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	Lake Grace, Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1922 the Reverend John Flynn visited the town to assess the suitability for establishing an Australian Inland Mission (AIM) hospital.
		The Western Australian Government agreed to subsidise the building of the hospital, which was subsequently built by AIM and opened in April 1926 staffed by two nurses, Olive Bennett and Helen Cousin.
		The Lake Grace AIM Hospital building was in disrepair by 1983 with the state Government deciding to demolish the building.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Grace,_Western_Australia (403 words)

	Australian Inland Mission at Innamincka: Inland Nurses in the Outback region of South Australia
		Australian Inland Mission at Innamincka: Inland Nurses in the Outback region of South Australia
		The nurses of the Inland Mission are some of the unsung heroes of the bush.
		Inside the inland Mission, which now doubles as the rangers’ headquarters and local visitors' centre, the photographic display gives an idea of what the philanthropic visitors to the desert had to contend with.
	www.postcards.sa.com.au /features/aust_inland_mission2.html (588 words)

	Pacific Book House - Book Lists
		The story of the Australian Flying Doctor service, with appendices on: brief history of the experimental flying doctor and wireless services inaugurated by the Australian Inland Mission to the Presbyterian Church, the future of the flying doctor service of Australia, the constitution, control and present organization of the flying doctor service of Australia.
		A missionary account of the most perilous mission frontier in the world with the Dani in the Baliem Valley of Irian Jaya (former Dutch New Guinea), complete with a photo of body destined for cannibal feast which was witnessed with horror by two missionaries.
		An Australian bush classic, the personal account of a Parson based at Gilgandra during the great drought in 1902, he traveled back of Bourke on a 1,250 mile journey in a sulky baptising, teaching children and preaching the gospel on homestead verandahs, shearing sheds and the open air.
	www.pacificbookhouse.com.au /catalog/cat72.htm (11607 words)

	Frontier Services - History
		The Australian continent is an old one, 20% of the inland is desert or semi-arid and rainfall in much of the outback is less than 25 centimeters a year.
		The Smith of Dunesk Mission in South Australia sent out the Presbyterian Minister, Rev Robert Mitchell in 1895, to areas north of Beltana and a nursing service was commenced at Oodnadatta with Sister E A Main in 1907.
		His report to the Presbyterian Assembly in 1912 resulted in the establishment of the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) of which he was appointed superintendent.
	www.frontierservices.org /about/history.htm (607 words)

	RFDS Annual Report 2000
		He established the Australian Inland Mission in 1912 and set up bush hospitals and hostels in the remote outback which mitigated much of the anxiety associated with the great loneliness of the inland.
		In 1934 the Australian Inland Mission handed over to a new organisation, the Australian Aerial Medical Service and over the next few years Sections were established across Australia.
		RFDS was the first comprehensive aerial medical organisation in the world, and remains unique for the range of primary health care and emergency services it provides and for the immense area of sparse population and climatic extremes over which it operates twenty four hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a year.
	www.flyingdoctor.net /ar2000/history.htm (447 words)

	Biography / Australia / John Flynn
		The Mission, which commenced operation with one nursing hostel, a nursing sister and a padre, had by 1926, under Flynn's leadership, become a network of ten strategically placed nursing hostels operating closely with patrol padres.
		Keenly aware of the isolation of the people of inland Australia, between 1913 and 1927 Flynn used his magazine The Inlander as a vehicle to elicit financial support, to publicise the Mission's achievements and to make known his plans for the future.
		In 1932 at the age of 51, Flynn married Jean Blanch Baird, Secretary of the Australian Inland Mission.
	www.polymernotes.org /biographies/AUS_bio_flynn.htm (536 words)

	Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 8, page 541
		An interesting Australian application of radio technology, combined with mechanical ingenuity, was developed by Traeger for the Australian Inland Mission to establish a communication system to alleviate the problems of isolation in the remoter areas of the continent.
		Australian contribution to research was stimulated when a Royal Commission on wireless with wide terms of reference, included in its recommendation in 1927
		In planning the cables, the Australian engineers developed specifications in the form of requirements to be met, rather than detailing a particular system or systems, establishing a practice which was to be the basis for seeking Australian communication equipment in the decades ahead.
	www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au /tia/541.html (758 words)

	Australian DemocratsAustralian Democrat Speeches
		He was then the superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission, which was the forerunner to the Uniting Church's Frontier Services and also the auspice for the formation of the Flying Doctor Service under the Reverend John Flynn.
		Ordained in 1935, Fred became a control padre for the Australian Inland Mission, the forerunner of the UC Frontier Services.
		Colin emphasised that the former head of the Australian Inland Mission's determination to get the best out of everyone in his service for Christ was something to be noted by all people who came in contact with him.
	www.democrats.org.au /speeches?speech_id=375&display=1 (1219 words)

	RFDS Annual Report 1998
		When in 1911 Reverend John Flynn, a Presbyterian clergyman took up his first appointment at Beltana Mission in the north of South Australia, he soon recognised that vast distances and poor communication created awful difficulties when anyone was sick or injured.
		He established the Australian Inland Mission in 1912 and set up bush hospitals and hostels in the remote outback which alleviated much of the anxiety associated with the great loneliness of the inland.
		In 1942 the Australian Aerial Medical Service was renamed the Flying Doctor Service and in 1955 it became the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia when the Queen granted use of the royal prefix.
	www.flyingdoctor.net /ar98/page04-05.htm (412 words)

	AIM Hospital is still standing » ABC Great Southern
		Lake Grace is one of the few places left to have an Australian Inland Mission Hospital still standing.
		Twelve years ago the Australian Inland Mission Hospital at Lake Grace was in danger of being demolished but a group of residents lobbied the government to keep their special piece of history and succeeded.
		The opening of the pathway yesterday was a reason for many former employees to return to their old stomping ground.
	www.abc.net.au /greatsouthern/stories/s1077144.htm (272 words)

	There's an outback welcome when the padre calls - theage.com.au
		His bed was on the roof of his four-wheel-drive, his living room a tiny tent annexe, and his parish half a million square kilometres of outback South Australia.
		Rossiter is the newest patrol padre for the Presbyterian Inland Mission (PIM).
		The ministry, which provides practical and spiritual care for people in the outback, is the heir of John Flynn's Australian Inland Mission.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/13/1047431148551.html (895 words)

	Frontier Services
		For instance, while most city Australians know that youth suicide increased by 71% over the last three decades, few know that in rural and remote Australia teenage boys currently take their lives at 12 times the rate of city boys, and teenage girls in the bush at 5 times the rate*.
		Inland Australians live in some of the biggest distances on the planet.
		Many city Australians together with country people, with their own legitimate needs, protest at what they perceive to be indulgent and inequitably generous funding.
	nat.uca.org.au /assembly2000/reports/c13-frontier_services.html (3448 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 159 - Reverend John Flynn and the Australian Inland Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		His report, 'Northern Territory and Central Australia – A Call to the Church', was considered by the Presbyterian General Assembly and as a result he was appointed field superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission (AIM), a position he held for the next 39 years.
		Flynn was also concerned with providing shelter for the older population of Central Australia and in 1949 he designed the first cottage to be built at the Old Timers' Settlement in Alice Springs.
		A number of records relating to John Flynn, the Australian Inland Mission and the Royal Flying Doctor Service are held by National Archives' offices in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Darwin.
	www.naa.gov.au /publications/fact_sheets/FS159.html (686 words)

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		The Smith of Dunesk Mission in South Australia sent out the Presbyterian Minister, Rev Robert Mitchell in 1895-9, to areas north of Beltana and a nursing service was commenced at Oodnadatta by Sister E A Main in 1907.
		His report resulted in the establishment of the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) in 1912.
		By 1935, it was a separate church organisation and by 1939, it became autonomous and known as the Flying Doctor Service.Now there were nurses and doctors but not much in the way of communication as there were no telephones or even electricity.
	www.frontierservices.org /news/2002YOTO.doc (844 words)

	Thursday, 17 July 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The aim of the service is to provide a service to improve the health of people living in the bush.
		Flynn became very close to the people of the outback and in 1912 he was appointed as the first superintendent of Australian Inland Mission, the bush department of the Presbyterian church.
		By 1932, the Australian Inland Mission had a network of 10 small hospitals and it had suffered considerable ongoing financial hardship.
	www.parliament.sa.gov.au /catalog/hansard/2003/ha/wh170703.ha.htm (14041 words)

	Africa Inland Mission
		Our aim is to reach out to unevangelised areas, plant churches and help them grow.
		AIM members now serve in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zaire, Central African Republic, Sudan, Comoro Islands, Seychelles, Madagascar, Reunion, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho and Chad.
		Volunteers would need to be willing to share their faith in Christ as their personal Saviour as they work in sometimes very rural situations.
	www.nursingnetuk.com /abroaddirectory/africa_inland_mission.html (272 words)

	Australian Camping in the Outback
		Innamincka is near the junction of the New South Wales, Queensland and South Australian borders, and is considered one of the most remote tourist destinations in the Australia, a small outback settlement in the very top corner of our state along the Strzelecki Track, and on the bank of the Cooper Creek.
		In times past it was an essential stopping place for outback travellers, with its own Australian Inland Mission hospital, a store, telegraph station and pub.
		The addition of one gum leaf to give the tea a slightly eucalyptus taste is widely used in the Australian outback, especially among those who travel in the cattle camps.
	www.inmamaskitchen.com /FOOD_IS_ART_II/travel/outbackcamping.html (2081 words)

	Simpson Desert French Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Nursing sisters Mona Henry and Lillian Whitehead served two year stints on duty at the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) Hospital, Birdsville, as did all the other nursing pairs who volunteered for the tough outback calling.
		Mona and Lillian were incumbents from 1951 to 1953 and suffered the tragedy of the total loss of the hospital in the fire that happened shortly before Christmas in 1951.
		The dusty, dry channels have the habit of turning themselves into fifty-mile wide inland seas almost overnight and paradoxically when the waters subside, lush green herbage sprouts and reoccupies the channels.
	www.simpsondesert.fl.net.au /mail (1562 words)

	Heritage: Adelaide House - NRETA - NT Government - Australia
		Adelaide House was conceptually designed as a hostel by John Flynn (1880-1951), a Presbyterian minister, who was founder and Superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission of the Presbyterian Church in Australia and also acknowledged as one of the founders of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
		The first two-way field radio transmission of a telegram sent from Hermannsburg Mission via Adelaide House to Tanunda, South Australia, was by Alfred Hermann Traeger (1895-1980), who developed the pedal radio and gained a secure place in Territory history.
		James, B. A Social and Structural History of Four Australian Inland Mission Buildings in the Northern Territory.
	www.nt.gov.au /nreta/heritage/ntregister/declared/display.html?adhouse (207 words)

	Digital Collections - Pictures - Australian Inland Mission collection [picture]. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Aboriginal prisoners in chains [transparency] : a deputation lantern slide of the AIM [Australian Inland Mission] Head Office, 1926-1940 /
		Portrait of an unidentified nurse [transparency] : a deputation lantern slide of the AIM [Australian Inland Mission] Head Office, 1926-1940 /
		Horse drawn carriage with passengers [transparency] : a deputation lantern slide of the AIM [Australian Inland Mission] Head Office, 1926-1940 /
	nla.gov.au /nla.pic-an11408153 (759 words)

	Australian Volunteers International: Nursing Abroad - Directory
		Australian Volunteers International (AVI) recruits, prepares and supports skilled, experienced Australians to live and work with developing communities throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Pacific and the Middle East, as well as remote Aboriginal communities in Australia.
		Trained, experienced nurses are highly sought after by a wide range of organisations in developing communities, such as local hospitals, government health departments, community health centres and nurse training institutions.
		For their contribution, Australian Volunteers receive a living allowance, return airfares, insurance, language training and pre-departure briefings, and some also receive assistance with housing costs.
	nursingabroad.net /directory/australian_volunteers_international.html (146 words)

	Alice Springs News, October 2, 2002
		Frontier Services staff from across the vast Australian inland say that drug and alcohol abuse is rising at an alarming rate yet there is no increase in services.
		Celebrating their 90th anniversary last week, the Uniting Church organisation Ð formerly the Australian Inland Mission founded by John Flynn Ð restated in a four-day conference in Alice Springs their commitment to providing services in the Outback even as many government and business services are being withdrawn.
		The Australian Local Government Association Convention is being hosted in Alice in November Ð for the first time ever it is being held outside Canberra and it's thanks to hard lobbying by our Mayor Fran, CEO Nick and team.
	www.alicespringsnews.com.au /0935.html (6262 words)

	Australian Landmarks
		Australian Landmarks including photos around the city, Fast Eddys,...
		Country music was more likely to celebrate Australian landmarks in song, and it was in this spirit that Chester started humming a tune on a...
		Australian Photos Here's some photos of Australian landmarks and other interesting places and things.
	www.ausinvn.com /australian-landmarks.html (186 words)

	Africa Inland Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Africa Inland Mission is a non-denominational Christian Missions organization seeking to spread the good news of Jesus Christ to the Peoples of...
		Missionary prayer requests Africa Inland Mission International (AIM) is an evangelical interdenominational missionary society.
		Africa Inland Mission (AIM) is a nondenominational Christian mission organisation focusing on Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean.
	www.africainlandmission.info (766 words)

	Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 7, page 509
		Whilst the name of the Rev. John Flynn of the Australian Inland Mission of the Presbyterian Church is usually, and quite properly, associated with the inception of this service, two other names should also be mentioned.
		One is the medical student, Clifford Peel, who, in 1917 suggested the use of aircraft in providing rapid access of, and to, the medical services in the outback (Fig.
		The Royal Flying Doctor Service is an excellent example of a typical Australian innovation which, at its inception, involved the use of two high technology elements -aircraft and radio, in solving a pressing social need.
	www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au /tia/509.html (349 words)

	Africa Inland Mission
		The AIM International Australian Council coordinates the work of the Africa Inland Mission in the western Pacific Rim.
		Other AIM websites with more detailed information about various service opportunities which we can provide are listed under "AIM Links".
		It is my privilege to be with these people, the Njemps, or Chamus tribe, and learn a little about their lives and lifestyle in Leswa Village.
	www.aimaust.org.au (305 words)

	Ephemera of Mission Aviation History - Collection 528
		A number of books were given to the BGC LIBRARY (now Evangelism and Missions Collection of the Wheaton College Archives and Special Collections), but only the ones that were not duplicates were kept (see Location Record: Books).
		One 25" x 20-1/2" map depicting congregations, schools, mission stations, hospitals, dispensaries, youth centers, and air strips operated by the Nigeria Mission of the Christian Reformed Church; n.d.
		He was first pilot of the Andes Evangelical Mission (now Bolivian Indian Mission), a new landing strip, pilot Ivan Pettigrew, Virgilio Soleto of George Allan Seminary, AEM missionary Bob Sanders, and two unidentified maps.
	www.wheaton.edu /bgc/archives/GUIDES/528.htm (3030 words)

	Lake Grace, Western Australia - Travelmate
		The area’s delights are enhanced in spring when the wildflowers are in bloom.
		Lake Grace townsfolk have spent a lot of energy and not a few dollars restoring some old railway buildings and the hospital run by the Australian Inland Mission, which is now a museum.
		Established in 1925 by John Flynn of Flying Doctor fame, the hospital is the last to be administered by the Australian Inland Mission in WA.
	www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=748 (260 words)

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