Collection 1: Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. New South Wales Section records, 1936-1989

MLMSS 8935

sub-fonds

1936-1989

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Cartographic Materials, Moving Images, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Clippings, Photographs

411729

3.55 metres of textual material (21 boxes and 1 volume)

Records of the NSW Section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) relating particularly to medical services, aircraft and radio communications. Includes files, annual reports, correspondence, manuals, plans, short histories, financial records, minutes and motion pictures. Also includes the papers of Sister Myra Blanch.

BOX 1
Membership applications, lists of nominated representatives and related correspondence, 1976-1974
Papers concerning communication technology, including telemedicine and Vital Call, and the ‘Southern Cross’ replica aeroplane, 1985-1987
Folder of contracts for supply of equipment, 1968-1975
Electronics and technical specifications, ca. 1974

BOX 2
Memorandum of industrial agreement with Professional Radio Employees Institute of Australia, 1937
Transceiver manuals and operating instructions, undated
Financial statements, 1986
Fund raising activities schedules, correspondence and press releases, 1987-1988
Agenda and reports for Council Meeting 24/08/1988
Files relating to Western Australian and Victorian Sections, 1971-1975

BOX 3
File relating to Queensland Section, 1972-1975
Contact and invitation lists, 1984-1987
Bank statements and related correspondence, 1986-1988
Files relating to radio equipment including Single Side Band Radio Project, 1972-1976

BOX 4
‘Queensland 1969-1972’, ‘General 1970’ and ‘General 1971’ files, relating mainly to radio equipment

BOX 5
Files relating to radio equipment and employment of a radio base operator at Kalgoorlie and to radio equipment in NSW and other states, 1971-1975

BOX 6
‘Aero’ file relating to conversion of aircraft, 1958-1960
Papers of RFDS (NSW) Younger Set, 1950-1961
Correspondence with station owners particularly of Winathee, Wonnaminta and Yandama Stations, 1948-1966
File relating to Dr L.W. Alderman, 1949-1950
Letters to and from Frank Basden, 1949-1950
Correspondence with station owners relating to contributions and other matters, 1952-1955, with miscellaneous later papers, 1976-1979
Specifications and plans for alterations to radio room, Broken Hill, 1949
Original drawings for Single Side Band Radio Project, 1971-1972
Grants submissions, 1965-1968

BOX 7
Financial papers including accounts and Staff Superannuation Fund balance sheets, 1972-1973
Replies to invitations to Handing-Over Ceremony for Beagle Aircraft, 1967
Agreements and other papers relating to aircraft, 1967-1968
Papers relating to proposed amendments to RFDS NSW Articles of Association, 1960-1970
RFDS Federal Council Annual Meeting and Conference papers, 1968
‘Archives’ file including correspondence, 1956-1970
‘Modification of aircraft’ file, 1969
Report on FDS by Professor Holmes, 1951
Files relating to Eastern Goldfields and Tasmanian Sections, 1950-1983

BOX 8
Memorandum and Articles of Association of RFDS (NSW Section), 1955
Memorandum and Articles of Association of Federal Council of Australian Aerial Medical Services, with Certificate of Incorporation and Change of Name (to Flying Doctor Service of Australia – Federal Council), 1942
Operational and Capital Grants Submission 1968/71
Federal Council Annual Reports Numbers 1-24, 1937-1960, with Queensland Section 1970 Annual Report and Western Australian Section Rules, 1936
Minutes of meetings of Federal Council Executive Committee, including meetings with officers of the Department of Health, Canberra, 1975-1978
RFDS Federal Council records, reports and correspondence, 1936-1950
Typescript information concerning the history, activities and procedures of the RFDS

BOX 9
RFDS Sydney Auxiliary bank statements, 1978-1982
Staff Superannuation Fund Trustees minute book, 1969-1978
Finance and Administration Sub-Committee minute book, 1970-1977
Aviation Sub-Committee minute book, 1970-1978
Flight Operations Manual and related correspondence, 1971-1983

BOX 10
Base correspondence including memoranda, 1981-1983, 1984-1986
Correspondence with solicitors, 1982-1987
Sydney office correspondence, 1973-1986
Files relating to the Sydney office and its equipment, including lease and plans, 1982-1984
Files relating to Auxiliaries including those of Sydney and White Cliffs, 1977-1987
Regional Sub-Committee correspondence file, 1976, 1981-1984

BOX 11
RFDS Federal Council records, reports and correspondence, 1948-1968
RFDS Victorian Section and Central Section correspondence and other papers, 1938-1981
File relating to the RFDS (NSW Section) Patron Sir James Rowland, 1981-1987
‘Fund raising’ file, 1971-1985
‘Sydney office equipment’ file, 1986
Base correspondence, 1983-1984
Correspondence with solicitors, 1970-1982
Graphs showing changes in operational costs, miles flown and telegrams 1938-1967, 1968
Reports and other papers relating to Broken Hill Base area, 1953; effects of altitude on patients, 1973; memorial service for Sir Hudson Fysh, 1974; condition monitoring in aircraft, undated; remote area communications, 1984; history of RFDS, 1974
Product brochure for de Havilland ‘Drover’ aircraft, 1949
File concerning consultants, locums, medical students and temporary staff, 1981-1982

BOX 12
Correspondence labelled ‘Medical general’, 1980-1982
Papers relating to aircraft including Aircraft Registration Certificate, 1947; correspondence with Beech Aircraft Corporation, 1946; copy of ‘De Havilland Gazette’ Aug 1949
Papers relating to tender for NSW Air Ambulance Service, 1983-1984
Specifications for radiotelephony equipment, 1967-1969
Correspondence and reports relating to the South Australian Section, 1944, and Western Australian Section, 1970
File containing miscellaneous papers including Australian Inland Missions poster, undated; Transceiver Directory, 1954; address by Dr Howard E. Williams, 1969; programme for Sir Hudson Fysh memorial service, 1974; report on Central Reserve Health Services, 1978
Report on allocation of grants to Sections, includes draft speech for the Queen, 1976
Land Station Licence for Broken Hill, 1940, and architectural drawings for Broken Hill Base, 1938
NSW Section Annual Report, 1950
Deed of Settlement to establish the Sir Hugh Denison Memorial Fund, 1942
File concerning proposed financial merger of NSW and Central Sections, 1985
Aviation Committee correspondence, 1958-1959
Reports including Tasmanian visit by George Simpson, 1959; overview and structure of NSW Section, undated; re-engining of Drover aircraft, undated

BOX 13
Papers relating to landing grounds, including correspondence, circulars and plans, 1945-1950
Correspondence concerning ‘Coast Watching’, 1940
Papers relating to proposed rationalisation, 1955
Aviation Committee correspondence, minutes and reports, 1983-1984
Correspondence with NSW Department of Health, 1981-1984
Correspondence with Santos Ltd, 1981-1983

BOX 14
‘Emergency power supply’ file, 1954-1955
Minutes of Federal Conference of Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association, 1976
Broken Hill Airport fire and crash procedures, 1962
Loose correspondence and newscuttings, including those relating to Dr C.R. Huxtable, 1950s-1980s

BOX 15
Loose correspondence, 1940-1977, including reports and minutes of meetings relating to single side band radio, 1967

BOX 16
Loose correspondence, 1945-1980
Maps including holding map of Bourke and Wanaaring Districts ca. 1954, Menindee Storages 1959

BOX 17
Loose correspondence, 1941-1980

BOX 18
Loose correspondence, 1940-1972
Call sign directories 1955, 1957

BOX 19
Loose correspondence, 1940-1980
Technical instructions for radio transmitters
Papers relating to ‘Flying Doctor’ film, including draft script, list of locations and schedule, 1978

BOX 20
Papers of Sister Myra Blanch:
Bound typescript carbon copies of monthly reports submitted by Sr Blanch, Dec 1945 – Dec 1948, Jan 1949 – May 1951; bound typescript carbon copies of monthly reports submitted by Sr E. Pattinson, May 1951 – Jul 1952; typescript carbon copies of monthly reports submitted by Sr Blanch, Jan 1953 – Dec 1954
Letter of authority and reports relating to health survey, 1952-1953
Photographs of a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to Broken Hill Base, 1954
Printed and hand-drawn maps of the Broken Hill area, ca. 1944-1953
Folder of personal papers including typescript articles about Sanpah and Yandaminta Stations, biographical information and newscuttings, 1946-1989

BOX 21
Papers of Sister Myra Blanch:
Report on the health survey made of the Broken Hill Base Radio Network Area, 1955
Two sets of detailed survey questionnaires completed by Sr Blanch, comprising 1. Stations, including descriptions of homesteads and amenities, and 2. Families, including medical notes and general comments, 1953-1954

VOL. 22
Account book for RFDS Sydney Auxiliary including membership lists, 1965-1980

MOTION PICTURES
16mm black & white film ‘Australian Diary No. 62: Flying Doctor’, Australian National Film Board, 1952
16mm colour film ‘RFDS Broken Hill’, Film Australia and Australian Information Service, 1979
13 further motion picture reels, with titles including ‘Nomad’ and ‘Conquering the Silence’
These motion picture reels are housed separately from the records at MLMSS 8935. For enquiries about this material please contact the Manuscripts Section

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