“This self-made businessman, entrepreneur and Aussie icon shaped an extraordinary career by surrounding himself with the ‘right type of people” – while never losing his boyish sense of adventure.”
By Liz Ginis. Photography by Frances Mocknik. 12 January 2026.
ARTICLES, BOOKS & MAGAZINES
Australian Outdoors – Kookaburra article 1977
April Fools iceberg prank 1978
Panorama Magazine – Coffee Royal 1982
AUSSAT – First National Satellite 1986
Solo to the Top of the World 1987
Darwin to Adelaide by Solar Vehicle 1987
Finding the WRESAT Rocket 1989
Circling Everest 1993
AG Lifts Off – Transcontinental Challenge 1993
High Flyer – Continental Balloon Challenge 1994
AURORA’S Place in the Sun – Solar Car Record 1994
AG West Across the Tasman by balloon 2000
Restoration of Sir Hubert Wilkins’ Cottage 2001
Dick Smith Rear Admiral of Lake Eyre Yacht Club 2010
Captain of the Cooper Creek Ferry, 2010
Dick Smith: Life of a Larrikin Australian Geographic 2026
Kookaburra by Dick Smith & Pedr Davis 1980
The Earth Beneath Me by Dick Smith 1983 Solo JetRanger from Fort Worth to Sydney
Two Years in the Aviation Hall of Doom by Dick Smith 1984
Talking to Dick Smith by Elaine Furniss 1987
Terrey Hills & Duffys Forest by Gay Halstead 1988
Our Fantastic Planet by Dick Smith 1991 Twin Otter vertically around the world
Solo Around the World by Dick Smith 1992 JetRanger around the world and to the North Pole
Above the World by Dick & Pip Smith 1996 Sikorsky S76 around the world
Makers & Shakers by Robert Gott 1998
The Dick Smith Way by Ike Bain 2002
Unsafe Skies by Dick Smith 2005
Dick Smith’s Population Crisis by Dick Smith 2011
Is The World Full Yet? by Graeme Robin 2014
Balls Pyramid by Dick Smith 2015
Ancestors of Dick Smith A Line of Smiths
Ancestors of Dick Smith The Cazneauxs
Magazines
Truth an Ad 1985
Australian Geographic editorials 1986 – 1999
Facts Not Phobia 1991
Dick Smith’s Forbidden Ideas 2012
Policy Documents – Dick Smith Fair Go
All Policy Documents/Introduction
Dick Smith Fair Go Manifesto 2018
Dick Smith Fair Go newspaper ads
Australia’s Debt 2018
Aviation Call for Action (Wagga address) 2018
Housing Affordability Crisis 2018
Climate change is not the biggest threat 2020
DOCUMENTARIES & FILMS
Adventure Documentaries
Assault on Balls Pyramid 1964 (18 mins)
Canyoning 1966 (37 mins)
Balls Pyramid, Hands on Rock 1980 (29 mins)
Flight to Antarctica 1980 (46 mins)
Coffee Royal Affair Expedition 1981 (46 mins) Includes finding the Kookaburra
Coffee Royal Affair (ABC) 2019 (2 mins 47 secs)
Search for The Mahogany Ship 1981 (46 mins)
Solo Around the World stage 1 1982/3 (45 mins) In JetRanger VH-DIK
Solo Around the World stage 2 1982/3 (45 mins) In JetRanger VH-DIK
Solo Around the World stage 3 1982/3 (45 mins) In JetRanger VH-DIK
Solo Around the World BBC 1983 (47 mins) Compilation of the three documentaries
Bourke to Burketown Bash 1985 (43 mins)
Secret Oasis 1986 (47 mins) Australian Geographic expedition to Cooper Creek
Solo to The North Pole 1987 (47 mins)
Great Aussie Balloon Race 1993 (46 mins) Balloon flight across Australia
Flight to Mountains of the Moon 1999 (1 hr, 28 mins) Caravan flight around the World
Balls Pyramid, Rock of Ages 2004 (27 mins)
Dick Smith Family Documentaries
Dick Smith Explorer : The Early Days 1980 (51 mins)
Dick Smith Explorer: The Footsteps of Charles Sturt 1980 (48 mins)
Family Himalayan Trip 1985 (43 mins)
Family Wollangambe Trip 1986 (15 mins)
Family China Trip 1986 (47 mins)
Other Documentaries
Water Divining 1980 (44 mins)
Cattle King 1983 (48 mins)
Flight from Sydney to Birdsville (BBC) 1987 (46 min)
Everest Sea to Summit 1990 (59 mins)
Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle 2010 (67 mins)
Ten Bucks a Litre 2013 (58 mins)
Ten Bucks a Litre (excerpt) 2013 (40 secs)
Tassie Helicopter Adventure 2015 (25 mins)
History of Australian Skeptics 2018 (25 mins)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Kee Bird” frozen in time 2016 (54 mins)
Short Films
Dick Smith’s Flying Bus 1983 (1 min)
Dick Smith’s Fun Way Into Electronics (15 mins)
Tasman Balloon Crossing 2000 (3 mins)
Around The World by 4WD 2008 (10 mins)
Opera House arrival – completion of 4WD trip around the world 26 August 2008 (3 mins)
Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Climb 2011 (9 mins)
I am a Stockman 2014 (14 mins)
A Life of Adventuring 2015 (6 mins)
India Story, Girl Under The Bridge 2015 (17 mins)
Balls Pyramid Wingsuit Adventure 2015 (4 mins)
Konyukhov Balloon Flight 2016 (11 mins)
Mystery of The Marree Man 2016 (8 mins)
Fun Way into Electronics 2017 (15 mins)
Pole to Pole Flight: Flat Earthers 2018 (2 mins)
In Search of Lost Rock 2019 (21 mins)
TV Ads & Shows
A Current Affair – Dick Smith’s incredible career 2021 (6 mins 30 seconds)
7 News – Book launch and $5 million donation 2021 (1 minute 22 seconds)
This Is Your Life 1978 (24 mins)
Inside Story: Dick Smith 1978 (28 mins)
Michael Parkinson interview 1982 re solo world flight (20 minutes)
Dick Smith ‘Electronics Wizz Kids’ ad 1982 (1 min)
Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 1982 (3 mins 48 sec)
Water Divining Tests by Australian Skeptics – James Randi in Australia – A Current Affair 1989 (12 mins 30 seconds)
Dick Smith ‘Australian Made’ ad 1989 (30 secs)
This is Your Life 1997 (23 mins)
Shaun Micallef – Dick Smith Foods 2003 (3 min)
Spotlight 2009 interview – Disappearance of Kingsford Smith (10 mins 7 seconds)
Dick Smith Food Aussie Day ad 2013 (1 min)
The ‘Grim Reaper’ ad 2017 (1 min)
Dick Smith, Classic Restos 2018 (28 mins)
ABC News, Kookaburra 2019 (2 mins 46 sec)
Around world twice Digital map 1999/2000
EarthRoamer around World Digital map 2006-08
East-west around world Digital map 1994