Historical information

During a stay at Dunbar, one of Australia's largest cattle stations, the author was faced with the problem of getting a badly injured man to hospital, it was the wet season, but the Royal flying doctor service came to the rescue. The author was later a nurse in a bush hospital and worked in close cooperation with the flying doctor service before writing "Mantle of Safety".

Significance

Autobiographical and relevant to the history of the Australian flying doctor service.

Physical description

Paper; book.

Inscriptions & markings

Cover: author's name and title.