NURSING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INLAND MISSIONAT HALLS CREEK, W.A., 1946-48  by (Mrs) D. F. Andrew (formerly Sister Dulcie Peel) I was born at Geelong and lived with my parents, sister and two brothers at Inverleigh, about 20 miles west of Geelong, Victoria, until I was 10 years old, and then moved to my father’s farm …

HEALTH MATTERS. Courtesy R.M. Williams OUTBACK Magazine, Feb/March 2012.  “Frontier Services has been operating around the outback for a century. With more than 700 staff, it works with people across 85 percent of the continent, in remote areas, with Aboriginal communities, on isolated properties and mining sites. It is the only organisation, public or private, providing services in aged care, health and …

Most people are lured to the Pilbara for the opportunity to work hard and earn big. Judy Knowling, however, was drawn to the remote North West in a very different way. Tiny-framed but enormously energetic, Judy came to the Pilbara nine years ago as a Frontier Services Patrol Minister to provide a source of practical …

Flying over northern South Australia towards Alice Springs in May 1956 was adventure enough. There were only a few passengers so one could look out both sides of the Douglas DC3 aircraft and see the dry but interesting landscape slowly pass by. I was 17, going to my ‘job’ away from home in Melbourne and …

There is no doubt about the generosity – or the adventurous spirit – of the grandparents living in West Gippsland. Drouin couple Jean and Graeme Thorpe spent 10 days helping out on a remote 68,000 acre property in Queensland late last year as volunteers with the Frontier Services program Outback Links. The program provides volunteer …

Two mining companies in Western Australia gave generously to people living in remote areas this Christmas. Rio Tinto Iron Ore donated almost $10,000 to Frontier Services in a gesture that involved the staff of the mining company. “Each year Rio Tinto Iron Ore gives a Christmas hamper to their employees across WA,” said Community Investment …

Frontier Services has welcomed the opportunity to take on the ownership of Hetti Perkins Home for the Aged in Alice Springs. Frontier Services entered into a significant new partnership with former operators Aboriginal Hostels Ltd (AHL) last year to assume responsibility for the hostel. The decision to transfer ownership was made to allow AHL to …

Ever since he was a child, farmer Jack Loats has been fascinated with the outback, reading stories like “We of the Never Never” and the diaries of outback explorers. Now retired, the Stawell grandfather and his wife Dulcie have experienced the joys and challenges of life in remote Australia for themselves by lending a hand …

  Outback Links Outback Links has more than 10 years’ experience connecting skilled volunteers with people in remote Australia who could use a helping hand. It is a unique, Australia wide service. Outback Links has a community of more than 1000 volunteers from various backgrounds who share a passion for ‘giving back’ to farmers in …

Are you keen to ‘give back’ to people in remote Australia?Want a unique experience of outback Australia? Outback Links provides skilled and experienced volunteers to help with day-to-day work on remote properties around Australia when families need an extra pair of hands – while a farmer recovers from injury, while harvest or muster is on, …