Australia would likely operate its own carrier, while New Zealand might fund a ship crewed by the Royal Navy. Australia had already pursued shipborne seaplane capability, so the interest in a carrier was not wholly new. A carrier moves the infrastructure needed to operate aircraft with the air group. Distant stations therefore gain a persistent aviation capability without first building a complete network of land bases.
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Small carriers become mobile aviation infrastructure
Australian and New Zealand carriers would carry aircraft support into regions where shore infrastructure could not yet sustain a useful interwar air presence.