Playground Blitz

In an effort to rival any Backyard Blitz make-over, the Cobar Uniting Church has transformed a dry and dusty patch of dirt allocated for parking, into a green, safe and welcoming children’s playground. Frontier Services Cobar/Nyngan Patrol Minister Rev Ian Tucker endorsed the facility with …

Caring for Karratha children forty years on

Forty years ago, not long after Karratha was established to accommodate the workforce of the Hamersley Iron mining company, a pre-school was started for the families that came to work there. As homes and infrastructure emerged alongside ambitious new mining ventures, most of the planning …

Still caring for Karratha children forty years on

Forty years ago, not long after Karratha was established to accommodate the workforce of the Hamersley Iron mining company, a pre-school was started for the families that came to work there. As homes and infrastructure emerged alongside ambitious new mining ventures, most of the planning …

Looking to the future in the Jubilee Year

As Frontier Services celebrates 100 years at the heart of remote Australia this year, take a look at this editorial published in our quarterly publication Frontier News in April 1962, the Jubilee Year. “We have entered the Jubilee Year of the frontier services founded by …

Flooded communities remain resilient

As the worst of the floods have moved south of the Queensland border, Frontier Services has continued to support the residents of remote Australia affected by the deluge. Flooding has settled across Queensland and residents have begun to return to normality, however townships in Northern …