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Main Title:	Straight from the heart : tales of tragedy and triumph from the nurses of the Australian outback / Max Griffiths.
Author:	Griffiths, Max
Imprint:	East Roseville, N.S.W. : Kangaroo Press, 2000.
Collation:	xv, 312, [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), portriats, map, bib., index, pbk ; 23 cm.

Summary:	This important contribution to the history of the Australian outback honours the nursing sisters who have battled personal and professional isolation to serve there during the twentieth century, and chronicles in particular the nursing services of the Australian Inland Mission, founded by Flynn of the Inland in 1912. The book contributes to a better understanding of the efforts made to provide Aboriginal people with medical and health care.
Subject:	Australian Inland Mission Nurses and nursing First Nations Australians Health and medical facilities Central Australia
ISBN:	0731808916
Notes:	Includes index. Contents: Oodnadatta: no place for a woman p1. Oodnadatta: all things to all people p15. Port Hedland, Maranboy, Victoria River Downs: no place too far away p26. Halls Creek, Beltana: big hearts and small minds p40. Birdsville, Lake Grace: a pub with no beer p55. Innamincka: no place is too small p72. Alice Springs: a hospital in the heart of Australia p89. Fitzroy Crossing: aboriginal health – the inescapable tragedy p102. Marble Bar, Esperance, Dunbar: no place is the same p122. Leigh Creek, Radium Hill: the wealth beneath the surface p137. Mary Kathleen, Coen, Kununurra: a contrast in communities p151. Birdsville: some places don’t change p168. Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek: some places change a lot p184. Andamooka: a community of characters p206. Kimberley aborigines: a new approach to aboriginal health p223. Finke, Roebourne: you have to start somewhere p241. Warburton Ranges: it’s not easy to walk away p256. Exmouth, The Monument, Limestone Creek: in the bush but not of it p272. Putting the past in front of us p287. Sources p303. Index p307.