A mantle of safety over the inland
The Royal Flying Doctor Service was established in 1928 by Reverend John Flynn. His vision was to provide a 'mantle of safety' for the isolated communities of inland Australia. Using air links and radio, the service provided medical aid to people living, working and travelling in the outback. Today it operates 21 bases and covers more than 7,150,000 square kilometres.
The Alice Springs base was opened in 1939 to provide emergency and preventative medicine to outlying communities and stations throughout Central Australia. The following staff members have taken these photographs of the base and surrounding town.
Photographers
Kase Connole
Dave Purcell
Beth Williams
Debbie Fox
Rob Evison
Adam Andrews
Doug Briggs
Andrew Lang
Chris Boyd
Gary Carter
Julia Burke
Maria Beattie
Sheryl Alexander
Marcus Williams
Bernie Viklund
Brett Middleton,
Justin White
Brooke Andrews
Jamie Andrews
David Marshman