Cloncurry, Queensland to the community in the 1950s. Until the development of Mount Isa in the 1960s, Cloncurry was the administrative centre of the region. The first-ever flight of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia took place from Cloncurry on 15 May 1928, using a de Havilland DH.50 aircraft hired from the then small airline, Qantas. A Royal Flying Doctor Service museum is situated in the town. The population in Cloncurry decreased from 3,898 in 1996 to 2,900 in 2002. It declined further to 2,719 by 2016. The Cloncurry Bob McDonald Library opened in 2012. Cloncurry has a number of heritage-listed
Softball in Australia organisation was based in Bayswater, Victoria and had 60,000 members. The national team has not secured as much funding as male dominated sports in Australia despite having performed better than some and having won major international competitions. As of 1999, softball was not being supported by all state and territory based institute of sports. Only the ACT, the New South Wales Institute of Sport, the Queensland Academy of Sport and the Victorian Institute of Sport did. The federal government allocated money to sport through a variety of methods. When combined, softball was allocated in 1995/1996, in 1996/1997, in 1997/1998, in