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Life at Victoria River Downs and the flying doctors
In the outback, the Australian Inland Mission runs hostel nursing stations with trained sisters for treatment and social life. The piece notes Wimmera Home near the Wickham River, the harsh climate, diet issues, and the Flying Doctor service expanding with wireless links and medical flights across northern Australia, including Cloncurry and Duchess, with hundreds of messages handled this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Inland Mission
Presbyterian Church
Outback
Victoria River Downs
Sister
Darwin
Katherine
Wimmera
Queensland
Wickham
A.I.M
Hirschfeld
Turner
Harvey Sutton
Sydney University
A.L
Geley
Gulf
Northern Territory
Australia
Mission
NSSW
N.S.W
Anaga
Cloncurry
Dane