Design and Art Australia Online

Photographer and missionary, edited The Inlander , a magazine published by the Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church in Australia that cost 4/- per annum (vols 1-6, November 1913-1921, FL 919.4/206). The many articles he wrote for it were often illustrated with his own photographs, including some impressive panoramas.

Vol. 1, no.2 (March 1914) has a fold-out panorama of Darwin between pp.66-67 ('Copyright J. Flynn’) illustrating his article 'Australia’s front door’, as well as 2 photographs on a single page facing p.7: 'House as built around Darwin’ and 'A Bachelor at Home’ (both also 'copyright J. Flynn’).

Vol.1, no.3 (June 1914) has 'The Environment of Love’, a bush hut with a couple in the bush, facing p.122 (copyright J. Flynn) and 'The Silent Highway/ (One of the roads travelled by the first Bush Nurse)’ – Pictorialist gumtrees – facing p.124 ('Simply Explicable’ article on the photo on p.123) and between pp.130-131 a fold-out panorama of Pine Creek [Northern Territory], 'Our Latest Station’ according to the accompanying article.

Vol.1 no.4 (November 1914) facing p.163 'The Port of Pilbara’, fold-out panorama of 'Port Hedland WA/ From Jetty’ copyright J, Flynn and facing p.171 panorama 'Port Hedland, WA/ From the Lookout’, plus focus on Kimberley with photos of prisoners and troopers by A. J. Campbell .

Vol. 2 no.1 (1915) facing title page 'An Ugly Blot on Australia’ (destitute Aboriginal mother and child), facing p.25 'Two Aborigines./ And a Choice of Morals’ (chained together, one with head upright and proud, the other slack with head bent), facing p.26 old and new style housing and facing p.29 'Old Folks at Home’ [humpy] and 'Young Folks at Home’ [2 'commodious tents’ per family at 'Coopertown’, Alice Springs]. Copyrighted J. Flynn, they accompany Flynn’s article 'About our Aborigines’, p.23 ff. Also Broome article written and with photos by Flynn, e.g. facing p.12 Broome manse exterior and interior, and (facing p.16) a very long panorama of Broome.

Vol.2 no.2 (1915) 'Children of the Inland’ [white kids], Marble Bar and more Broome photos by Flynn. P.90 note from C.T. Dugdale on his photo of a dust storm in the last issue – approaching Narrandera 6.30 p.m. from West.

Vol.2 no.3 (1915) Flinders Ranges South Australia; Note for Cloncurry and photo Flynn, 'Wilpena Head Station’.

Vol.2 no 4 (1915) theme NT development, e.g. pearl divers. Facing p.156 grave sites.

+Henry Ventilia Reckham d.1911 (metal 2 horses, photo W.H. Butler ).

+Aeneas James Gunn d.1903 (metal heraldic with lettering painted white on dark background, photo 'Ryko’ Darwin.

Vol.3 no 1 (1916) Hall’s Creek, Mulla Bulla, etc in the land where the Cattle Camps are including church music (photo of girl at organ in straw boater).

Vo.3 no 2 (1916) Oodnadatta panorama.

Vol.4 no.1 (1917) Cars as frontispiece, 'Inland Transport’ – also photos of camels etc; p.57 'Cloncurry District’ with photos.

Vol 4, n.2 (1917-18) grappling with the water problem.

Vol 5, no.1 (1918), model home for NT cost £350, 'The Manager’s residence’, Maranboy p.21 and other tropical buildings for the Aboriginal population (Sabbath School with 6 blacks) and photo of the only white boy in Maranboy (has since left).

Vol.5, no.2 (1918-19) p.78 , fan made by Bill; p.88 Shearing shed Beltana; p.91 cartoon by Fred Brown re aerial mail and land mail as a snail, reprinted from the Bulletin ; and bush nurses article with photo of Hall’s Creek Nursing Home.

Vol.6 no.1 (1920) Kimberley Western Australia theme: Aboriginal workers transferring the Old Miners’ Institute into 'Nursing Home’ (possibly Alice Springs), p.50 view of Nursing Home, Alice Springs (black and white sketch unsigned), et al.

Vol.6, no.2 (1920-21) AIM exhibit at Melbourne’s 'Kirk and Work’ fair pp.101-103: Branxholme stalls, Art gallery etc.; plus pp.105-7 Cloncurry and church and school photos.

Writers:

Staff Writer

Date written:

1999

Last updated:

2011