Clyde Fenton Australia and headed outback, first to Wyndham, Western Australia and then on to Darwin. Fenton earned his pilot's licence with a goal to join the Royal Flying Doctor Service, but the founder, Reverend John Flynn, had a policy of not using doctors as pilots. As a result, Fenton privately raised money for an aircraft, and in March 1934 arrived in Katherine as the Government Medical Officer. He started an aerial ambulance rescue service which grew into the Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service. Calls for medical assistance came through the two RFDS stations at Cloncurry and Wyndham, and were relayed by
Softball in Queensland Softball in Queensland Softball is played in Queensland . Softball saw a "benefit" in the bombing of Darwin and the inclusion of Australia in World War II in terms of bringing in American military personnel who brought softball with them to this state. Local competitions were organised by Mack Gilley in the state by 1946. A Queensland organisation was created in 1946 by the American Mack Gilley. The state federation was one of the foundation federation members of the Australian Women's Softball Council in 1949. In 1971, there were 171 teams affiliated with the state organisation, 290 in 1975, 326