Australia's first parachutists: Sisters fly from hot air balloons over Newcastle racecourse

By Mike Scanlon
Updated October 31 2019 - 5:07pm, first published 2:30pm
DARING: The only known photograph of the Van Tassel sisters together.
DARING: The only known photograph of the Van Tassel sisters together.

AUSTRALIA'S first female parachutist once made history right here in the Hunter Valley.

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