Great Australian Information Site on Farming Technology - suitable upper Primary and Secondary school - history of Australian Technology in farming from the first settlement to current. Concise, not a lot of pictures, just text.
Archives of Australia - great links including the century of federation and reconciliation.
Picture Australia Take a sneak preview of the PictureAustralia site. This site will not be officially lauched for a while yet. I provides a single point of access to over 450,000 digitised images from pictorial collections of many leading cultural heritage institutions. It's a fantastic resource.
The Ned Kelly Gang Would you like to learn what errors there are in the information you may have read about the Kelly gang?
Great set of Australian Links
Emblems of Australia Also links to sites about the Government
CIA fact book page about Australia.
About Australia - Easy to read & find information, maps etc.
Australia - Links to web resources organised under these headings: Australian Animals, About Australia, Australian History, Australia's Aboriginal Peoples, Australian Geography, Australian States, Online Study.
Australia: Its Lands, People & Animals - A unit of work planned using Bloom's Taxonomy.
Australia Links - Links to websites, activities, lesson plans etc.
The Culture and Recreation Portal - Articles on specific topics about Australian history and culture - has index and search facility.
Australia: The Great South Land - Links organised under various headings, eg government, currency, animals & birds, agriculture & primary industries, etc.
Australia Theme - Web Resources: Lesson Plans, Units, Printables, Activities, and Ideas.
Australia's
Cultural Network
- Articles on specific topics about Australian history and culture
- has index and search facility.
Virtual
Australia
- Information about all aspects of Australia, activities, links
to other sites on Australia, etc.
Australia You're Standing in It many links to some great sites
Webquests
What Does It Mean To Be Australian? - Who are Australians? Where have they come from? In which ways do we perceive our 'Australianness'? Would we all answer these questions in the same way? Food for thought? Chew your way through this Webquest to satisfy your hunger.
We are Australian Identity and Values - Australia is a country of diverse cultures, images and people. Through its history many significant events and the people involved in those events have shaped the way we see ourselves as a nation. We call this our national
Australian
Explorers
Australian Explorers Links site
Australian Explorers - Information on Australian explorers prepared by an Australian Year 5 teacher - also includes an easier to read version on each explorer.
Early Explorers - A teaching & learning pro-forma on sea explorers.
Early Visitors - Looks at early visitors - Who discovered Australia?
Hume & Hovell - Information on Hume & Hovell's exploration including maps.
Webquests
Australian Overland Explorers - How would you like to be part of an expedition similar to that of our famous explorers?
Famous Australians
Don Bradman Museum
ABC Online - Australians - Information & links to go with the ABC series "Famous Australians".
Australian Explorers - Information on Australian explorers prepared by an Australian Year 5 teacher - also includes an easier to read version on each explorer.
The People We Are - Information sorted into categories: Prime Ministers, the First Fleet, Top Sports, explorers & miscellaneous.
Bushranger Biographies. The Bushranger Site, great site, comprehensive included some pictures.
Webquests
Australian Heroes - Your job is to read about some of the heroes and choose the two that you think should be put on the front and the back of the new $200 note.
Brave New World - The Federal Government has contracted Genotech to clone five living or deceased Australians who have made a significant contribution to Australia. These five Australians will lead the "First Fleet" to Europa.
First Fleet
A History Of Australia - Information & links to resources on the First Fleet.
Investigating the First Fleet - First Fleet Online consists of information about the convicts who were transported to Australia in 1787. Also has a database, stories, links, ideas for investigation, etc.
The First Fleet Home Page - Activities for students & links to the First Fleet data base.
Unit of Work: Convicts - A teaching & learning pro-forma on the place of convicts in Australian history.
Webquests
Does The Time Fit The Crime? - Consider the issues involved which led to the transportation of convicts to Australia during the late 18 th century. Was transportation justified?
Gold
Fantastic Gold Site Deals with literature, life in the diggings, immigration, population, law and democracy and much much more. Includes an interactive map as wel as gold patents.
Gold Rushes That Made Australia - School projects section of the Perth Mint. Information & links to other Goldrush sites.
Life on the Goldfields - A State Library of Victoria virtual exhibition.
Sovereign Hill - Information, activities, & an education service.
Sovereign Hill Education Service - Information, maps, activities, & goldfields graphics.
The Aussie Gold Prospector - Information not only on history, but on gold prospecting today.
The Eureka Stockade - This is a World Wide Web version of a publication produced by the Education Centre of the State Library of Victoria as a resource about the Eureka Stockade.
Webquests
Eureka! Journals of a Gold Rush - What was it like on the Australian gold fields in the mid 1800s? You will participate in this activity in the role of a character from this time.
Government
Prime Ministers of Australia Pictures and Timeline
Australian Prime Ministers researched by the children of 6H
Australian Prime Ministers dates and lengths of term, pictures, biography.
Australian Democracy brief Introduction to the political parties
Parliamentary Education Office - Information, virtual tours, kid's section, links etc. on Australia's Federal Parliament.
Prime Minister of Australia - The young person's personal Internet guide to the Prime Minister's office and Parliament. Includes tours, quiz, & how to contact the Prime Minister.
Australian parliamentary site including the constitution and lots of links
So, You Want to be a Politician - Which party will you choose to join?
Aboriginal Australia
Australian Aboriginal Personal Stories
Aboriginal Art - Information on Aboriginal art, as well as Indigenous Resources Pathfinder - Australian Museum
Australian Museum Stories of Dreaming
Australian Museum Indigenous Australia
Aboriginal Australia - Aboriginal names and stories.
Message Stick - ABC TV Indigenous Online site.
Sorry Day - Article on National Reconciliation Week, and many links to other Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander sites.
Stories of the Dreaming - Stories from the cultures of Indigenous Australians.
Aboriginal Art and Culture explore the living history of our ARRERNTE culture.
Webquests
Dreamtime Stories - You are a Storyteller from one of the Aboriginal groups and have been appointed as "custodian" of the stories of that people.
Koori Contributions to Society - Investigating how Indigenous people have contributed to Australian society.
Australia Day & Federation
Centenary of Federation Play Kit - Students take up the compelling challenge of saving Australia from oblivion in this science-fiction play. Downloadable playkit, teacher manual & other support material.
Edna Online's Federation Resources for Schools - Links to resources organised into Edna selected resources, school & student created pages, and interactive projects-seeking participation.
Federation Fast Facts - Background information, arguments in favour/against, the issue of trade, timeline, & federation resources.
Federation Matters - Information, & links to Federation webquests, federation resources, and other projects & events.
The Story of Federation - A research/note taking project with information adapted for Year 3 students, but could be used with middle primary children.
Anzac Day
The Australian War Memorial - Online exhibitions and the story of Anzac Day as well as links to other Anzac Day sites.