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The School of the Air and remote learning - Australia's Culture Portal

The answer is Community Government schooling and the School of the Air. School of the Air is one of the means by which children in remote communities can access schools. Alternatively, community schools provide an opportunity for children to attend scho...

Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been established to bring these important health services to remote and regional Australian communities. The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides free emergency and medical care to people w...

Australian inventions - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th...

Australian lighthouses - Australia's Culture Portal

Mr Salchany, lighthouse keeper of Neptune Islands signals a passing ship, 1963. In Australia, lighthouses are built in harbours, on islands, coral reefs and beaches. Courtesy of the Australian Heritage Photo Library, Department of Environment, Water Her...

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The School of the Air and remote learning - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

The answer is Community Government schooling and the School of the Air. School of the Air is one of the means by which children in remote communities can access schools. Alternatively, community schools provide an opportunity for children to attend scho...

Mount Isa School of the Air - Corporate entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

Mount Isa School of the Air (c. Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-...

School of the Air   (website Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre )

Australians were the first to use School of the Air to educate isolated children. > The Shell Questacon Science Circus giving a lesson via HF radio as part of the Kalgoorlie School of the Air. Gone are the days of the pedal radio, but School of the Air te...

Alice Springs School of the Air - Attraction Search Detail - Northern Territory Official Travel Site   (website Northern Territory Visitors Centre NT )

History, Lifestyle, Innovation ÔÇô Immerse yourself in the distinctive history of Alice Springs School of the Air that dates back to 1951. Take the opportunity to visit Alice Springs School of the Air and be inspired by what has been and continues to be ...

School Of The Air   (website Tourism New South Wales )

<br/>This unique school conducts school lessons via satellite for children living on remote outback station homesteads. <br/> <br/>The session begins at 8.30 sharp. <br/>Closed public holidays and school holidays....

Tibooburra Outback School of the Air   (website Tourism New South Wales )

The Tibooburra Outback School of the Air is the most geographically isolated school in New South Wales. <br/> <br/>View and listen to radio daily lessons from 9am to 11am daily or attend an interactive on-air whole school assembly every Friday at 9am. <b...

Online Resource - Bid O'Sullivan MBE and the Queensland School-of-the-Air - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Bid O'Sullivan MBE and the Queensland School-of-the-Air Our Women Our State: a pictorial history of women's contributions to Queensland, ...

Newspaper Article - School of the Air Initiated - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Gibb, Phyllis Annie Constance (1904 - 1987) &copy Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...

Book - Classrooms a World Apart: The Story of the Founding of the Broken Hill School of the Air - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Classrooms a World Apart: The Story of the Founding of the Broken Hill School of the Air &copy Copyright The Australian Women's Register ...

Book - Over to you: the first 25 years of the School-of-the-Air in North-West Queensland - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Over to you: the first 25 years of the School-of-the-Air in North-West Queensland Mt Isa School-of-the-Air P &C Association , Mt Isa, 198...

Powerhouse Museum - Australia Innovates   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Adelaide Miethke was vice-president of the South Australian wing of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and a former inspector of girl's schools. > > The first lessons were transmitted from the Alice Springs Flying Doctor Base in 1949 and the Alice Springs S...

schools on air | SYN: Student Youth Network   (website 90.7 SYN FM )

Students from Koonung Secondary College try out some material for their weekly Schools on Air program. Awesome topics include: embarrassing situations, the current state of Facebook, 'nurse shoes' on guys and grafitti- is it art or crime? Students from Y...

Schools on Air pilot project   (website CBOnline )

Community Radio at a Glance A jury found a station manager not guilty of the murder of nine Aborigines who were alleged cattle stealers. Disclaimer | Accessibility Copyright 2010 &copy CBOnline. ...

Schools on Air pilot project   (website CBOnline )

Secondary students are potentially the lifeblood of community radio, bringing in enthusiasm, energy, skills and vision. In South Australia this has been happening in a variety of ways, with stations working with schools and in partnership with Radio Adel...

Air Waves : Katherine School of the Air's fortnightly bulletin   (website Northern Territory Library - Territory Images )

Title: Air Waves : Katherine School of the Air's fortnightly bulletin. Publisher: Katherine : Katherine School of the Air, 05 April 2007. Volume: <dim:field xmlns:dim="http://www.dspace.org/xmlns/dspace/dim" xmlns:mets="http://www.loc.gov/METS/" xmlns:xli...

Air Waves : Katherine School of the Air's fortnightly bulletin   (website Northern Territory Library - Territory Images )

Title: Air Waves : Katherine School of the Air's fortnightly bulletin. Publisher: Katherine : Katherine School of the Air, 27 April 2006. Volume: <dim:field xmlns:dim="http://www.dspace.org/xmlns/dspace/dim" xmlns:mets="http://www.loc.gov/METS/" xmlns:xli...