I THINK the ANSW F.27-500’s pictured at Perth were possibly on Sydney Stock Exchange charters. The purpose was to show interested investors various mines and mining projects around the country.
The first one was operated by Ansett in October 1980. I operated the first part of the sequence, BNE-Gladstone-Moranbah-Mackay-Mt Isa-Gove-Darwin, over several days in VH-FNU. Another crew took the aircraft around the coast via Perth.
Subsequently the charters over the next few years were operated by ANSW -500’s, presumably because of the greater seating capacity