Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. New South Wales Section aggregated collection of records

fonds

1936-1989

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

9661477

4 metres of textual material (21 boxes and 1 volume and 1 folder)

The establishment of the Royal Flying Doctor Service was mainly due to the efforts of John Flynn, a Presbyterian minister, whose vision was to provide medical services to sick and injured people in remote areas of Australia. On 15 May 1928 the first base of the Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical Service opened in Cloncurry, Queensland. In 1942 the name was changed to the Flying Doctor Service and in 1955 it became the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The NSW Section was formed in 1936 with its base at Broken Hill becoming operational in 1937. In 1945 Sister Myra Blanch became the first nurse to be employed at the Broken Hill Base.

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Compiled from the collection

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

COLLECTION 2:
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. New South Wales Section further records, 1936-1956

Partly restricted - This collection contains confidential, personal and/or culturally sensitive information: Applies to Collection 1: Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. New South Wales Section records, 1936-1989