Corporate Body
Royal Flying Doctor Service (1928 - )
- From
- 1928
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia - Functions
- Hospitals or Clinics
- Website
- http://www.flyingdoctor.net/
- Location
- Cloncurry, Queensland
Summary
The Royal Flying Doctor Service was established in Cloncurry, in 1928, with the aim of providing medical services to remote areas of inland Australia. The first flight took place on May 17 1928, from Cloncurry to Julia Creek. The Service has grown over the years, with new bases founded and the area covered broadened. Bases, such as Cloncurry have been closed or relocated as needs change and more central locations required.
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Batstone, Kay, Outback Heroes: 75 Years of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Melbourne: Lothian, 2003), 228 pp. Details
- Bilton, John, in association with Brunt, Joan and Holmes, J. Macdonald, The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia: its origin, growth and development (Sydney: Federal Council, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, 1961), 257 pp. Details
- Fenton, Clyde, Flying doctor (Melbourne: Georgian House, 1947), 261 pp. Details
- Langford, Stephen, The leading edge: innovation, technology and people in Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service (Crawley (W.A.): UWA Publishing, 2015), 414 pp. Details
- Wilson, George, The Flying Doctor Story (Glen Waverley: Cyan Press, 1993), 160 pp. Details
- Woldendorp, Richard, Australia's Flying Doctors: the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 1994), 161 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Litherland, Gary and Simkin, Max, 'The Early Days of the Royal Flying Doctor [Service]' in Pioneer Medicine in Australia, John Pearn, ed. (Brisbane: Amphion Press, 1988), pp. 207-217. Details
- Smithurst, Barry, 'Pioneer Doctors of the Royal Flying Doctor Service' in Health, History and Horizons, John Pearn, ed. (Brisbane: Amphion Press, 1992), pp. 155-164. Details
Edited Books
- O'Leary, T. J. ed., Western Wings of Care: a Personal Memoir of Aviation Development and Clinical Life with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Outback Australia (Brisbane: Amphion Press, 1988), 118 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Langford, Stephen A., 'The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia: its Foundation and Early Development', Medical Journal of Australia, 161 (1) (1994), 91-94. Details
- Redmond, Michael J.: Potter, Thomas A.; and Bradley, James P., 'Pilot-administered anaesthesia and the Royal Flying Doctor Service: an interview with Captain Keith Galloway', Anaesthesia and intensive care, 49 (1S) (2021), 25-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057X211015690. Details
- Smyth, A.D., 'The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia: its Foundations and Early Development', Medical Journal of Australia, 162 (3) (1995), 167-168. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1706756. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-522435. Details
Reviews
- Langford, Stephen, The leading edge: innovation, technology and people in Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service (2015)
Hobbins, Peter, Health and History, 18 (2), (2016), 121-3. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_r.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 3 September 2001, Last modified: 17 June 2010
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