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Themes

Early explorers theme

Early explorers

Endeavour voyage theme

Endeavour voyage

First fleet theme

First fleet

First peoples theme

First peoples

Early settlement theme

Early settlement

Strange creatures theme

Strange creatures

Contact theme

Contact

Communication theme

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    • Year 3
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    • Year 4
      • First Contacts
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        • Themes
          • Early explorers
          • Endeavour voyage
          • First Fleet
          • First peoples
          • Early settlement
          • Strange creatures
          • Contact
          • Communication
        • Concluding activities
      • Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Forecasting
        • Presenting
        • Recording
        • Exploring
        • Mapping
        • Describing
        • Experiencing
        • Concluding Activities
      • Australian Children’s Literature
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Family, Friends, and Identity
        • Environment and Animals
        • Imagination and Fantasy
        • Adventure
        • The Creative Process
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      • Dirk Hartog 1616–2016: 400 years of Dutch-Australian connections
        • Curriculum links
        • Introductory activities
        • The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie
        • Dirk Hartog: The Tale of Two Plates
        • Shipwrecked!
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    • Year 5
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      • Themes
        • Indigenous experiences
        • Convict experiences
        • An early arts scene
        • Frontier conflict
        • The promise of gold
        • Flag of the Southern Cross
        • Inland adventures
      • Concluding activities
    • Year 6
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      • Themes
        • The poet of Australia
        • A national identity
        • Documenting Federation
        • Neighbour and his bravery
        • Edward Koiki Mabo
        • Fanny Durack
        • Designing the Sydney Opera House
      • Concluding activities
    • Year 7
      • Cultural Perspectives in Literature
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        • Poetry - Judith Wright, 'Bora Ring'
        • Cartoons - Judy Horacek
        • Literature - Joan Lindsay, 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
        • Concluding Activity
      • Sport and Australian Culture
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        • The Commonwealth Games
        • Women in Sport
        • First Nations People in Sport
        • Migration
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    • Year 8
      • Cage of Ghosts
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        • Themes
          • Features and values
          • Protecting landscapes
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      • Sport and Australian Culture
      • Participation and Protest
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        • Freedoms and Rights
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        • Be Informed, Get Involved: Participating in Australia’s Democracy
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    • Year 9
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        • Historian Interview - Commemoration
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      • Sport and Australian Culture
      • The Use and Influence of Science
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    • Year 10
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        • Dutch–Australian Connections in World War II
        • Dutch Experiences in Australia
      • Torres Strait Islander Conservation
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      • The Sell: Australian Advertising 1790s to 1990s
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      • The 1967 Referendum
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        • Science and Strategy: The Enlightenment
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          • An Enlightened World
          • Voyages of Discovery
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            • Instructions from the Admiralty
          • Concluding Activities
          • Glossary - Science and Strategy
          • Curriculum Links
        • Cook: Legend and Legacy
          • Who Writes History?
          • Challenging Terra Nullius
          • Colonising the Environment
          • Cook: Differing Indigenous Perspectives
          • Reshaping History
          • Curriculum Links
      • Shoulder to Shoulder: Feminism in Australia
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        • Individual Contributions
        • War: Catalyst for Change
        • Social Change of the 20th Century
        • Modern Legacies
        • Concluding Activities
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