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Vollie News Thursday 2nd July 2015
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On other pages this week:
Ophthalmic Week
Tiny Tots
Frank Simmons
Dame Barbara Cartland
Training Calendar
The Clyde Fenton Story
This week in history
Coming Events
Links
Ophthalmic Week poster
Volunteer Office Contacts and to
subscribe to Vollie News:
Phone: 08 8922 6234
08 8922 6205
Deadline for contributions to
Vollie News
4.00 pm Thursday
Frank Dunstan, editor/compiler
0456 695 766
Hope you all have had an uneventful and safe Territory Day and that it went without incident. Last weekend I attended the Provide First Aid Course and then on Monday and Tuesday I attended the Provide Advance Frist Aid Course, which was run by Kelly. On Tuesday at the PAFA course I presented Bianca Stubbs with her Grand Prior’s Badge. Well done Bianca. I spent Territory Day in Tennant Creek and went to the oval for fireworks, where I met up with Frances and Rob. It was spectacular. I presented Frances Stringer with her epaulettes and warrant of appointment. Congratulations on your promotion to Superintendent, Frances. This weekend I am in Alice Springs for the show and I will take the opportunity to spend some time with the members at the First Aid Post and also time supporting Debbie Garraway at the PR stand. It looks to be a great weekend ahead.
Mark Ferguson
Director Volunteer First Aid Services
We had a successful day with our Lawn Sale for the Ophthalmic
Hospital, raising $160.00 for the day. I would like to say thank
you to Warren Oliver for setting up the Lawn Sale and to Benny
for making the teas and breakfast for us.
Thank you to Lesley King for helping out on the day and packing
up.
I would like to make a special Big Thank You to Pat
Murray for cashing in the cans, raising a further $60.00
Cans were donated from Palmerston Division, the Glenti Duty
and Freds Pass Show.
If you have any empty drink containers that you would like to
donate, please let me know and I will arrange the team to pick
them up, or drop them off at our Casuarina office.
We will have another lawn sale in the Northern Suburbs later in
the year.
Lesley King DStJ
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https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BHGLYQX
TIPS ON TRAINING
Hello Everyone,
I am hoping that by now everyone has become familiar with the DMS system. If you have not been shown how to access your records, sign up for an event and all the other aspects of DMS, then please speak to your Superintendent.
What I would like you all to do, is have a look at your records, have your skills been updated on DMS? Are you allocated the correct skill level e.g. First Responder, Advanced Responder etc. Do you need to update your First Aid or Advanced First Aid qualifications?
If there are any discrepancies or queries, in the first instance, speak to your Superintendent, who can then pass this on to the volunteer office.
REMINDER:
Have you done the online Child & Vulnerable Persons Safety Awareness Training Course? This course replaces the old Child Safety Course and can be done online. To access this course go to http://memberslearning.stjohn.org.au The first time you will need to gain your own personal login. Once you login you have access to the e-learning (If prompted for a Key it is ‘kidsafe’). At the end of the course a certificate will be generated which you can print and send to the volunteer office for DMS entry.
Have you done your MEDICATIONS course consisting of an online quiz and a short practical?? This must be completed annually.
Have you supplied the volunteer office with your USI number? ALL volunteers need to have this. To get your USI go to: www.usi.gov.au it is a very quick and simple process.
If you require any further information on this or any other training issue please contact me:
Email: [email protected]
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NT AIDS and Hepatitis Council lecture
The NT AIDS and Hepatitis Council are coming to Darwin Division to talk about the NT Needle Exchange Program
as well as needlestick injuries and risks to health care workers. All members and their families are welcome to
come along.
Date: Monday 6th July
Time: 1900-2100
Venue: Darwin Ambulance Station training room
Dress: Uniform
RSVP: [email protected]
Your intrepid editor has had an interesting find in our historical archives at Casuarina – the autobiography of
Frank Simmons.
It’s titled “Let’s be frank” with Frank Oakley Simmons MUG.KBA.
The very last line of the narrative says: “If you have read this far you too may have decided that I am a Mug,
Known by All (MUG.KBA.)
Frank joined the Darwin Division of the St John Ambulance Brigade in December 1967 and retired as a District
Staff Officer Grade IV in June 1987. He died on 29 July 1995, aged 74.
The autobiography will be serialised in Vollie News on completion of the Clyde Fenton series. It is typed in an
awful font and first needs to be transcribed into something that’s easy on the eyes. At 85 pages, that is no small
job. The copy is too poor quality for probably all but a high grade OCR program (or is it App these days?).
Frank Dunstan
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Obituary: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/1366803/Dame-
Barbara-Cartland.html
Thanks to Dawn Bat OStJ for sending the following undated document:
It seems incredible to me that 94% of the country
have no idea that the St John Ambulance Brigade is
voluntary, in other words, not paid, and they do all
their magnificent work “For the Service of Mankind”.
Few people realise that if the St John Ambulance
Brigade went on strike, we could not have a race
meeting, a football match, a gymkhana, Wimbledon,
protest marches, public demonstrations or riots!
Yet the men and women who are members of the
St.J.A.B. give their spare time voluntarily, without any
payment, just to help human beings who are suffering.
At the wedding at St Paul’s Cathedral of Prince
Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, there was a long
controversy over the organist who asked an
astronomical sum to play at the wedding, and the
choirboys who demanded huge remuneration to sing
for ‘the glory of God’.
The St John Ambulance came up from all the home
counties, many of them staying on duty the night
before. They paid their own fares, their uniforms, their
food, and bandages were provided by their own
divisions.
They treated 3200 cases, starting off with 1200
casualties coming from the firework display which took
place in Hyde Park, there were two miscarriages, and
quite a number of people who had to be treated and
then sent to hospital.
All this did not only cost them money, but because
the public do not understand, they usually receive no
thanks for what they do.
I have now been in the St John Ambulance Brigade
for 43 years. I have become more astonished at the
wonderful devotion which is shown by people who
work all day in a factory, shop or office, and who spend
their free time in the evenings learning first aid.
They are then capable of dealing with casualties of
all sorts so that in an emergency they are always there
to save lives.
I remember a famous Specialist saying to me once:
“If I break my leg, I would so much rather be treated by
a St. John Ambulance man who is far more proficient at
breaks, sprains and cuts than the average doctor.”
On top of this one must remember that every
policeman, fireman and Master-Mariner has to have a
First Aid certificate, and this again is done voluntarily
by the St. John doctors and surgeons who give up their
precious time in teaching.
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I have travelled all over the world, and wherever
there is a strong St. John contingent I would visit them
and find the same sense of dedication, the same
eagerness to help, as there is in Britain.
We now have nearly 300,000 people in the
Brigade worldwide and although it was finally
established in England in 1877, the great ideal and
spirit of selfless dedication was started by a few monks
at the Pilgrim Hostel in Jerusalem in 800 AD.
They stayed behind after the Crusade to tend the
wounded and today there is an Ophthalmic Hospital in
Jerusalem which was opened in 1882, which is free to
any patient who goes there.
We also have a St John Air Wing, where a number
of wonderful young men have the use of private
aeroplanes, to carry blood, kidneys, and anything else
which is urgently needed, to hospitals where it is
required, absolutely free of charge.
I have one flyer who owns his own aeroplane,
living on my Estate, and he has now done 50 sorties
which have undoubtedly saved the lives of those who
could receive the medical aid which was so necessary
in the quickest possible time.
The St John now also have an Aero Medical Service
which repatriates sick people from abroad.
Today Priories of the British Order are very active
in Australia, who have just celebrated their Centenary,
in Scotland, Wales, South Africa, Canada and New
Zealand. There are Commanderies in Western
Australia, Northern Ireland and Central Africa. There is
also an American Society of the Order.
Some of the countries, like Sri Lanka, are very
poor. In fact the Cadets there often cannot even afford
to buy themselves shoes, yet they appear smart and
eager on Parade, and when I was there, there were
12,000 members, all carrying on our great traditions
and ideals.
In India it was very touching to find so many of the
women were anxious to learn First Aid and to tend the
casualties which come from riots and disturbances,
besides the heavy traffic, and the over-population in
many parts of their wonderful country.
In Hong Kong the St John is very strong and
efficient, and I persuaded them to send a Sterilizer for
which they had no further use, to Sri Lanka who could
not afford to buy one.
When one thinks how grateful we ourselves are in
a motor accident, for the St John members who usually
appear like magic, I hope we can all remember the men
and women who tend us are not paid for anything they
do, but give their most valuable possessions,
themselves and their time, “For the Service of
Mankind”.
This is the vision and dream for which the Knights
of the Order have lived and died for a thousand years,
and through their inspiration and example, there will
always be idealists, young and old, to follow the eight-
pointed cross.
They will feel as I do, very proud to belong to the
greatest, most effective, best organised service in the
world.
I expressed all this in the Marching Song I wrote
for the St John Ambulance Brigade cadets, with music
by Jan Kerrison in 1944.
Knights of St John
The White Cross we raise
Where there’s a life to save.
Knights of St John,
Ours a crusade
To be faithful, true and brave.
Faith never lost,
Hearts always willing
Hands that are skilled and strong.
We follow the cross,
In vision fulfilling.
Dame Barbara refers to St John in Australia having “just
celebrated their Centenary”. That was in 1983, which
helps to date this text.
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St John Ambulance Australia (NT)
First Aid Services Training Calendar 2015
Date Course Location July Thurs 2nd Tue 7th Wed 8th
Tues 21st Wed 22nd Thurs 23rd
NEPTS NEPTS NEPTS NEPTS Driving NEPTS Driving NEPTS
Katherine Tennant Creek Alice Springs Tennant Creek Alice Springs Katherine
August Tue 4th Wed 5th
TBA Fri 21st Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd Thurs 27th
NEPTS NEPTS PAFA PFA(flex) PAFA NEPTS
Tennant Creek Alice Springs Darwin region Nhulunbuy Nhulunbuy Katherine
September TBA Tues 8TH Wed 9TH Tues 22ND Wed 23RD Thurs 24TH
Provide First Aid NEPT NEPT NEPT DRIVING NEPT DRIVING NEPT
Palmerston Tennant Creek Alice Springs Tennant Creek Alice Springs Katherine
October TBA TBA 6TH 7TH 20TH 21ST 22ND
Provide Advanced First Aid Advanced Responder NEPT NEPT NEPT DRIVING NEPT DRIVING NEPT
Parap Centre Casuarina / Palmerston Tennant Creek Alice Springs Tennant Creek Alice Springs Katherine
November Tues 3RD Wed 4TH Mon 9th – Thurs 12th Fri 13th
Tues 17th – Fri 20th Tues 17TH Wed 18TH Thurs 19TH TBA
NEPT NEPT Cert IV TAE 40110 LLN Module TAELLN 401A Cert IV Tae 40110 NEPT DRIVING NEPT DRIVING NEPT Provide Advanced First Aid
Tennant Creek Alice Springs Casuarina Casuarina Casuarina Tennant Creek Alice Springs Katherine Katherine
December TBA
Advanced Responder
Alice Springs
The June 2015 edition of Spotlite, the SJAA National newsletter,
can be downloaded from:
http://members.stjohn.org.au/docs/Spotlite%202015%20June.pdf
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Northern Standard, Tuesday 10 November 1936, p. 8
LIMITING DR. FENTON’S WORK
PUBLIC PROTEST
APPEAL FOR CONTINUANCE AND ASSISTANCE
A well-attended public meeting held in the Town
Hall, Darwin, on Friday night entered a vigorous protest
against the Federal Government's proposal to limit the
work of Dr. Fenton by substituting a car for a plane, and
having the aerial medical work of the vast inland carried
out by a subsidised body from outside its boundaries.
In opening the meeting the Mayor Cr. J. H. Brogan
said it was called as a result of an announcement which
appeared in a recent issue of the "Sydney Morning
Herald,” which he read out and which was as follows:
Dr. C. C. Fenton. Field May be Limited. May Work
Without A ‘Plane
"Melbourne, Monday. - The Commonwealth
Government is considering limited the work of Dr. C. C.
Fenton in Northern Australia.
"An arrangement is proposed for Australian Aerial
Medical Services to carry out aerial medical work in
Northern Australia and to receive a subsidy of £5000 a
year from the Government.
"Dr. Fenton will probably be asked to continue his
work without using an aeroplane. It is suggested that he
should use Katherine as a base, and cover the
surrounding area by motor car.
"The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) said to-
day that was awaiting a report from Administrator of
North Australia (Lieutenant. Colonel R. H. Weddell about
a proposed plan of reorganisation.
"Mr. Paterson would not discuss the nature of the
proposal, but said that the Ministry was considering
whether it should not make it of the facilities provided
by Australian Aerial Medical Services subsidy for which
was already authorised."
Mr. Brogan read wires from Mr. J. H. Newmarch on
behalf of himself and employees of Manbulloo, Willeroo,
Delemere and Bernini stations, stating they were
incensed at the short sighted, unfeeling
and unappreciative attitude of the Government. It was
pointed out that the Cloncurry and Wyndham
services cannot carry out the work performed by Dr.
Fenton. They had definite proof that the Cloncurry flying
doctor had refused to undertake a journey mainly on
account of the weather. On the other hand Dr. Fenton
had never hesitated, day or night, stormy or fair. The
matter was of the utmost importance to the residents of
the Territory and would be a standing disgrace if
Dr. Fenton's services were dispensed with.
Another telegram conveying the expressions of a
representative meeting of Katherine citizens stated it
was understood the reason for the discontinuance of Dr.
Fenton's services is a refusal by the Government to pay
a reasonable subsidy although it recently granted
£5000 per annum for a similar service outside the
Territory. Dr. Fenton’s plane has hitherto been on
practically the same basis as official cars and no increase
was granted to him when he commenced to maintain
two aeroplanes. The Wyndham service was not available
on at least two days a week and the plane was not
permitted to land except on licensed grounds. The
Cloncurry service was too far distant and had on several
occasions refused to make journeys in emergencies. The
Katherine meeting demanded on behalf of outback
residents a continuance of the service with adequate
Government support.
The Mayor also read telegrams from Brocks Creek,
Pine Creek, Grove Hill and Newcastle Waters, advocating
the retention of Dr. Fenton's flying services. At the
latter place Mr. Churchill Smith wired, "Fifty residents
unanimously agreed to support any action to retain Dr.
Fenton's services."
The Mayor said that although Dr. Fenton may have
transgressed on a couple of occasions, the work he was
performing entitled him to some license. Work that
could be carried out by a plane stationed at Katherine in
an hour, may take days from Camooweal or Wyndham.
Another thing the Wyndham plane was confined to
licensed grounds. It would be extremely unfortunate
if the people outback were deprived of Dr. Fenton’s
services. If the Government treated the pioneers like it
was intended to do in this case, it was not surprising that
the Northern Territory remained empty.
Mr. J. B. Selman said they all knew that Dr. Fenton
was a close friend of his, but it was not particularly on
that account that he took up the cudgels on his behalf. It
was a preposterous proposal of the Government's to
dispense with the flying doctor. He said "flying
doctor" advisedly because he was a doctor, a pilot, an
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engineer and a navigator, 100%. The man in the back
blocks knew Dr. Fenton was the only one to be relied
upon. The proposal to give £5000 to do the work of
Dr. Fenton was a disgrace. The speaker recalled the Ord
River crash about a year ago when one man was killed.
He said Dr. Fenton was ordered to go there. At that time
his plane was in the Darwin workshops in pieces but all
hands, including himself, set to work and assembled it,
and he left for Pine Creek, landing in the dark with the
aid of two motor car headlights in one of the worst
storms the speaker could remember. Nothing daunted
he took off again next morning at 3 a.m. and gave the
necessary attention. There was also the case of
George Landwehr who was lost out from the Hercules
Mine, who was rescued through the efforts of Dr.
Fenton. These were but two of hundreds of cases .When
the bad accident occurred at Grove Hill, Dr. Fenton flew
there in the night. Not only did he give his professional
assistance but he helped carry one of the injured men six
miles to his ‘plane, and then flew him to Darwin. Was it
any wonder, asked Mr. Selman, that Dr. Fenton was out
of pocket? If the subsidy was increased it would aid Dr.
Fenton in his work and he would be able to keep
his plane in regulation order, which he cannot do at
present owing to insufficient money being paid to him.
Mr. J. A. McDonald said that there was another side
they should view also. As a citizen he was concerned with
the rough deal they were getting. He thought it was
a perverted proposal of the Government’s, to take away
the only flying doctor. He did not believe the Minister's
political friends were brazen enough to support him in
his attitude. Most residents were members of the
Medical Benefit Fund and when they paid in their money
they were entitled to medical service, and should not
have to rely on an outside service. No one who had
resided here for the last few years but could help admire
the feats performed by Dr. Fenton. It was not only Dr.
Fenton they were fighting for but their own rights as
citizens.
Mr. A. H. Callanan said the flying doctor was the
greatest asset of the medical service for the people
outback and he thought his services should be retained.
Mr. Kay said he had been all over the Territory and
knew how slow the old services by camel were and what
it meant compared with the service given by Dr. Fenton,
whom he hoped would be kept here.
Mr. J. A. McDonald moved: "That this meeting,
representative of all sections of the community in the
Northern Territory, emphatically protests against the
proposed government action in restricting Dr. Fenton's
activities to the Katherine area by motor car; that it
considers such action will endanger the health of the
people in the outback and demands that Dr. Fenton,
whose skill both as doctor and aviator has saved many
lives here, should be retained as flying doctor,
experience having shown that other flying doctors have
refused to land on grounds on which Dr. Fenton
has subsequently landed; that this meeting considers
that Dr. Fenton would be irreplaceable to the pioneers
of the outback and that this resolution be sent to the
Minister for the Interior."
The motion was carried unanimously.
It was further decided that if an unsatisfactory reply
be received from the Minister a further meeting be
called.
Northern Territory News, Thursday 3 July 1958
‘Rebuff’ from Admin. Alleged by ambulance men
Administration has rebuffed the St John Ambulance Brigade, according to Darwin ambulance officials.
For two years in succession the brigade has applied for financial assistance through the money available in the cultural grants fund. The applications were ignored on each occasion.
A brigade official said yesterday that in June 1957 the brigade received a letter from the then Assistant Administrator which said . . “should be able to give you
some indication of the Administration’s line of approach to your application within two weeks . . “
“Something went wrong with the line” said the official today, “because we have not heard since”.
He said this year the brigade’s local association again applied for assistance but the application was not even acknowledged.
“Can’t Understand”
Another official of the brigade, Mr Bob Lawrie, said today that he could not understand the Government’s attitude to St John in this matter.
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Mr Lawrie said the Darwin brigade looked after the first aid needs of all sporting activities in Darwin and –
Needed a first-aid centre to give full cover to all sporting activities and areas around Darwin.
Had raised money for a building fund itself but needed a total of £3000 to £4000.
Needed £1200 for the purchase of an ambulance.
Had 10 trained field workers, but needed 20. Cost of retaining twenty in the field would be about £1000 per year.
The brigade trained all police in first-aid. The brigade’s superintendent, Mr George Brooks was the only man in Darwin with the necessary qualifications for this work.
Time Given Free
Mr Lawrie said that it was even more difficult to understand the lack of help when it was known that all St John men and women gave their time free of charge.
He said that it was absolutely necessary that brigade here obtain or build a hall. The present facilities were most unsuitable. There was no power and the building had long since been condemned.
The brigade official said they agreed with the former Health Director, Doctor Humphrey, that the brigade should conduct the full ambulance service throughout the Northern Territory. “We are working to that purpose and financial assistance at this time would have enabled us to reach that goal earlier,” said Mr Lawrie.
Northern Territory News, Tuesday 6 July 1965
Ambulance free time
Members of the Saint John Ambulance Brigade at
Fannie Bay headquarters gave an average of 21¾ hours
voluntary duty a week during the last six months.
Figures recently released by the headquarters to
cover the half year ended June 30 show that there was
an average of 15 active members throughout the half
year.
Altogether they worked for 8416½ man-hours and
drove ambulance vehicles a total of 3602 miles
carrying 233 patients to hospital.
Apart from answering emergency calls and
attending at numerous public functions, members
treated 129 casualties at the dressing station or about
five each week.
Ten calls were also answered to meet the Saint
John emergency ambulance from Adelaide River and
convey patients to Darwin Hospital.
The headquarters is to issue a monthly bulletin of
statistics covering its activities and the first of these
covered the month of June.
Average active membership for last month was 16
for a total of 1422½ man-hours of duty or an average
of 89½ per man.
Volunteers answered 27 calls and conveyed 28
passengers an overall distance of 297 miles, and in
addition treated 18 casualties at the dressing station.
Members attended the Mardi Gras, the race
meeting and rodeo at Adelaide River and the M.V.
Johnston £1000 golf tournament during the month.
Northern Territory News, Friday 7 July 1972
St. John’s latest
The Darwin division of the St John Ambulance
Brigade last night took delivery of a new $4000 air-
conditioned ambulance.
It is a Holden Belmont, fully equipped and the first
of the division’s fleet of four to have an electric
warning device.
The ambulance travelled from Adelaide to Alice
Springs by rail and was then driven to Darwin.
District Staff Officer and secretary of the Brigade,
Mr Wally Thompson and chief training officer, Mr Jack
Revitt handed the vehicle over complete with a coating
of Territory dust.
Darwin Corps Staff Officer, Mr Kevin Kettle said
local organisations including the Rotary Club of Darwin
north, the Speedway Ladies Association and the
Darwin Festival Committee had contributed “heftily”
towards the cost of the vehicle.
Visiting officers Mr Wally Thompson and Mr Jack Revitt
check the air viva kit in the new ambulance with the
Deputy Commissioner for the Territory Dr W.A.
Langsford and Corps Staff Officer Mr Kevin Kettle.
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When What Where Comments Requirements Web
July
Fri 3 – Sat 4 Alice Springs Show Alice Springs Meals and refreshments supplied
Volunteer: Division working negotiated rosters, includes Roving Patrols on foot Ambulance: TBA
www.alice-springs.com.au/
Friday 10 Tennant Creek & District Show
Tennant Creek Meals and refreshments supplied
Volunteer: Division working negotiated rosters, includes Roving Patrols on foot Ambulance: TBA
http://www.travelnt.com/en/tennant-creek-and-barkly-region/events/tennant-and-districts-show
Saturday 11 Camel Cup Alice Springs www.camelcup.com.au/
Sunday 12 Beercan Regatta Mindil Beach, Darwin
Lunch provided, Surf Life Saving Association liaise closely with SJA members
Volunteer: 1st Aid Post (TBC) and Volunteer Ambulance Ambulance: Major Events Coordinator with appropriate vehicle and Paramedic Kit to support SJA Volunteers
www.beercanregatta.org.au/
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When What Where Comments Requirements Web
Fri 17 –
Sat 18 Katherine Show Katherine
Lunch and refreshments supplied
Volunteer: Katherine Division working negotiated rosters, includes Roving Patrols in SJA Buggy (where accessible) and on foot. Ambulance: 1 x Ambulance crew (TBC) with OIC Katherine Major Events Coordinator with appropriate vehicle and Paramedic kit to support SJA Volunteers
http://katherineshow.org.au/
Thu 23 –
Sat 25 Royal Darwin Show
Winnellie Showgrounds
Meals and refreshments supplied
Volunteer: Divisions working negotiated rosters, includes Roving Patrols in Buggy (where accessible) and on foot Ambulance: Major Events Coordinator with appropriate vehicle and Paramedic Kit to support SJA Volunteers
www.darwinshow.com.au/
Fri 31 –
Sat 1 Aug Lingalonga Festival Batchelor
Batchelor Adults & First Aid Unit
www.lingalonga.org/
Fri 31 –
Mon 3 Aug Garma Festival
Gulkula, Arnhemland
Camping – Indigenous Community Festival
Volunteer: First Aider & Responders Ambulance: TBA
www.yyf.com.au/
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August
Monday 3 Darwin Cup Fannie Bay Racecourse
Great day out meals provided
Volunteer: 1x First Aid Unit and First aiders & Responders for spectator coverage Ambulance: TBA
www.darwinturfclub.org.au/
Saturday 15 Henley on Todd Regatta
Alice Springs www.henleyontodd.com.au/
Sat 1 –
Sun 8 Variety Bash TBA
First Aid Support for the “Bashers” on their Annual Fund Raising Jaunt.
TBA https://www.variety.org.au/NT/Events/Variety-Bash-NT---20151/
September
TBA Great Northern Clean Up
Your local area Organise a clean-up in your local area
http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/about/about-the-event/great-northern-clean-up
October
Mon 5 –
Sun 11
Ophthalmic Week www.stjohneyehospital.org
December
Sat 5 International Volunteer Day
http://www.unv.org/what-we-do/intl-volunteer-day.html
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St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc.
http://www.stjohnnt.org.au/
National Members’ website
http://members.stjohn.org.au/
user name: onestjohn
password: member
The Order of St John
http://www.orderofstjohn.org/
St John Vollies (Darwin area)
Add “Jonny St John” as a
friend to join this NT group
St John Ambulance Australia
https://www.facebook.com/st
johnambulanceaus
SJA Australia (unofficial)
https://www.facebook.com/gro
ups/sjaaus/
St John Ambulance NT
https://www.facebook.com/st
johnambulancent
St John Ambulance Australia
Cadets
http://cadets.stjohn.org.au/
Awkward Hours, Awkward Jobs
A History of St John Ambulance in the NT
1915 – 2012
by Frank Dunstan
https://sites.google.com/site/awkwardhoursawkwardjobs/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Awkward-Hours-
Awkward-Jobs/616409081725827
Information on the book, where to buy, and download an
order form.
Copies for sale in Volunteer Office and with the author.
Back issues of Vollie News
http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/
10070/179615
Only $30
plus postage if applicable
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