The Man on the Twenty Dollar Notes
Title | The Man on the Twenty Dollar Notes PDF eBook |
Author | Everald Compton |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2016-02-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1514445611 |
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is a revered legend of the development of Australia as a caring nation. However, few Australians are aware of the man who founded it—John Flynn—usually known as Flynn of the Inland. Flynn, who died in 1951, is regarded by historians as one of Australia’s greatest sons. In addition to creating the Flying Doctor, he pioneered the Pedal Radio, founded the School of the Air, and built bush hospitals all over the continent on behalf of the Australian Inland Mission. It is a story that every Australian should read, and its powerful drama has been captured by veteran author Everald Compton. Flynn has been his role model in life ever since he first learned about him at a bush Sunday School in 1936. His fervent prayer is that many who read “The Man on the Twenty Dollar Notes” will choose to follow in Flynn’s footsteps as the future pioneers of Australia as the finest nation on earth.
For Flynn of the Inland
Title | For Flynn of the Inland PDF eBook |
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Release | 1954 |
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Flynn of the Inland
Title | Flynn of the Inland PDF eBook |
Author | Ion Idriess |
Publisher | ETT Imprint |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2018-10-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1925706249 |
The extraordinary story of a classic Australian Pioneer - told by Australia's 'Boswell of the Bush', Ion L. Idriess. Almost single-handedly John Flynn of the Australian Inland Mission brought to the outback the Flying Doctor Service and the Bush Hospitals. His magnificent vision, formed as he travelled on the back of a camel across the vast space of Australia's outback, took a lifetime of courageous commitment to bring to reality. 'It is impossible to read this book and remain untouched by the greatness of John Flynn's inspiration.' - Morning Post, London Ion L. Idriess celebrated Australia's exuberant history in over 50 books, written in an easy conversational style that has made him lastingly popular. In stories such as 'Flynn of the Inland', 'Back O' Cairns' and 'Lasseter's Last Ride', Idriess brings to life the wild beauty of the outback and the many colourful characters who people it.
The Ice and the Inland
Title | The Ice and the Inland PDF eBook |
Author | Brigid Hains |
Publisher | Melbourne Univ. Publishing |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780522850369 |
An elegant, original and very well written book, luminous with meaning, full of superb cameos and suggestive arguments ... the central figures are both charismatic, articulate and iconic: they are central to any estimation of twentieth-century Australian cultural and environmental history.-Dr Tom Griffiths, Australian National University This is a path-breaking work ... the environmental aspect of the work is powerful, and there are some wonderful ideas about what is 'civilised' and what is 'wilderness'. Brigid Hains has reinvigorated the tradition of 'frontier studies'. -Dr Jane Carruthers, University of South Africa The frontier mythology of the early twentieth century laid the groundwork for the wilderness cult of contemporary Australian life. It became etched in the Australian imagination through the image of folk heroes such as Douglas Mawson and John Flynn, promising national renewal through virile heroism and an encounter with 'wild' nature. Most frontier histories in Australia have focused on race relations; this is among the first to focus on the frontier as an ecological phenomenon. It draws on rich primary sources, many of which have never been published, including Antarctic diaries, and the letters and journalism of John Flynn. In this superb account Brigid Hains offers: -a new interpretation of two Australian folk heroes and their iconic status in Australian culture -a fresh approach to frontier history that focuses on the landscape rather than on racial conflict, and -an explanation of the origins of wilderness conservation in Australia. Mawson's Antarctic exploration and Flynn's Australian Inland Mission both drew on imperial and trans-Pacific influences, such as imperial adventure literature, the cult of polar exploration, the rural life movement, population theory and eugenics. The Ice and the Inland compares these two Australian folk heroes and analyses the reasons for their popularity. It raises a number of topical issues, including the role of Australia in the international management of Antarctica; Flynn's treatment of Aboriginal people; the reasons for conservation of Australia's wild places, from the arid Centre to the frozen wastes of Antarctica; and relationships between the country and the bush, and between the metropolis and the frontier.
The Bushman's Companion
Title | The Bushman's Companion PDF eBook |
Author | John Flynn |
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Pages | 114 |
Release | 2011-08-15 |
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ISBN | 9781619810280 |
Originally published by The Australian Inland Mission; Sydney 1916. [Browne, Prior & Co.: Melbourne]. ARCHIVAL REPRINT: Limited Edition, illustrated, vellum acabado.
Flynn of the Inland, and His Flying Doctors
Title | Flynn of the Inland, and His Flying Doctors PDF eBook |
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Pages | 6 |
Release | 195? |
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Flynn of the Inland
Title | Flynn of the Inland PDF eBook |
Author | Ion Llewellyn Idriess |
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Pages | 306 |
Release | 1937 |
Genre | Aeronautics in medicine |
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