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North and Aloft A Personal Memoir of Service and Adventure with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Far Northern Australia
Brisbane: Amphion Press, 1988. Quarto, illustrated boards, x, 180 pp., illustrated. Rear board moderately rubbed, moderate foxing to top edge. A very good copy. In Australia's Bicentennial Year of European settlement, few people would realise that it was not until the 1930s that the first steps were taken to provide a medical service for people in remote areas of Australia. Reverend John Flynn had seen the need for a medical service for the outback even before the events of World War One. Item #1761
ISBN: 0909406545
Price (AUD): $50.00
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