History / Year 9 / Historical Skills / Analysis and use of sources

• TLF-IDM016236

In this resource Thomas Keneally addresses the issues of belonging and of marginalised peoples.

• TLF-IDM016731

In this resource Thomas Keneally speaks about the significance of Bennelong and contrasts him with Pemulwuy.

• TLF-IDM016503

In this resource Thomas Keneally addresses the issue of fictionalising history and the difference between novels and histories.

• TLF-IDM016589

In this resource Thomas Keneally reveals the sources he used to uncover the details about early life in Australia.

• TLF-IDM016279

In this resource Thomas Keneally addresses the importance of understanding Australia’s past with particular emphasis on Australia’s strong tradition of democratic action and democratic institutions.

• TLF-IDM021245

This resource is a YouTube playlist containing a series of videos taken as a group of senior high school students are given a guided tour of NSW Government House in 2010. The tour covers primary sources such as architecture, furniture and images significant to the history of Australia and NSW.

• TLF-IDM018050

How did Japan's Tokugawa shogunate come to an end? The entry of the US fleet into Tokyo Bay in 1853 and the events that followed exposed the shogunate's policy of isolation as a potential threat to the country. Western influence, and Japan's response to it, would have an enormous impact on the country's future. This clip ...

• TLF-IDM018052

Japan went through a remarkable transformation between 1868 and the death of the Emperor Meiji in 1912. But Japan's modernisation was accompanied by its rise as an imperialist power, with tragic results. Watch this clip to learn about the consequences of Japan's dream of empire. This clip is last in a series of six.

• TLF-IDM024922

Walk through the streets of 1850s Ballarat at Sovereign Hill and learn about how the discovery of gold shaped the development of this region. What were the three distinct but overlapping eras of gold mining in Ballarat? How do staff at Sovereign Hill know what life was like for people during this time? Find out how the ...

• TLF-IDM024969

Since 1915, there has been debate over who was the first Australian soldier to step ashore at Gallipoli. The people of Maryborough, Queensland, claim it was Lieutenant Duncan Chapman. What evidence is there that Lieutenant Duncan Chapman was the first Anzac ashore? How has the community of Maryborough commemorated his life?