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 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. 

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 …

St Stephen’s Uniting Church Choir recently sang our Centenary Anthem ‘Resilient and Free’. The anthem, with music by Colin Brumby and lyrics by Bruce Prewer, was written especially to celebrate 100 years at the heart of remote Australia. The Frontier Services staff will be singing ‘Resilient and Free’ for guests attending the official Centenary Celebration …

Frontier Services has welcomed Sylvia Rushton as the new Residential Care Manager for its aged care services in the Northern Territory and Kimberley region. Originally from England, Ms Rushton was lured by the opportunity for a new adventure and to learn about different cultures with Frontier Services, the largest provider of aged and community care …

There was an air of excitement as the first banner for the centenary year was proudly unwrapped in the Frontier Services National Office. Rosemary Young, Richard Stewart and Kate Higginbotham with the banner made by Libby StewartThe call went out to supporters all around the country to create a banner which encapsulates the hope, spirit …

A spectacular outback concert under the stars in Birdsville was a fitting end to the Nissan Simpson Crossing 50th Anniversary event. A highlight of the night was when Nissan CEO William Peffer presented a cheque to Frontier Services National Director Rosemary Young for $22,509 – the total amount raised from the event which will assist …

HISTORY REPEATS IN 4WD STYLE.   Daily Mercury: Friday, July 13, 2012.   One of Australia’s pioneering motoring adventures is about to be re-lived when sister and brother Marg and Doug Sprigg cross Australia’s Simpson Desert this month in an early model Nissan G60 Patrol – for the second time… Read Full Article. 

AIM CELEBRATION.   Tennant & District Timers: 8 June, 2012.   A century of work by the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) was celebrated at the old welfare hut in Tennant Creek recently… Read full article. 

EXPERIENCING THE REMOTER PARTS OF THE NATION.   Central Coast Express Advocate: Wednesday, July 04, 2012.   EIGHT students from Green Point Christian College spent six days in central Australia celebrating 100 years of the Australian InlandMission (AIM) and the ongoing work of Frontier Services. Year 11 student Katelyn Manson said it was an awesome experience going to the outback, meeting other students and learning about Frontier Services …