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Full length colour photo of an First Nations AFL player standing on the field, lifting up his jumper with one hand and pointing at his belly with the other. He has a determined and defiant expression on his face.

St Kilda player Nicky Winmar points to his skin in response to a racist taunt from the crowd, 1993

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Women wearing surgical masks during influenza epidemic, Brisbane, 1919

Women wearing surgical masks during influenza epidemic, Brisbane, 1919

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Coloured illustration featuring a scene of a shoot out between Ned Kelly and police officers in bush land.

Woodcut of Ned Kelly, The Illustrated London News

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‘Race to the Gold Diggings’ board game.

‘Race to the Gold Diggings’ board game

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A portrait of Bennelong

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Young people hold up signage in protest against climate change.

Active participation Defining Moments

Year 8
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Illustration of a group of people of mixed ethnic backgrounds entering a polling booth.

Voting Defining Moments

Year 5
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Investigating community

Defining moment
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Aboriginal Land Rights Act

Investigation lesson
Pollack

1. A popular culture survey

Year 10
Investigation lesson
50,000th Dutch migrantarrives in Australia aboard the Sibajak, 1954.

1. How would you handle the challenges that migrants face?

Year 10
Investigation lesson
Map of Botany Bay depicting a sailing ship at the entrance to the sea.

1.1 Continuity and change: How has Kamay (Botany Bay) changed?

Year 4
Investigation lesson
Painting depicting First Nations people hunting kangaroos. Billowing smoke is rising from bushland.

1.1 Setting the scene: Hunting kangaroos

Year 5
Investigation lesson
ABC broadcast vans outside an Olympic venue, 1956.

1.1 Television introduced to Australia

Year 10
Investigation lesson
Colourful illustration showing men pushing wheelbarrows on a construction site, with ships in the background.

1.1 The migrant experience: Convicts

Year 9
Investigation lesson
A group of protestors are sitting on rafts on the edge of the Franklin River, holding protest banners.

1.1 What happened with the Franklin Dam?

Year 8