Papers of Len Dawson, 1929-1996. 1929-1996.

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Papers of Len Dawson, 1929-1996. 1929-1996.

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The papers mainly comprise drafts of Dawson's memoir Skydoctor which relates to some of his experiences as a flying doctor with the Royal Australian Flying Doctor Service in 1954-1957. There are also trip records and diaries recording cases attended by Dawson, correspondence, memorabilia and printed material. The collection also includes certificates and documents relating to his education and family, his work as a psychiatrist and statements to the Chelmsford Royal Commission into Deep Sleep Therapy. Correspondents include Allan Vickers, James Cameron, K.G. Knight, Russel Pardoe, John Pearn, Jim Murtha, Brian Warren, Brian Crane, Ivan Neale, Pamela Indyjk, Tom House, Pat Tully and Lloyd McKay.

84 cm. (6 boxes) + 1 folio package.

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Dawson, Len, Dr.

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Leonard Dawson worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Charleville, Queensland, in 1954-1957. Later he worked in general medicine, intellectual impairment and psychiatry in a number of surgeries, hospitals and clinics in suburban Sydney. Dawson retired in 1980 and between 1982 and 1994 wrote his memoirs of his experiences as a flying doctor, published in 1995 as Skydoctor. From the description of Papers of Len Dawson, 1929-1996. 1929-1996. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record...

Royal flying doctor service of Australia

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Vickers, Allan, 1901-1967.

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From 1931 to 1934 Vickers was the Aerial Service doctor at Cloncurry, the fifth of John Flynn's flying doctors. From 1934 to 1939 he worked for the State Government in Western Australia and established a flying doctor base at Port Hedland in 1935. From 1943, after army service in Perth, he ran Queensland's second F.D.S. base at Charleville. In 1955, after an attempt to start a British Empire Flying Doctor Service, he became suprintendent of the Queensland Section of F.D.S., retiring in 1966. ...