The Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories

Author: Bill Marsh
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1743099266
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 848

Book Description
For the first time, Bill Marsh's terrific collection of outback yarns centred on the Royal Flying Doctor Service are available in one bumper volume. the Royal Flying Doctor Service is a unique icon of Australian culture. Since its beginnings with the Reverend John Flynn in 1928, the RFDS has helped build our nation. the Flying Doctors, and the remote stations and communities that they serve, have become enduring symbols of what it means to be Australian. the Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories is a fascinating, moving and often hilarious collection of true stories about the life in the Australian Outback. Hear of those whose very lives depend on the Royal Flying Doctor Service, like the man suffering from extreme burns who rode his motorbike eighteen kilometres back across his property to get help while opening and closing every gate along the way because you 'always leave gates as you find them'. Out here, stoicism and a sense of humour go hand in hand, as in the case of the stockman with a compound leg fracture who, when asked by the Flying Doctor if it hurt, replied, 'Oh, it itches a bit.'through fog, lightning, thunder, flooding rains and dust storms, the Flying Doctor braves the elements to get to the remote outback landing strips where they're needed ... and the tales they live to tell will have you shaking your head in amazement.

Meet... the Flying Doctors

Author: George Ivanoff
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0143780689
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21

Book Description
In the early 20th century, Reverend John Flynn saw the potential for aeroplanes to bring urgent medical care to people in outback Australia. He campaigned for more than ten years to make his big idea a reality. That big idea became the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Today the RFDS is a not-for-profit organisation that provides emergency and primary health care across Australia. From Ned Kelly to Nellie Melba; Captain Cook to Sidney Nolan, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.

Flying Doctor

Author: Clyde Cornwall Fenton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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John Flynn

Author: Ivan Rudolph
Publisher: Boolarong Press
ISBN: 1921920750
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
John Flynn is one of Australia's greatest folk heroes. His achievements are stuff of legend - no other Australian has had more monuments dedicated to him than John Flynn. Flynn established a network of cottage hospitals, flying doctors, patrol padres, welfare centres and radio transmitters to create a Mantle of Safety that would allow the Outback to be habitable for men, women and children.

The Flying Doctor

Author: Dave Baldwin
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775538931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
From the author of Healthy Bastards, the man known as the ‘Flying Doctor’ is back, this time with his misadventures, escapades and high jinks from a life of medicine, aviation and hunting. For the first time, Dave Baldwin, known throughout the backcountry as the Flying Doctor, shares his tales from life lived at full-throttle. From his early years struggling with dyslexia to graduating from med school, from learning to fly and joining the New Zealand Air Force to becoming a cardiologist at Palmerston North Hospital and setting up a general practice in Bulls, Dave’s early life was certainly a life less ordinary. Later on he started the ‘Not So Royal Flying Doctor Service’, a service for the rural aviation community based at remote airstrips and farms in the backcountry, which has paved the way for a life combining his two passions: high-country flying and hunting. Well-known for his eccentric personality, playful antics and colourful turn of phrase, Dave’s story is highly entertaining and truly unique. Yet it’s not without tragedy, having lost his best mate and son Marc in a terrible incident in the same place they’d shared so many cherished father-son moments. Dave is also the founder of the Healthy Bastards Bush Pilot Champs, a precision landing, short take-off and landing competition held annually at Omaka Airfield in Blenheim.

Zog and the Flying Doctors

Author: Julia Donaldson
Publisher: Alison Green Books
ISBN: 9781407192024
Category : Stories in rhyme
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Meet the Flying Doctors: Princess Pearl, Sir Gadabout and, of course, their trusty 'air ambulance', Zog the dragon, in this fabulously original sequel to the best-selling Zog. There's much to do, as they fly around tending to a sunburnt mermaid, a distressed unicorn and a sneezy lion. But should princesses really be doctors? Pearl's uncle, the King, doesn't think so-until he himself falls ill, and only Pearl knows how to cure him.

In Full Flight

Author: John Hylan Heminway
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 1524732974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 345

Book Description
"The revelatory account of a woman's quest for a new life in Africa in the wake of World War II--a heroic career that hid a dark wartime past"--

No Turning Back

Author: Michael Wood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics in medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
The story of Michael Wood who became the first surgeon-pilot in East Africa. He founded the African Medical and Research Foundation and served as Director General for 29 years.

The Flying Doctor Story

Author: George Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australian Inland Mission
Languages : en
Pages :

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Healthy Bastards

Author: Dave Baldwin
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1869793463
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 283

Book Description
The lowdown on men's health from New Zealand's most adventurous GP. If laughter is the best medicine then Dr Dave Baldwin's Healthy Bastards is the essential prescription for every bloke who wants to know more about his health. Using his trademark humour and plain language, Dr Dave takes the pain out of illness by explaining all the common health problems and major diseases that affect the average male.bloke. You'll also find out how the different parts of the body work, and how to fix or avoid your particular complaint. Summaries and key points mean you don't even have to read the whole chapter! A GP for more than 20 years, flying doctor Dave has written this accessible guide for the everyday Kiwi bloke.