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Archive for August, 2012

100 years at the heart of remote Australia on display

100 years at the heart of remote Australia on display

A photographic display which captures John Flynn’s vision for the heart of the nation and how it became a reality opens at the National Library of Australia in Canberra today, Friday, 10 August. One of Flynn’s photos to go on display: three AIM nurses with seven newborn babiesRunning for one year, the display, Beyond the Furthest Fences: …

Frontier Services calls for courage and innovation

Frontier Services calls for courage and innovation

Overcoming the disadvantage faced by people living in remote communities will take courage and innovation, Frontier Services’ Kate Higginbotham told Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association 41st Annual Conference in Griffith today. Jane Morton, who was a nurse at the Frontier Services Birdsville Hospital from 1979-81, visited the Frontier Services stall at the ICPA conference in GriffithMs Higginbotham spoke …

Halikos Group volunteers roll up their sleeves for Frontier Services

Halikos Group volunteers roll up their sleeves for Frontier Services

More than 50 volunteers from the Halikos Group rolled up their sleeves and blitzed the Frontier Services Respite Options for Senior Territorians (ROST) All the volunteers at the Halikos Group working beecentre in Darwin on Sunday, 29 July. Community Care Manager Pauline Wardle said the volunteers, which included a whole soccer team from the Darwin …

ABC News – ‘Church marks centenary of outback care’

ABC News – ‘Church marks centenary of outback care’

CHURCH MARKS CENTENARY OF OUTBACK CARE.   ABC News: July 18, 2012.   The Uniting Church is marking a century of outback work by its caring network, now known as Frontier Services. A national church meeting in Adelaide has discussed the need for a continuing commitment to outback care and community services… Read full article. 

ABC News – ‘Students to get taste of Red Centre’

ABC News – ‘Students to get taste of Red Centre’

STUDENTS TO GET TASTE OF RED CENTRE.   ABC News: June 18 2012.   Eight high school students from the New South Wales central coast are beginning a week-long educational experience in Alice Springs. The national director of Frontier Services says the trip has been organised to celebrate the centenary of the Australian Inland Mission, …

Janet Fletcher (nee Guy); Edith farms, NT

Janet Fletcher (nee Guy); Edith farms, NT

I was appointed to birdsville Hospital with the AIM in the 1970s. It was an amazing experience which I hold in my heart forever. Later I married a farmer and, after we lost our farm, we again served with Frontier services for 4 years at The Monument. 25 years ago I gave birth to my …

Judy Williams (nee’ Kettle); Granite Rock, VIC

Judy Williams (nee’ Kettle); Granite Rock, VIC

Judy Williams has created a blog containing transcripts of the diaries of her Father, Howard Kettle, called ‘Hey Jude – Outback Travels of my Father… 1929 – 1935.   Howard was a Patrol Padre with the Methodist Inland Mission, now the Uniting Church in Australia Frontier Services, based in Camooweal in Queensland. The blog allows …

A man and a truck

A man and a truck

‘A man and a truck’, a colour documentary produced in 1956, explores the work of the Australian Inland Mission patrol padres. The film follows the journey of a new patrol padre, Rev. Colin Ford and his wife, as they travel from the Australian Inland Mission headquarters in Sydney to the tip of Cape York Peninsular. 

Around a scarred wooden table

Around a scarred wooden table

In the heart of the Outback, Rev John Dihm brings ‘church’ to people in the bush. Around a scarred wooden table, Reverend John Dihm with a property owner, his wife and two station hands are breaking bread together. A radio plays in the background. There’s no wine because it’s just gone midday, but the little …