The Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories
Title | The Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Marsh |
Publisher | HarperCollins Australia |
Pages | 848 |
Release | 2012-12-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1743099266 |
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.
Zog and the Flying Doctors
Title | Zog and the Flying Doctors PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Donaldson |
Publisher | Alison Green Books |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2019-01-02 |
Genre | Stories in rhyme |
ISBN | 9781407192024 |
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.
Meet... the Flying Doctors
Title | Meet... the Flying Doctors PDF eBook |
Author | George Ivanoff |
Publisher | Random House Australia |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 2017-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0143780689 |
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
Title | Flying Doctor PDF eBook |
Author | Clyde Cornwall Fenton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
In Full Flight
Title | In Full Flight PDF eBook |
Author | John Hylan Heminway |
Publisher | Knopf |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1524732974 |
"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"--
John Flynn
Title | John Flynn PDF eBook |
Author | Ivan Rudolph |
Publisher | Boolarong Press |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1921920750 |
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.
No Turning Back
Title | No Turning Back PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Wood |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Aeronautics in medicine |
ISBN |
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.