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The Flying Doctor Service

May 152020
 

Read Andrew Leopold’s presentation on the establishment of the Flying Doctor Service in 1928.

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  • Home
  • Membership
    ▼
    • Renew your membership
    • Join Nillumbik U3A
      (new members)
    • Enrol in classes
  • Classes & events
    ▼
    • Class timetable
    • Course descriptions
    • Enrol in classes
    • Our upcoming events
    • Our Zoom meeting calendar
    • Our OEC calendar
    • Term dates
    • Class venues
    • Venue guides for tutors
      ▼
      • Eltham Central Pavilion
      • Eltham Guide Hall
      • Old Eltham Courthouse
      • Our speakers and microphones
  • Our class blogs
    ▼
    • Astronomy and Cosmology
    • Choir blog
    • Collaborative Writing blog
    • Writing Workshop blog
    • Other stories by our members
    • Cooking blog
    • Craft blog
    • First Nations blog
    • Golf blog
    • Jazz Appreciation blog
    • Life Changing Events in History
    • Mahjong blog
    • Painting & Drawing blog
    • Poetry through the Ages blog
    • Other poems by our members
    • Renewable Energy blog
    • Technology Users Group blog
    • Travel blog
    • Tuning in to Opera blog
    • Walking groups’ blog
    • Wine Appreciation blog
    • Zentangles & Mandala Design
    • Other classes
  • Useful info
    ▼
    • Avoiding the spread of germs
    • Forms and documents
    • For tutors and class reps
    • Issues for the hard of hearing
    • Our book swap
    • Our speaker and microphones
    • Our defibrillators
    • United Petrol discount scheme
    • Our marketing resources
    • Some local walks
    • External links
      ▼
      • Local upcoming events
      • Community Showcase
      • Links to local groups
      • Selected local groups
      • Some local resources
      • Some local authors
      • Newsletters from nearby U3As
      • U3A Online
      • Various online resources
  • News
    ▼
    • Our newsletters
    • Our past events
      ▼
      • AGMs
      • Eltham Little Theatre
      • Christmas
      • Guest speakers
      • Guided tours
      • Mini expos
      • Morning teas
      • Seniors festival
      • Other past events
    • Our marketing activities
    • Our fundraising activities
    • Artwork by our members
    • Recent books by our members
    • Jokes
    • Paraprosdokians (or puns)
    • Brain teasers
    • Lateral thinking puzzles
    • Melbourne in the 1950s
    • Remember when …
    • Think you are an AFL buff?
    • Andrew’s poems about Eltham
    • Lyn’s bird poems
    • Pat’s teddies
    • Eltham street names
    • During the pandemic
      ▼
      • Zoom videoconferencing
      • Alistair’s brush with Covid-19
      • Grow your own food
      • Life in the 1500s
      • Photo corner
      • Trivia questions and answers
      • Competition: artwork
      • Competition: words
      • Competition: re-naming
      • Exercise that brain
  • About
    ▼
    • About Us
    • Contact
    • Committee members
    • The early years
    • Our partners and sponsors
    • Interviews
      ▼
      • Andrew Leopold
      • Barbara Jackson
      • Bill Naim
      • Brian McLean
      • Cheryl and Stuart Winstanley
      • Deb and Peter Thomson
      • Dianne Parslow
      • Duang Tengtrirat
      • Gillian Essex
      • Giselle Buller
      • Guy Palmer
      • Howard Kinns
      • Jan Aitken
      • Judy Vizzari
      • Karen Coulston
      • Kath Keppel
      • Leanne Ipsen
      • Lyn and Tom Richards
      • Margaret Halford
      • Mike Ormerod
      • Pam Jenkins
      • Pauline Erickson
      • Ros Camera
      • Sabi Buehler
      • Serena and Graeme Sweeney
      • Steve Gilbert
      • Tony Lee
      • Val Harrop
    • Tutor profiles
      ▼
      • Abe Kelabora
      • Aileen Jones
      • Alan Cuthbertson
      • Amanda Owen
      • Ankie Box
      • April Edwards
      • Brian Devenish
      • Bruno Zielke
      • Carlos Serrano
      • Carole Waldron
      • Christine Crowle
      • Damien L’Huillier
      • David Chambers
      • Denise Ferguson
      • Diane Turner
      • Dianne Bannister
      • Elaine Bateman
      • Gillian Essex
      • Greg Scott
      • Jan Taylor
      • Jenni Bull
      • Joan Denison
      • John Crichton
      • John Stuyfbergen
      • June Rushton
      • Karen Redrup
      • Ken Wing Jan
      • Laraine Hussey
      • Lindsay Byrnes
      • Lisa Attrill
      • Louise Heathcote
      • Lucille Sadler
      • Margit Alm
      • Mike Payne
      • Neil Parkin
      • Noel Butterfield
      • Rob Rankin
      • Robert Scopes
      • Russell Danby
      • Sue Brenkovich
      • Valerie Laver – painting and art
      • Vasundhara Kandpal