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Mercy flight aids dying Aboriginals in Canning Desert survey
A National Airways helicopter, piloted by Jim Ferguson with Ted Caspers aboard, evacuated a malnourished boy and a woman with a spear wound to aid in a relief effort during a 90,000 square mile geophysical mapping of the Canning Desert south of the West Australia Northern Territory border. The crew reported numerous groups of emaciated natives near Well 40 as a welfare officer headed toward the area.
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Than National Airways
Canning Desert
West Australia
Jim Ferguson
Ted Caspers
Bureau of Mineral’ Resources
Northern Territory
A.N.A
Melbourne
West 48
Balgo
Well 40