Flynn's Mantle of Safety: The Story of Adelaide House by Graeme Bucknall

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

The booklet describes John Flynn's unique contribution to the people of outback Australia through his four-fold mantle of safety - bush hospitals, patrol padres, flying doctors and pedal radios. The story of Adelaide House is a detailed account of one of the many areas covered by the mantle.

This is the enlarged edition, incorporating material used in a small booklet written and published by the author in 1982.

John Flynn, known for over fifty years as Flynn of the Inland, was born in 1880 in central Victoria and trained for the Ministry of the Presbyterian Church. In 1911, he volunteered for appointment to the Smith of Dunesk Mission, which was a patrol ministry extending from the Northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia to Oodnadatta.

In 1912, Flynn was requested to survey the needs of Aborigines and white settlers in the Northern Territory. One report on the plight of the Aborigines was referred to the Presbyterian General Assembly's Foreign Mission Committee, and the other led to Flynn's appointment as Superintendent of a special minister to white settlers in outback Australia. This ministry became the Australian Inland Mission of the Presbyterian Church.