Beltana in 1853 with the benefit of the aborigines of South Australia particularly in view. The Smith of Dunesk mission was something of a diversion from Mrs Smith's intention as the main focus was on white settlers. The first Presbyterian manse was purchased in 1898, having been rented by Rev Robert Mitchell for four years before that, and served as the manse subsequent missioners including for Reverend John Flynn, later of the Australian Inland Mission and the Flying Doctor Service, in 1911. It became the Beltana Australian Inland Mission nursing home in 1919. The nursing home continued until hospital facilities became
Greg Flynn Greg Flynn Greg Flynn is an Australian novelist whose debut book The Berlin Cross (published by Random House Australia & NZ) received positive reviews nationally when released in December 2005. Flynn was born in Perth, Western Australia, and joined WA Newspapers' afternoon newspaper "The Daily News" as a cadet reporter. After a career in journalism in Australia and the UK, he began writing film scripts for the Yoram Gross Film Studio in Sydney. He then moved into public relations, before writing his first novel, "The Berlin Cross", in 2005. "Flynn hardly puts a foot wrong in this exciting debut novel,