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SCENARIO: YOU ARE A STUDENT WHO LIVES IN THE AUSTRALIAN INLAND AND HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DEVELOP A PIECE FOR THE INLANDER MAGAZINE. Your job is to help students who live in the city understand what life in the outback is like. You could:1. Describe a typical day living in the outback 2. Create an…

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FLYNN WROTE A MESSAGE IN THE INLANDER MAGAZINE TO CHILDREN WHO LIVED IN THE OUTBACK: “If any of you boys and girls who read this live in the bush, I want you to do something for me. I want you to write to me of the bush things, like wild dogs, and kangaroos, and crocodiles,…

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HE WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN LIVING IN THE OUTBACK AND HOW DIFFICULT THEIR LIVES COULD BE From your visit to the museum, make a list of some of the hardships experienced by children who live in the outback both in the past and now: Then Now

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AUSTRALIAN INLAND MISSION Australian Inland Mission1. What is an Inlander? Why was the Australian Inland Mission founded?John Flynn2. Who was John Flynn and what was his relationship to the Royal Flying Doctor Service?Founding the Royal Flying Doctor Service3. Why was the Royal Flying Doctor Service created? Jimmy Darcy4. Who was Jimmy Darcy and how did…

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VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE (RFDS) MUSEUM CENTRE IN BROKEN HILL. Work in pairs and take a virtual tour of the Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Museum Centre in Broken Hill. While you’re in the museum, your task is to gather information on the research question, ‘How did John Flynn and the Royal Flying…