While I've developed reliable methods for colourising these historical gems, I'm finding that new AI-powered tools are rapidly advancing the field.

A Note on Copyright: At my stage in life, I'm not seeking monetary gain from these works. However, I'd appreciate it if the "wizard-of-oz" and sequence number watermarks remain intact on each image, giving me due credit for my efforts.

A Note on Copyright

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Dontronics

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Dontronics files, which include all files currently on the Dontronics.com Domain: about 1 GB. This covers the first Personal Computer sold in Australia, as well as my Computer and Internet pioneering exploits.

These pages are crafted using HTML code and images, ensuring they load quickly and remain compatible across platforms. You can easily duplicate the content on any server or hard drive by extracting the files from a zip archive, making it accessible and flexible for all users, regardless of their hosting environment.

Recently, the Australian Computer Museum Society (ACMS) reached out to me regarding my TRS-80 Model One, which appears to be the first true Personal Computer (PC) sold in Australia. This took place in March 1978. In light of its historical significance, I've decided to donate it to ACMS, and they have graciously accepted it.

Some time in the future, Dontronics.com will cease to exist in the current format, I am sure. So I have created the full site in HTML code, so that the files can be set up on any server, or a hard drive.

File Name: "Dontronics-full-web-copy.zip". Must be unzipped. You must navigate to "jump-list.html" to get started.

Rather than try to explain it all here, please check out this link:

Current URL with Dontronics.com domain intact is: https://www.dontronics.com/jump-list.html