Alfred Traeger Alfred Traeger Alfred Hermann Traeger, OBE (2 August 1895 – 31 July 1980) was an Australian inventor, chiefly known for the development of the pedal radio. Traeger was born at Glenlee, near Dimboola, Victoria, and raised near Adelaide, South Australia. He was instrumental in the establishment and early success of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. Traeger had an interest in radio for much of his life. During the 1920s, he was contacted by Rev John Flynn to assist in experiments which were to enable remote families access to medical treatment by using radio equipment. He also suggested the
Flynn, Australian Capital Territory and is next to the suburbs of Charnwood, Fraser, Melba, Latham and Spence. In 2011, the median house price for the suburb of Flynn was . Flynn Primary School and Preschool are located in the centre of the suburb. Flynn Primary School and Preschool were opened in February 1974, and the primary school was closed in 2006 under the ACT Government's controversial mass school closures program. The preschool is still open. The school's community appealed the closure in the ACT Supreme Court, raising A$50,000 demanded by the ACT Government as security of costs to proceed. Despite running for two years,