A Norseman aircraft dropping medical supplies to a patrol camp near Lake Kopiago

Abstract

A Norseman aircraft dropping medical supplies to a patrol camp near Lake Kopiago. (The usually large numbers of buildings were erected to house 30 sick carriers). When law and order is being brought to an area, the first permanent Administration establishment is a patrol post which usually has an airstrip for light aircraft and radio communication with headquarters. In 1949, 24 patrol posts had been established; by June, 1960, that number had increased to 60 and to bring the whole of the Territory under administration control by 31st December, 1963, an additional 18 patrol posts will be established. Health activities quickly follow the first patrol; agricultural assistance in various forms, and then schools, are established to begin the processes of formal education. So the process of development is built on the first patrol.