Donation from Paul Hartmann gets Frontier Services in the race

Paul Hartmann Marketing Manager Graeme Shelley and Chief Financial Officer Gary Williamson have presented Frontier Services with a donation that will provide invaluable support to our work in remote Australia. The money will pay for a Frontier Services/Hartmann entry into the 2012 Classic Outback Trial. The seven-day car trial navigates the diverse terrain of outback …

Love at first sight plus 45 years

It was 45 years ago in September when a young John Dihm, fresh out of training for the priesthood, turned up at the local dance. Little did he know that he would go back to his parents that evening and pronounce that he’d met the girl who was going to be his wife. John was …

Centenary Partners

Frontier Services thanks those organisations who kindly supported us last year as we celebrated 100 years at the heart of remote Australia in 2012.  Without the support of our Centenary Partners, who assisted us financially or with value-in-kind support, we would not have been able to resource the many amazing projects and events that took place throughout the year.  So, many …

RAFS team fight flood isolation

With extensive flooding across the region, the Frontier Services Remote Area Families Service (RAFS) in Longreach is doing everything possible to assist isolated families. RAFS, which provides early childhood advice and support for families with young children in remote areas, has been contacting community members and sending kits containing games and activities to flood-isolated families.   …

RAFS team fights flood isolation

With extensive flooding across the region, the Frontier Services Remote Area Families Service (RAFS) in Longreach is doing everything possible to assist isolated families. RAFS, which provides early childhood advice and support for families with young children in remote areas, has been contacting community members and sending kits containing games and activities to flood-isolated families.   …

From the Snowy River to the Kimberley ranges

Rev Bruce Gallacher has traded in the green secluded valleys and fresh water rivers of the Snowy River country in south-east Victoria to take up his new post in the hot, vast, rugged country of the Kimberley. This week, Bruce was formally inducted as the new Frontier Services Kimberley Patrol Minister, based out of Kununurra. Travelling …

Frontier Services opens Kununurra Community Care

Frontier Services officially opened the new Kununurra Community Care building today with a special celebration for the community. The new building, which cost more than $1.7million, is used to provide a range of community care and respite programs for people living in and around Kununurra. “We are delighted to be celebrating the opening of the …

Pat McPherson; Bairnsdale, VIC

AIM HOSPITALS CIRCA 1960s An extract written by Pat McPhersonfor the Kimberley Nurses History Group Conference, Broome March 2000   ABSTRACT It is 1960. Australia is just 25 years off its bi-centenary; a modern nation for modern times, enjoying the last of the long, post-war economic boom. The Kimberley however, is only 80 years old …

Frontier Services welcomes new Business Manager in NT

Frontier Services, the largest provider of aged and community care in remote Australia, is delighted to welcome Phil Burgess to its team in the NT. As the new Business Manager for NT, Mr Burgess will play an important role in supporting the strategic operations of Frontier Services’ remote aged and community care services. Mr Burgess …

Help around the clock in flooded Charleville

Frontier Services staff in Charleville have worked around the clock to assist the community with emergency measures since floodwaters struck the town last week. Burke and Wills Patrol Minister John Case, a volunteer with the State Emergency Service (SES), has spent four days ferrying stranded residents stuck on the other side of the Warrego River …