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12 Will Quirky fact : to educate traces century of challenge and change In the 1920s, Distance Education enabled women to take up official teaching positions within Queensland. Curriculum Information Year Learning and Assessment (Time, Continuity and Change) 6 Expanding our Knowledge Base - School of the Air 7 Technological Revolution - Delivering Educational Outcomes Description Covering 1,727,000 square kilometres, Queensland encompasses more than a quarter of the Australian continent. Overcoming vast distances, even today, presents challenges for the families and communities that live and work in Queensland’s remote regions. One of the great challenges over the past century has been to provide education to the children of these areas - a task that has taken both determination and ingenuity. Initially, teachers would ride on horseback to the sheep and cattle stations and mining settlements. The travel was onerous and took many weeks. Teachers might only see their students three times each year and then, only for few days at a time. However, by the 1920s progress had seen further extensions to the railway and air services were introduced. Once large mail runs became smaller and more reliable, educational materials were able to be regularly supplied to children via the postal services. In 1922 the Primary Correspondence School (PCS) was established to deliver distance education. The school enabled women to take up official teaching duties for the first time and helped to address a teacher shortage due to the lack of available men after the First World War. The following year, the Domestic Science and Manual Arts service was launched using railway carriages as mobile classrooms. The scheme was so successful it operated until the late 1960s. Nevertheless, in 1960 outreach education was revolutionised when the first School of the Air opened at Cloncurry. For the first time, students could readily interact with their teachers and classmates via high frequency radio. Over the next 30 years, seven schools opened in major population centres throughout Queensland including Longreach, Mount Isa, Cairns, Charleville, Brisbane, Capricornia and Charters Towers. Today, thanks to information and communication technology, distance learners of the 21st century enjoy high standards of education delivered through the Schools of Distance Education. Entire courses and a wide range of interactive resources are delivered online, backed up with teacher support via telephone and email. School of Distance Education 030 Queensland’s Outback Education Handbook | Legendary Outback
History - Longreach First residents: Iningai, Malintji and Kunngkari peoples European exploration: William Landsborough and Nat Buchanan in 1861 European settlement: 1863 Town gazetted: 1887 History highlights: n Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.) hub established 1920. n WWII US Flying Fortress bomber base, 1942 n World’s first Flying Surgeon Service established in 1959 Classroom Activities n Role-play: you are reading a story book to a Year 2 child on the School of the Air n You are interviewing a student from a cattle property on the School of the Air. Write a list of questions you would ask n Describe what you think the Longreach School of Distance Education may be like in 2025 Best Experience Longreach School of Distance Education The Longreach School of Distance Education is one of the largest classrooms in the world, providing education to the children of rural Australia. Tours of the centre include an on-air telephone lesson and viewing schoolwork prepared by the students. Cost: Fees apply Hours: 9.00am to 10.30am weekdays. Closed during Christmas school holiday periods. Phone: (07) 4658 4222 Email: tours1@eq.edu.au Website: www.longreacsde.eq.edu.au Additional Resources Australian Government Culture and Recreation Portal www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/ aviation/ Source: history, links, images The Australian National Aviation Museum www.aarg.com.au/ourhistory.htm Source: History of Aviation State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/ history_nation/aviation/index.html Source: History of Aviation References Qantas History www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/index Longreach Regional History www.longreach.net.au/lre_history.html Further Information Qantas Founders Museum Longreach Airport Sir Hudson Fysh Drive, Longreach QLD 4730 Phone: (07) 4658 3737 Email: enquiries@qfom.com.au www.qfom.com.au Other Points of Interest n Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach n Powerhouse Museum, Longreach n Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Centres, Mount Isa and Charleville Mt Isa Longreach Townsville Rockhampton Charleville Brisbane Queensland’s Outback Education Handbook | Legendary Outback 031
Page 1 and 2: OUTBACK Q U E E N S L A N D ’ S E
Page 3 and 4: i R n r e l h e r i o y g e r TRAVE
Page 5 and 6: Welcome to Queensland’s Outback S
Page 7 and 8: Porcupine Gorge, near Hughenden Mou
Page 9 and 10: 05 Legendary Outback
Page 11 and 12: Legendary Outback In the face of ex
Page 13 and 14: History - Barcaldine First resident
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Page 17 and 18: History - Longreach First residents
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Page 63 and 64: Species include at least 54 mammals
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Day 4 - Sightseeing in and around L
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l i e k i n i e r ARCHER RIVER Tour
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Day 2 - Mitchell to Longreach Journ
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Day 6 - Longreach to Mitchell Journ
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03 Mount Isa Outback Tour - Camping
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Day 4 - Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) Nat
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Day 2 - Roma to Charleville Journey
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Day 5 - Cunnamulla to Jondaryan Jou
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