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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003535b.htm person Flynn John AACR2 25 November 1880 5 May 1951 Place of Birth Moliagul, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Missionary Minister of religion John Flynn became founder and superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission of the Presbyterian Church of Australia 1912. In May 1928 he began the Aerial Medical Service for people in remote areas of inland Australia, which still survives today as the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Peel, John Clifford (Clifford) (1894 - 1918)

Clifford Peel suggested the idea of aerial ambulances to John Flynn in 1917.

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 Flynn, John (1880-1951)

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 'Flynn, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Flynn, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations Knight, Linsay and Cheng, Christopher Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations North Sydney, N.S.W. Random House Australia 2012 Book Section: Flynn, John (1880-1951), Presbyterian minister Bucknall, Graeme Flynn, John (1880-1951), Presbyterian minister Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 531-534 Book Section: Mawson of the Antarctic, Flynn of the Inland: progressive heroes on Australia's ecological frontiers Hains, Brigid Mawson of the Antarctic, Flynn of the Inland: progressive heroes on Australia's ecological frontiers Seattle University of Washington Press 1997 Ecology and empire: environmental history of settler societies Griffiths, Tom; and Robin, Libby 154-68 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Hince, Bernadette 2003 Historical Records of Australian Science 14 4 547-548 Book: The Ice and the Inland: Mawson, Flynn and the Myth of the Frontier Hains, Brigid The Ice and the Inland: Mawson, Flynn and the Myth of the Frontier Carlton Melbourne University Press 2002 Book: Australian inventions and innovations Ingpen, Robert Australian inventions and innovations Rigby Publishers Limited 1982 Book: National portraits Palmer, Vance National portraits 3rd, reprinted Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1960 Edited Book: Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Engineers Australia Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Journal Article: John Conrad Jaeger 1907-1979 Paterson, M. S. John Conrad Jaeger 1907-1979 1982 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 3 64-88 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000