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IN SMALL GROUPS YOU WILL BE ALLOCATED ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS. How did John Flynn help Australia shrink? How did Alfred Traeger and his invention help Australia shrink? How did the School of the Air help Australia shrink? How did HV MacKay help Australia shrink? How do Bush Clinics help Australia shrink? What sort…
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WHILE WE OFTEN THINK OF THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE AS ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT HELPED AUSTRALIA GROW IN THE 20TH CENTURY, IT ALSO HELPED AUSTRALIA SHRINK BY CONNECTING PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT TO IMPORTANT SERVICES. Take a virtual trip to the Royal Flying Doctor Service museum in Broken Hill to conduct research on…
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MEASURING DISTANCE Here is a page from a Royal Flying Doctor Service crew log. It shows some of the pickups that have occurred in the last week. RFDS Base Departed Location of Injured Person Hospital that patient was flown to Distance Travelled Meekatharra Tibooburra Adelaide Alice Springs Uluru Alice Springs Hospital Port Hedland Marble Bar…
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ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE BASES Each aircraft leaves from a Royal Flying Doctor Service base. Click on the map below to see all operating bases in Australia. Click on each base to find out more about it.
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SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS Mark on this map the areas where most of Australia’s population live. Now mark in the areas where most of the people helped by the Royal Flying Doctor Service live.This is called the ‘Outback’ or ‘Inland’