The Bridge cross curricular language 7 | Page 22

• the outback: • ...outside the cities of Australia where the land is mainly desert • the ¨Flying Doctor¨ • - a doctor who visits people by plane • School of the Air • - children are taught by radio, email and television • Convicts • – syn.: prisoners • the `dingo fence‘ • - a fence put up to protect the sheep from dingoes (wild dogs) – it‘s the longest fence in the world.