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Defining moment
Anzac Beach, Gallipoli, 1915. 1915

Australian troops land at Gallipoli

Video
The Message — the Story from the Shore

The Message — the Story from the Shore

Video
Rabbit wars (1949)

Rabbit wars (1949)

Video
Phar Lap wins Melbourne Cup (1930) (silent)

Phar Lap wins Melbourne Cup (1930) (silent)

Video
The last thylacine (1938) (silent)

The last thylacine (1934) (silent)

Video
Ned Kelly’s last stand at Glenrowan (1906 & 2006) (silent)

Ned Kelly’s last stand at Glenrowan (1906 and 2006) (silent)

Quiz
Australian water carriers at Gallipoli.

Australian involvement at Gallipoli

Quiz
Demonstration with ’We want land not handouts‘ placard at Parliament House, Canberra, 30 July 1972.

Indigenous Australian rights

Quiz
Tasmanian dam protesters at the dam site, 1982.

Australia’s environmental history

Extra resource
Dangerous Reef, by Gertie Deeral, 2019

Endeavour Voyage: Perspectives

Learning module
Irrigation canal and cotton fields at Tandou farm, Menindee, New South Wales, about 1995.

Water in Australia Defining Moments

Year 7
Learning module
Supporting troops of the 1st Australian Division walking on a duckboard track near Hooge, in the Ypres Sector, Belgium, 1917

War correspondents

Year 9
Defining moment
Kinglake National Park after the Black Saturday bushfires, 2009. 2009

Black Saturday bushfires

Defining moment
Women wearing surgical masks during influenza epidemic, Brisbane, 1919 1919

Spanish flu pandemic reaches Australia

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What defining moments happened at Budj Bim?

What defining moments happened at Budj Bim?

Defining moment
The original Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Australia Day, 26 January 1972. L-R: Michael Anderson, Billie Craigie, Bert Williams and Tony Coorey. 1972

Aboriginal Tent Embassy established

The National Museum of Australia acknowledges First Australians and recognises their continuous connection to country, community and culture. This website contains names, images and voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.