F-10 Curriculum (V8)
F-10 Curriculum (V9)
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Imagine leaving your home to travel back to about 150 years ago, to live and work on an outback farm. Sixteen Australians take part in a reality TV show about life on 'Oxley Downs', a sheep station built to look and work like an 1860s station. Join Mal Burns, a station hand and member of the Wiradjuri people, as he builds ...
Why are artworks viewed as important sources of historical information? In this clip, you will see a range of artworks created about and by the Eora people, the original inhabitants of Port Jackson (site of today's Sydney Harbour). These artworks were part of a State Library of NSW exhibition in 2006, which was designed ...
Imagine leaving home to travel back to a time over 150 years ago, to live and work on an outback farm. Sixteen Australians take part in a reality TV show about life on Oxley Downs, a sheep station built to look and work like a real station of the 1860s. Take a look at the buildings that will be home to the station's residents ...
Imagine leaving your home to travel back to a time over 150 years ago, to live and work on an outback farm. Sixteen Australians take part in a reality TV show about life on Oxley Downs, a sheep station built to look and work as a real station would have in the 1860s. Discover how the station prepares for a wedding.
Learn why, in 1803, the British established a colony in Tasmania, at Hobart Town. Find out about the hardships faced by the convicts and early colonists and the early industries that helped some of them prosper. Find out about the effect that displacement had on the local palawa people.
This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series and tracks the experiences of young boys Henry and Franklin in 1878 in Australia. In this clip, the boys invent 'The spoon cranking dough churner' to make working life easier for their friend. There is an accompanying set of downloadable worksheets which focus on inventions ...
This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series. It traces the fictional experiences of a young Aboriginal girl, Waruwi, in 1788 at the time of the arrival of the First Fleet on the eastern coast of Australia. This clip shows Waruwi as she encounters a cow for the first time and is unsure what to make of it. Downloadable ...
This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series and tracks the fictional experiences of Johanna, a young girl in 1848 in Australia. There is an accompanying set of downloadable worksheets. One activity asks students to consider the ways in which houses in the 1840s reflected their owner's wealth and status. Another ...
This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series and is set in 1818. It is about the experiences of Liam, an escaped convict, and Charles, a young boy who assists Liam in his attempt to attain freedom. The topic of emancipation of convicts is explored within the downloadable learning activities. English activities ...
This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series. The clip is set in 1798 and follows the fictional experiences of Sam, a boy of European background, who is working as a farm labourer. The clip shows the hardship of his living conditions but also something of his resilience. Downloadable learning activities include ...
This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series and traces the fictional experiences of Charles, a young boy in 1818 in Australia. In this clip, Charles is building a fence on the farm when he encounters Liam, a convict who is on the run. There is an accompanying set of downloadable worksheets. One history-related ...
This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series and tracks the experiences of young girls Minna and Adelaide in 1868 in Australia. In this clip, the children play the nineteenth century game 'Bloody Mary' and scare each other with stories about what she is like. Minna is offered some money for a dare. There is an ...
This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series and tracks the experiences of young girls Minna and Adelaide in 1868 in Australia. In this clip, Minna and Adelaide confess to stealing the lantern from the Chinese family in town. There is an accompanying set of downloadable worksheets which focus on some of the rules ...
In the 1960s, Marie Novak and Pauline Noble worked for the Fremantle Port Authority as hostesses, welcoming new migrants who arrived by ship. Why were hostesses needed? How do Marie and Pauline describe their time as hostesses? Compare the migration experiences of Marie's and Pauline's families. How did their backgrounds ...
English artist John Glover emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1831. He settled on a generous land grant called "Patterdale", near Deddington in northern Tasmania. Many of Glover’s artworks provide historical records of the people, plants and animals who lived in the area, as well as the changes wrought by European settlement.
Imagine leaving your home to travel back to a time over 150 years ago, to live and work on an outback farm. Sixteen Australians take part in a reality TV show about life on Oxley Downs, a sheep station built to look and work like a real station of the 1860s. Join the squatter's family as they eagerly await the arrival ...
The gold rush of the 1890s, which started in Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie, prompted a rush of hopeful prospectors to Western Australia. Perth Mint exhibition supervisor Greg Cooke talks about the reality of life in the harsh outback with little water and no roads. Would you have risked your life to try to find your fortune ...
Imagine leaving your home to travel back over 150 years ago, to live and work on an outback farm. Sixteen Australians take part in a reality TV show about life on Oxley Downs, a sheep station built to look and work like a real station of the 1860s. Watch the action as the final 200 sheep are shorn and their wool is pressed ...
What do you think it was like for convicts on their voyage from England to Australia? Would you be surprised to discover that their life expectancy on board a convict vessel was actually higher than that of free settlers? Watch this video to discover why this might be, and learn about the convicts themselves.
This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series and tracks the fictional experiences of Johanna, a young girl in 1848 in Australia. There is an accompanying set of downloadable worksheets. One activity asks students to consider the concept of portraiture through history. Another activity invites students to research ...