E & F: Endangered species, education, Flying Doctors and a surprise ;)

Before we continue with the rest of topics beginning with "F", we're coming back to the letter "E" or a while.


E: Endangered and Extinct Species.

Read about the factors that threaten Australian wildlife here. (You don't have to read it all - just look at:
A. Habitat loss, change and fragmentation
B. Invasive plants and animals)


















We are also going to spend some time talking about the fate of this unfortunate little fellow. Click on the picture to learn more.

E: (long distance) education.

This video unfortunatelly has a Danish commentary, but it still gives a wonderful insight into what The School of the Air is and how it operates. Have a look:



Here you can read about The School of the Air.

(Click on the picture to visit Alice Springs School of the Air website).

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F:????

"At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve 1900, as the clock ticked into 1901 and the 20th century, whistles, gongs, church bells, rattles, pots, pans, accordions and all manner of noise-makers joined the sirens of boats on Sydney Harbour.

It was to be a special day"

Do you know what special day it was?

Let's hear more form the historians because it should remind you the topic we covered last week:

"Just after that midnight, a storm broke and winds gusting up to 50 miles an hour swept into Sydney. Forty points of rain drenched the harbour city.

But the New Year’s Day morning of 1901 broke clear and fine, and an eight-kilometre procession headed out to Centennial Park, just beyond Paddington, where the federation rites, uniting the erstwhile separate British colonies into one federal Commonwealth, finally took place."

F: The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. We'll have a closer look at their work and importance for communities living in distant, remote areas of Australia.



















(click on the picture)



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