The hangar was purchase in pre-fabricated form from the Sydney Williams Company in 1939 by Eddy Connellan. It was constructed at the town Aerodrome in Alice Springs by the Connellan Airways, who operated aircraft for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Various extensions were added before the Aerodrome closed in 1968.

In 1979 the Central Australian Aviation Museum Society extensively restored the building with funds from the Northern Territory Government.
 

There is also a Memorial dedicated to the memory of Keith Anderson and Bob Hitchcock who perished after the ‘Kookaburra’ made a forced landing in the Tanami Desert on the 10th April 1929 while on their way to search for Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm. Found fourteen days later, the wreck was recovered in 1978 and the Memorial opened in 1982.

Source: Collections Australia Network (CAN)

Visit the Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts website to read the full ‘History of the Connellan Hangar’ and the ‘E.J. Connellan’s story’. More historical information can be had at the Connellan Airways Trust website.