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Issue Details: First known date: 1947... 1947 Flying Doctor
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Episodes in the Life of the Flying Doctor
Serialised by: The Australian Journal 1865 periodical (900 issues)
Notes:
First instalment: February 1949 Final instalment: November 1949
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Georgian House , 1947 .
      Extent: 261p.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: Dedicated as a tribute to Cecil Evelyn cook C.B.E., M.D., CH.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H. (formerly Chief Medical Officer, Northern Territory Medical Service). The moving spirit and the guiding hand.

Works about this Work

'Doc' Fenton's War Alan Powell , 2017 single work biography
— Appears in: Northern Territory Historical Studies , no. 28 2017; (p. 34-42)

'Clyde Cornwall Fenton is well-known as the Northern Territory's first 'flying doctor'. Who hasn't read his book 'Flying Doctor', first published in 1947 and still in print? As the back cover blurb of the 1982 edition says: 

'This intrepid adventurer and self-taught pilot flew his own single engine Gypsy Moth, without navigation equipment, charts and landing strips .... A folk hero, he became a Territory legend during his lifetime.''  (Publication abstract)

In Passing Ronald Campbell , 1949 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 September vol. 84 no. 1002 1949; (p. 756)
In Passing Ronald Campbell , 1949 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 February vol. 84 no. 995 1949; (p. 84)
Flying Doctor's Life of Adventure George Farwell , 1948 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , February vol. 2 no. 8 1948; (p. 395, 397)

— Review of Flying Doctor Clyde Cornwall Fenton , 1947 single work autobiography
Flying Doctor's Life of Adventure George Farwell , 1948 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , February vol. 2 no. 8 1948; (p. 395, 397)

— Review of Flying Doctor Clyde Cornwall Fenton , 1947 single work autobiography
In Passing Ronald Campbell , 1949 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 February vol. 84 no. 995 1949; (p. 84)
In Passing Ronald Campbell , 1949 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 September vol. 84 no. 1002 1949; (p. 756)
'Doc' Fenton's War Alan Powell , 2017 single work biography
— Appears in: Northern Territory Historical Studies , no. 28 2017; (p. 34-42)

'Clyde Cornwall Fenton is well-known as the Northern Territory's first 'flying doctor'. Who hasn't read his book 'Flying Doctor', first published in 1947 and still in print? As the back cover blurb of the 1982 edition says: 

'This intrepid adventurer and self-taught pilot flew his own single engine Gypsy Moth, without navigation equipment, charts and landing strips .... A folk hero, he became a Territory legend during his lifetime.''  (Publication abstract)

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