![]() ![]() Holland then travelled 10 days to Halls Creek on a boat for cattle transport, a Model T Ford, a horse-drawn carriage, and even on foot, only to find that Darcy had died the day before. ![]() Due to the total absence of any medical facilities, Darcy had been operated on strapped to the Post Office counter, having first been made insensible with whisky. Holland guided Tuckett through two rather messy bladder operations using the only sharp instrument available, a pen knife. He eventually got through to a doctor in Perth. Tuckett said there was nothing he could reliably do for injuries so serious, and tried unsuccessfully to contact doctors at Wyndham, and then Derby, by telegraph. Here, Darcy was met by FW Tuckett, the Postmaster, and the only man in the settlement trained in first aid. After being found injured with a ruptured bladder by some friends, he was transported over 30 miles (12 hours), to the nearest town, Halls Creek. The fate of Jimmy Darcy, in 1917, was one of these stories.ĭarcy was a stockman at Ruby Plains, a remote cattle station in Western Australia. In his public speaking he would often retell the tragic circumstances that had befallen several bush settlers. This experiment later became The Royal Flying Doctor Service.įlynn's missionary work involved the establishment of hospitals in bush communities, but this did not help those who lived far from any major community. In 1928, he formed the AIM Aerial Medical Service, a one-year experiment based in Cloncurry, Queensland. His report to the Presbyterian Assembly in 1912 resulted in the establishment of the Australian Inland Mission (AIM), of which he was appointed Superintendent. The Reverend John Flynn had worked in rural and remote areas of Victoria and was commissioned by the Presbyterian Church to look at the needs of people living in the outback. History A "mantle of safety" for the Outback One of the De Havilland DH.50's flown by Qantas, doing ambulance work, delivering a patient to Brisbane in 1931. ![]() It is a non-profit organisation that provides emergency and primary health care services for those living in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia who cannot access a hospital or general practice due to the vast distances of the Outback. The Royal Flying Doctor Service ( RFDS), commonly known as the Flying Doctor, is an air medical service in Australia. Niger will be another test of the resolve and ability of regional leaders to dissuade soldiers from seizing power and convince them to return countries to democratic rule.įollowing a summit in Guinea Bissau this month, ECOWAS leaders said they regretted that regional mediators had received minimal cooperation from the soldiers that took over in Mali, and Burkina Faso in ongoing efforts to restore constitutional order.Deputy Federation Chair and Independent Director DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDEįor leaders of the regional bloc the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the military uprising in Niger is a blow to its efforts to shore up democracy.įollowing coups in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and an attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau, the leaders of ECOWAS vowed that coups will no longer be tolerated in the region, which had been making strides toward shedding its "coup-belt" moniker before the latest wave. Italy also has about 300 soldiers in the country. The European Union decided in December to set up a three-year military training mission in Niger, to which Germany contributes troops. ![]()
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