[1] As part of the unemployment relief grant from the Civil Aviation Department made money available to build a second runway at the Bourke Aerodrome.

[4] Butler Air Transport sought to have the airfield upgraded to support a possible change from the Douglas DC-3 to the Vickers Viscount, otherwise the Sydney to Bourke route was not economically viable.

[5] On 7 December 1962, the town turn out to welcome Commonwealth Games high jumper medalist Percy Hobson on his return.

[6] An April 1964 meeting discussing a twenty-four hour service by air ambulance across NSW was met with skepticism as Bourke was not equipped for night landings or radio navigation beacons.

[7] By 1965, Airlines of New South Wales was running flights to and Sydney on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.