Flynn,+John

[][] []  || Born in Moliagul, Victoria || [] || born on 25 November 1880 - Moliagul, Victoria,second son Thomas Eugene Flynn, schoolteacher- wife Rosetta Forsyth, née Lester. || late 1920s, organised planes bring doctors to sick people - Royal Flying Doctor Service was born. People faraway places two-way radio to call flying doctors. suggested they use a new invention called the pedal radio- which did not need batteries. new radio service lead to beginning of the 'School of the Air'. became known as 'Flynn of the Inland'. || Chronological reference to people and experiences that influenced the person explaining how they influenced them. ||  Meanwhile Flynn had been working on his other project, the aerial medical service. This **vision** had been **inspired** in **1917** through a **letter** to Flynn **from Lieutenant Clifford Peel** **of** the **Australian Flying Corps, Australian Imperial Force.** Later, Flynn's **friendship with** ****(Sir) W. Hudson Fysh******,** a f**ounder of** Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd (**QANTAS**), brought him **further technical information and encouragement**, as did ****Hugh Victor McKay****. When **McKay died** in **1926** he **left £2000 to finance** **Flynn's experiment** on the proviso that the Presbyterian Church doubled that. The **Church** assembly **approved the experimental Aerial Medical Service** on **condition** that **Flynn raised £5000,** which he **obtained** with modest **help** from the **civil aviation branch of the Department of Defence and the Wool Brokers' Association.** QANTAS leased on very favourable terms a De Havilland 50 aircraft, the first machine available and suitable for aerial medical work. **History** was **made** and **Flynn's vision** became a **reality** on **17 May 1928** when **Dr St Vincent Welch, pilot Affleck** at the **controls of** //**Victory**//**, answered** the **first call received by the A.I.M. Aerial Medical Service.** Next year **Flynn was a delegate to the first world conference** on **aviation medicine in Paris**. **Fysh** later **wrote**, **'Flynn the Dreamer … who saw a vision of a Flying Doctor** well **before the days** of **practical flying**, but **kept it firmly fixed in his mind',** was a **'practical man when the time came for action'.** || [] || || **Educated** at **Snake Valley, Sunshine** and **Braybrook** primary **schools**, he **matriculated** from **University High School, Carlton**, aged **18.** **Unable** to **fin****ance** a **university course**, he **became a pupil-teacher** with the **Victorian Education Department** and **developed interests** in **photography** and **first aid** || || ||  ||  it **took another** **seventeen years** **before** Flynn's **caring service to remote homesteads and communities** was **completed** with the **establishment of the A.I.M. Aerial Medical Service** at **Cloncurry** in **1928** and [|******Alfred Traeger******]'s **invention** of the **pedal radio** in **1929.** Flynn's **writings** in the //**Inlander**// indicate that this fourfold **concept** was **his goal** almost **from the beginning.**
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By **1918**, although **World War I** impeded **development,** in **addition** to the **first nursing hostel** and **patrol based** on **Oodnadatta** Flynn had **established patrols based** on **Port Hedland** and **Broome** in Western Australia, **Pine Creek** in the Northern Territory and **Cloncurry** in Queensland. He had also **appointed nursing sisters** to **Port Hedland** and **Halls Creek** in Western Australia and **Maranboy** and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, though the **latter** appointment soon **lapsed** because of **lack of** a **suitable building.** **Five** years later, Flynn had **twenty-three nursing sisters** in the field.


 * Between 1913** and **1927** Flynn's **magazine,** the //**Inlander**//**,** led his **battle for a 'brighter bush'.** His **photographs, documents, statistics, maps** and **articles** publicized the **needs** of the **people and northern Australia's** potential for **development,** which he **argued** could **only be effected** by **providing security for women and children**. He did **not overlook Aboriginals**, and **devoted** the **first issue** of the **1915** //**Inlander**// to **photographs** and **stories** of the **plight of the fringe-dwellers** in particular: 'A blot on Australia is shown on our frontispiece … There is no call for sensation. Sensation is too cheap. **We need action'.** He **confessed** that **everyone** was **ignorant** of **how** to **help** but that 'it is **up** **to us** to **educate ourselves** and **mend our ways'.** He **claimed** that **Aboriginals** were **neither incompetent** nor '**beneath the practice of self-help'** and **noted** also the **care** that **they gave** their **old men.** He continued: '**We** who so **cheerfully** sent a **cheque** for **£100,000** to **Belgium** to help a people **pushed out** of their **own inheritance** by **foreigners**—surely we **must** just as cheerfully **do something** for t**hose whom** we **clean-handed people** have **dispossessed** in the **interests** of **superior culture'.**

The **second phase of Flynn's strategy** was **marked** by his **concentration on radio** and the **'flying doctor'.** As **early as 2 May 1925,** he **declared** that 'the **practicability of the Flying Doctor** proposal **depends** almost **entirely** on the widespread **adoption** of **wireless by bush residents'** to **provide the link** between **doctor and patient**


 * Later** he **gained** [|**Adelaide Miethke**]**'s** **support** for the **establishment** of the **Alice Springs Aerial Medical Service**: on a **visit**, she **recognized** the **potential** the '**flying doctor'** network **offered** for a '**school of the air'** which **she later inaugurated.**

The **final phase of his work** began with his **merging his A.I.M. Aerial Medical Service** into a **national community service** having **resources** far **greater** than **any Church could provide.** Flynn's **dealings with members of State and Commonwealth parliaments** now **made him** a **representative** for the **scattered settlers** in **two-thirds of Australia** for whom he had **become the advocate** for an **adequate aerial medical service.** He had **made** his **first move** in **1931** but the **Depression** not only **kept** the **matter** from the agenda of the premiers' conference that year, but, **without** Flynn's **indefatigable publicity**, it **would have put** his **flying doctor** **out** of the **air**. By **1933** he **judged** the **time opportune** and **made** his **major overtures** through W. Forgan Smith, **Queensland's premier.** At the **same time** he **maintained** a **flow** of **correspondence** with **key State** and **Federal parliamentarians**. In **1933 the** **premiers** resolved that '**this Conference approves** a **general co-operation** of the **Governments** of the **Commonwealt**h and **States** with a **view** to **furthering** the Australian Aerial Medical Service'. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">Well known persons working at the same time. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> This **vision** had been **inspired** in **1917** through a **letter** to Flynn **from Lieutenant Clifford Peel**
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Flynn's **friendship with** ****(Sir) W. Hudson Fysh****,


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|| <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">Why do their life is regarded as significant and why they are admirable. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: #0c5c28; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;">The **founder** of the **Flying** **docter service** was **Reverend John Flynn**
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|| || || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">Establishes when and where the person died and the effect their work and values had on people. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: #004b78; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px;">John Flynn, who was **twice moderator** General of the **Presbyterian Church** **died** of **cancer** in **1951** and is **buried** at **Mt Gillen** near **Alice Springs**, the **very centre** of the **vast territory** to which he **brought communication**, **medical comfort** and **pastoral care**. || ||
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 * Across** the **lonely** places of the **land** he **planted kindness**, and **from** the **hearts** of **those** **who call** those **places home,** he **gathered love'**. ||
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