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Anthropocene sketch animation

Anthropocene now

Quiz
Certificate exempting Ron Shun Wah from the dictation test, 1932.

Can you pass the test to become an Australian citizen?

Game
Can you strike it rich during the gold rush?

Can You Strike it Rich During the Gold Rush?

Video
Old-style rotary dial telephone

Communication — Then and Now

Learning module
Gulaga

Deep time history of Australia

Year 7
Quiz
Discovery quiz

Defining Moments discovery quiz

Video
Defining Moments Gold rush

Defining Moments: Gold rush

Extra resource
Dangerous Reef, by Gertie Deeral, 2019

Endeavour Voyage: Perspectives

Defining moment
The First Fleet entering Port Jackson, January 26, 1788, by E. Le Bihan. Drawn in 1888 1788

The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove

Defining moment
A woman is sitting in a chair with a child in her lap. A female Census staff member is smiling at the child with a pen and log book in her lap. 1971

First Nations peoples counted in Census

Game
Graphic showing a dingo surrounded by Guugu Yimidhirr words on an aqua background.

Guugu Yimidhirr language game

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Hand-drawn map of Mer (Murray Island) with text at the top 'Eastern Shore of Murray Island. Looking North West'.

Hand-drawn map of Mer (Murray Island), by Eddie Mabo

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Land rights march in Melbourne, 1968.

Land rights march in Melbourne, 1968

Learning module
Making a Nation

Making a nation Defining Moments, 1750–1901

Year 9
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This map attempts to represent the language, social or nation groups of Aboriginal Australia. It shows only the general locations of larger groupings of people which may include clans, dialects or individual languages in a group. It used published resources from 1988-1994 and is not intended to be exact, nor the boundaries fixed. It is not suitable for native title or other land claims

Map of Indigenous Australia

Learning module
Coloured illustration depicting a busy port with sailing ships and row boats filled with passengers and crew. On the wharf are crowds of people gathered. At the bottom is the text 'THE "GREAT BRITAIN" STEAM-SHIP LEAVING PRINCE'S PIER, LIVERPOOL, FOR AUSTRALIA'.

Movement of peoples Defining Moments, 1750–1901

Year 9