John Flynn Place Museum and Art Gallery. Photo: Kaileana Lund.

John Flynn Place Museum and Art Gallery tells the founding story of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and Reverend John Flynn’s commitment to better living conditions, particularly medical care, for remote Australia.

Useful information

Corner King & Daintree Streets, Cloncurry, QLD
Ticketed

Features

Gift shop
Toilets
Guided tours by request

Opening hours

Monday9am – 4pm
Tuesday9am – 4pm
Wednesday9am – 4pm
Thursday9am – 4pm
Friday9am – 4pm
Saturday9am – 3pm (May-Sep)
Sunday9am – 3pm (May-Sep)

More information about John Flynn Place Museum and Art Gallery

Along with celebrating the tenacity of Flynn, learn more about Alfred Traeger, genius inventor of the pedal radio; Dr Alan Vickers, the first permanent flying doctor; and Reverend Fred McKay, second Superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission and RFDS.

Explore four levels of displays on the people and passion that brought about the ‘world’s first air ambulance’ and the technology that made it possible. From pilots to patients, doctors to reverends – see and hear the trials, tribulations and successes.

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