Fraser Coast Chronicle

Child service returns to its roots on the Fraser Coast

A child support service has returned to its Fraser Coast roots after its new centre opened in Hervey Bay

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29th March 2019 12:03 AM

bACK TO BEGINNING: BUSHkids CEO Carlton Meyn at the opening of the new Fraser Coast centre on Tavistock St.

New disability scheme for kids changes mum's life

Toolooa mother Naomi Ferguson is a mother of five - including three with disabilities

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27th July 2018 7:07 AM

Naomi Ferguson and Norman Ferguson, 6. BUSHkids will launch its NDIS early childhood services across central Queensland at the end of July, with the official opening of its Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) service centres in Rockhampton, Gladstone and Emerald.

Kid's health organisation named NDIS partner in Fraser Coast

A children's health organisation has been named the NDIS' partner in the Fraser Coast to provide Early Childhood Early...

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08th June 2018 6:06 PM

HEALTH PARTNERS: BUSHKids CEO Carlton Meyn and clinical services manager Susan Harrison will help provide assistance to children between the ages of 0-6 after being announced as partners for the NDIS in the Fraser Coast.

BUSHkids launches its new website

QUEENSLAND'S BUSHkids has whipped up a flash new website to better help the organisation work with the children and...

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07th Dec. 2017 12:12 PM

BUSHkids' unforgettable journey was 81 years in the making

Stories of hardship and hope are immortalised in a new book celebrating the 45,000 youngsters BUSHkids has helped over the...

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17th Dec. 2016 6:12 AM

Some 56 years after spending six weeks with BUSHkids, bush poet Trevor Stewart is still waxing lyrical about the experience. Trevor's story and that of many others supported by BUSHkids over the past 81 years are in a book celebrating the organisation's long history.

BUSHkids turn the page on 80 years of health support

Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme history wrapped up in special book called BUSHIES

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28th Nov. 2016 11:11 AM

Leslie Orme Wilson: The man who helped 45,000 children

WAR hero, politician, governor – Charlie Wilson has many reasons to be proud of his grandfather Sir Leslie Orme...

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16th Nov. 2015 5:11 AM

Montage pix clockwise from top left: A 1936 fund-raising appeal flyer for BUSHkids which turns 80 years old in 2015; BUSHkids founder Sir Leslie Orme Wilson started the Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme in 1935 to help sick bush kids; children pause for a photo at the Sir Leslie Wilson Home in Redcliffe; and regional Queensland children take a break from the BUSHkids' provided health care and school lessons to enjoy the sea at Emu Park. Film strip (from left): Occupational therapist Karlee Wiles started her career with BUSHkids' Emerald office in 1999. She is now the organisation's head OT; BUSHkids health and safety officer Brett Wall has been with the organisation for more than 20 years; BUSHkids general manager Carlton Meyn (left) and Charlie Wilson, the grandson of Sir Leslie; Dr Neil Bartels is the chairman of BUSHkids; and the organisation's treasurer is Allison McLean. Photos: Contributed.

Authors tell the story of BUSHkids, 80 years in the making

THE BUSHkids story has been 80 years in the making, so authors Pat Carlin, Adrian Harrison and Matthew Tesch had a massive...

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16th Nov. 2015 5:11 AM

BUSHkids 1930s. Children prepare to baord the BUSHkids bus. Photo Contributed

BUSHkids in the city to celebrate 80 years

THE group normally enriches rural children’s lives through their free allied health services, but during BUSHkids' 80-year...

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10th Nov. 2015 4:11 PM

80 years of reaching out to kids in the Bush

BORN decades apart, Robert Spencer, Rayleen Watts and Emerson Flecker share a common bond thanks to a little organisation...

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05th June 2015 4:06 PM

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