Patrol Minister Colin Gordon leads the AIM Centenary Celebrations riding a camel through the Alice Springs Mall to Adelaide House, one of the many events held in April.
29 May 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Radium Hill pays tribute to its outback nurses
Sr Dulcie Gibson and Connie Savage in 1957-8The nurses who worked at the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) hospital in Radium Hill more than 50 years ago were celebrated as “unsung heroes” at a special Centenary display this month. A collection of historical photos and records …
25 May 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Communities suffer with Fly In, Fly Out
The increasing reliance on Fly In, Fly Out workers is making it significantly harder to deliver the essential services needed in remote communities, Frontier Services told a Federal Inquiry today. The enormous salaries on offer to FIFO workers in the mining sector has made it …
24 May 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
A baptism in the bush
Six families, 15 children, 100 guests and one Patrol Minister gathered in the heart of outback Queensland for the Nebine Bush Christening. Frontier Services Patrol Minister Rev John Case baptised all of the children on the tennis courts of the Nebine Community Centre as friends …
24 May 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Bush Telegraph – ‘100 Years of Frontier Services’
100 YEARS OF FRONTIER SERVICES. Bush Telegraph, 17 May 2012. One hundred years ago, Reverend John Flynn came up with a plan that changed the course of Australia’s social and medical history. He presented a unique proposal to the Presbyterian Church to set up …