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Primary history- Australia as a Nation
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Teaching resources, ideas and links for the Australian Curriculum :history topic "Australia as a Nation". In this topic, Stage 3 students identify change and continuity and describe the causes and effects of change on Australian society; describe and explain the struggles for rights and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and apply a variety of skills of historical inquiry and communication
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Peruse the collection of images at the State Library of New South Wales. There are hundreds of photographs relating to Australian history, culture and literature, including Aboriginal studies, Antarctic exploration, family history and genealogy. 
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This NSW website focuses on migration and heritage.
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The Freedom Ride set off on the night of the 12 February 1965 Its aim was to campaign in the country towns of New South Wales against racial discrimination that was rife in these insular communitie...
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This site contains profiles of Australia's 27 prime ministers, sample documents from the National Archives and links to other resources.
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The journey to Federation is traced in three online episodes. Useful background information for primary teachers.
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From the Museum of Australian Democracy, this site presents 110 key documents that are the foundation of Australia as a nation. Useful resources for primary teachers teaching about Federation.
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Learn about online, downloadable and print resources created by the National Archives for primary and secondary school students and teachers.
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The Australian Dictionary of Biography contains concise information and descriptions of significant and representative persons in Australian history.
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April 1, 2013 8:08 PM
What was the Eureka Stockade? When did it occur? Why did it occur? Where was it? Why is it significant? What was life like at the time? Historians ask questions. In the classroom, genuine inquiries are built around questions that both students and teachers ask.
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This website produced by the Museum of Victoria houses a range of photographs of human activity dating from the 1870s to 1950s.
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Citizen's Arch is an interactive game about the celebration of Federation in 1901. There is a lot of information about symbols, flags and images and why they symbolised what was important to Australia in 1901.
I like how the game uses a range of primary sources from the time but a greater emphasis on historical questions and historical inquiry is needed. Before using the game in the classroom, teachers should help their students generate questions that guide their inquiry. Teachers should then model how students can use sources to answer historical questions AND how they then draw conclusions from evidence.
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Explore our collections, exhibitions, natural history and indigenous cultures... Via Catherine Smyth
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One of the descendents of a boy who survived the Myall Creek Massacre in 1838 says today's anniversary of the slaughter of 28 Aboriginal people is what reconciliation is about.
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Rare glimpses of life during the Koori struggle for justice 1938 - 1999 Via Maree Whiteley, Catherine Smyth
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This website aims to tackle racism in schools in Australia, through providing teachers, school students, parents and governors with games, research and lesson ideas that explore the causes and effects of racism for practical use in the classroom.
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Explore Australia's development as a culturally diverse nation with some of the resources on this website addressing anti-racsim education for Australian schools.
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This documentary about Indigenous campaigner Charlie Perkins was made by his daughter Rachel, giving it extra intimacy. (Video excerpt 1.24 minutesalso has educational notes.
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Investigate the history of Federation and the first hundred years of the Commonwealth.
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Trove: Find and get Australian resources. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more.
If you are using primary sources in the classroom consider the following: 1. actively teach the document type (e.g. personal document, letter, diary, goal records...) 2. Look at the text in original form 3. students pick out one word or phrase in the original text 4. show students the transcription for easy reading 5. students identify names of people and places 6. look for words which mean something in particular 7. ask students what they think the overall document means from what they know so far 8. read the whole document with the class following the text Turner-Bisset (2005) Via Catherine Smyth
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To increase the understanding of the Australian people - their identity, creativity, history and culture - through portraiture.
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This link will take you to podcasts by historians dealing with a range of topics and events in Australian history including Aboriginal history, the First Fleet, migration and the gold rush. Primary teachers wanting to develop their own professional knowledge about a history topic can download the podcast Australian History on iTunes.
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What was the Freedom Ride? Why did it happen? What was significant about the Freedom Ride through New South Wales? Who was involved? Where did the Freedom Riders go? What was life like in 1965?
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies website is home to a range of primary sources relating to the Freedom Ride.
Use the Shell Map of the route, newspaper clippings, diaries and photographs to answer historical questions and construct an historical narrative of the event.