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Warakurna painting of the Camel Lady

Warakurna – activities & curriculum

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An acrylic painting on canvas showing an aerial view of a community in a multi-coloured landscape, with the text 'WARAKURNA COMMUNITY' written vertically alongside.

Warakurna: All the stories got into our minds and eyes

Learning module

A painting depicting a black night sky, a landscape with clumps of grass and a few trees and fire in the background. Across this on a red earth road there are two four-wheel drives travelling each with a number of passengers inside and luggage on the roof.

Warakurna: All the stories got into our minds and eyes

Year 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10

Washing Tailings, 1870s.

Washing Tailings, 1870s

Water bottle used by explorer Robert O'Hara Burke on his 1860-1861 expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Water bottle used by explorer Robert O’Hara Burke on his 1860-1861 expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria

Water bottle used by explorer Robert O'Hara Burke on his 1860-1861 expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria

Water bottle used by explorer Robert O’Hara Burke on his 1860–1861 expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria

Watercolour miniature portrait of Matthew Flinders, about 1800.

Watercolour miniature portrait of Matthew Flinders, about 1800

Watercolour of the Sydney Benevolent Asylum, by Frederick Garling.

Watercolour of the Sydney Benevolent Asylum, by Frederick Garling

Wave Hill’s location in the Northern Territory.

Wave Hill’s location in the Northern Territory

Wedding photograph of Japanese woman Yoshiko Ishikawa and Australian soldier Victor Creagh, 1956

Wedding photograph of Japanese woman Yoshiko Ishikawa and Australian soldier Victor Creagh, 1956

Wedgwood medallion made from dark grey clay from Sydney Cove 1789

Wedgwood medallion made from dark grey clay from Sydney Cove, 1789

Investigation lesson

Framed citizenship certificate.

Welcome to Australia!

Western Australian Centenary Medal

Western Australian Centenary Medal

Wet specimen of a thylacine paw.

Wet specimen of a thylacine paw

Black and white illustration depicting a wharf labourers protesting as police stand by. Printed text at the bottom reads 'AN INCIDENT OF THE STRIKE IN THE SHIPPING TRADE - UNLOADING COAL UNDER POLICE PROTECTION'.

Wharf labourers working under police protection during the 1890 maritime strike

Investigation lesson

Colour photograph of a pathway through bushland.

What are landforms and landscapes?