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Free for SubscribersActivity: Building A Humpy
$3.00This resource explains how to build an Aboriginal shelter, sometimes known as a “humpy”.
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Resource: 19th Century Cartoons
$5.00This resource gives examples of 19th century cartoons covering a range of topics from Australian history, particularly concerning the colonies, Federation and women’s suffrage.
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Resource: Aboriginal People and European Diseases
$5.00European diseases had an enormous impact on the Aboriginal people of Australia, when they were introduced in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Resource: Aboriginal People in the 18th and 19th centuries
$14.00This resource provides information about Aboriginal society before, and at time of, contact with Europeans.
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Resource: Australia and the Boer War
$10.00Part of our Federation series, this resource looks at the relationship between the growing ‘Australian’ identity and the Boer War.
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Resource: Australian Goldrushes
$5.00This resource examines the gold rushes of the 19th century in different states of Australia and considers how these impacted on society in general, as well as the demography and economics of the continent.
The resource aligns with Australian Curriculum History, Civics and Citizenship, Economics and Business and HASS for years 5 and 6.
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Resource: Barcaldine Shearers’ Strike
$3.00The Shearers’ Strike of 1891 in Queensland, and the associated march in Barcaldine in May of that year, became important historical events.
The resource is aimed at students in Year 5, but can also be used for students in other year levels looking at Queensland history, Australian democracy or aspects of the Australian Curriculum for History, Civics and Citizenship and HASS.
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Resource: Bush Poets
$10.00This resource examines the role of the Bush Poets in the development of an uniquely Australian identity at the end of the colonial period in the 19th century.
The resource is aimed at students in Year 5, but can also be used for students in other year levels looking at Australian colonial or Federation history, Australian literature and identity or aspects of the Australian Curriculum for History, Civics and Citizenship, HASS and English.
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Resource: Bushrangers
$8.00This resource examines the bushrangers of the 19th century and how they acted in resistance to colonial authorities.
This resource is aimed at students in Year 5 and covers issues of Australian colonial history aligned with the Australian Curriculum for History and HASS.
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Resource: Children in 18th and 19th century Australia
$10.00This resource examines the lives of different groups of children in Australia during the late 18th and the 19th centuries.
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Resource: Children in 19th and 20th century Australia
$15.00This resource examines the lives of different groups of children in Australia during the 19th and the early 20th centuries.
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Resource: Eureka Stockade
$4.00The Eureka Stockade (and associated rebellion) is sometimes regarded as a fundamental step in the development of Australian democracy.
The resource aligns with Australian Curriculum History, Civics and Citizenship and HASS for years 5 and 6.
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Resource: Resistance to Colonial Authorities
$15.00This resource examines resistance to colonial rule in Australia, from Aboriginal resistance to the Rum Rebellion.
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Resource: Samuel Griffith
$4.00This resource explores the life and work of Samuel Griffith, premier of Queensland in the late 19th century and one of the architects of Federation.
This resource is aimed at Year 6 students and aligns with Australian History, Civics and Citizenship and HASS.
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Resource: The Colony of New South Wales
$12.00This resource provides an overview of the history of the colony of New South Wales, from the arrival of the First Fleet to Federation.
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Resource: The Colony of Queensland
$11.00This resource provides an overview of the history of the colony of Queensland, from the establishment of the convict settlement in 1824 to Federation.
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