Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. New South Wales Section records, 1936-1989
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. New South Wales Section records, 1936-1989
About this item
Full title
Date
1936-1989
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8935
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Physical Description
Contents
3.55 metres of textual material (21 boxes and 1 volume)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
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Copyright status : In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Records of the NSW Section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) relating particularly to medical services, aircraft and radio communications. Includes files, annual reports, correspondence, manuals, plans, short histories, financial records, minutes and motion pictures. Also includes the papers of Sister Myra Blanch.
BOX 1
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. New South Wales Section records, 1936-1989
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Notes
Description source
Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2012-2013
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. NSW Section in 1990 and 1992
Administrative / Biographical history
The establishment of the Royal Flying Doctor Service was mainly due to the efforts of John Flynn, a Presbyterian minister, whose vision was to provide medical services to sick and injured people in remote areas of Australia. On 15 May 1928 the first base of the Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical Service opened in Cloncurry, Queensland. In 194...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8935
Record Identifier
nZNvp88n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvp88n
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Reference code
411729
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