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Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia - Australia's Culture PortalOrganisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been established to bring these important health services to remote and regional Australian communities. The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides free emergency and medical care to people w...
The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was as influential on Australian civil aviation as it was on early Australian aviation. Two former AFC officers, Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness, established what later became known as Qantas, with Fysh also supporting th...
Aviation has been very significant in Australia. As a country with large distances to cross and a sparse population, aviation was an ideal way to provide services such as mail, transport, medical support and goods supply. All around Australia, a large n...
Until the Second World War, Australia was one of the world's leaders in aviation in terms of both air mileage and prominent aviation pioneers. Since the early development of powered flight in Australia in 1910, various air services have been established:...
Gp Capt Eaton Charles, CO RAAF Station Darwin. Image courtesy of the Charles Eaton Photographic Collection and Peter Dunn's Australia @ War. Eaton entered Australian aviation legend when commanding the air searches for two lost aircraft, the Kookaburra ...
Image courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th...
Unknown, Portrait of Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, between 1919 and 1927. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's love of excitement led to career as a pilot. Charles Kingsford Smith was born in Hamilton (a suburb of Brisbane), Queensland, in 1897. ...
The answer is Community Government schooling and the School of the Air. School of the Air is one of the means by which children in remote communities can access schools. Alternatively, community schools provide an opportunity for children to attend scho...
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Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia - Our History (more info)
Provides a history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), a charitable organisation providing an invaluable medical service to rural and remote Australia.
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93/11/1 Tea towel, Royal Flying Doctor Service, linen, Poland/Australia, 1975-1985 - Powerhouse Museum Collection (website Powerhouse Museum )Domestic Equipment-Home > Tea-towels>>+ A4472 Tea towel exhibiting characteristi... > + 93/311/47 Tea towel, 'Early Australian F... > + 93/311/49 Tea towel, 'Heritage', screen-... > + 87/1437D Tea-towel, linen, [Australia], ......
The Royal Flying Doctor Service was established in 1928 by Reverend John Flynn. His vision was to provide a 'mantle of safety' for the isolated communities of inland Australia. The Alice Springs base was opened in 1939 to provide emergency and preventat...
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Organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been established to bring these important health services to remote and regional Australian communities. The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides free emergency and medical care to people w...
The wide brown land seems smaller thanks to the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Reverend John Flynn was the founder of the world’s first Aerial Medical Service, now known as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). Photo courtesy of the Royal Flying Doc...
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Eventually this money became available to the Presbyterian Church and was used to establish the Smith of Dunesk Mission at Beltana. John Flynn, Aborigine, plane and camel, all closely associated with the mantle of safety for the inland, now on the Austral...
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