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Wat Ek, comprehensive view, southern side

Yves Coffin, [Wat Ek, comprehensive view, southern side], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-140371255

The decline of the Khmer Empire

Topic

The Khmer Empire flourished on the rich and fertile mountains, lakes, and plains of Cambodia for 629 years.

Humanities
Year 8
Asia-Pacific
World cultures and history
A colourful watercolour showing the mountainous coastline of Tahiti. The mountains are shades of grey, blue and purple. The sky has billowing clouds.The shore is dotted with vegetation. In the foreground, two figures row a long canoe along the coast. The canoe is carrying something, although it's unclear what it is.

Nicholas Chevalier, (1868), Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134623111

Polynesian expansion across the Pacific (c.700-1756)

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: History for Year 8 students. It adopts an inquiry learning approach that develops students’ skills in investigating Asia-Pacific societies in depth.

Humanities
Year 8
Asia-Pacific
World cultures and history
A watercolour drawing of two canoes and two types of oars/paddles

Choris, Louis, 1795-1828. Voyage pittoresque autour du monde & Choris, Louis, 1795-1828. (1822). [Canoes, and a club from Easter Island], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136165362

Expansion across the Polynesian Triangle

Topic

When European explorers began to enter the Pacific they were astounded by its vast extent and fact that most of the islands were already inhabited.

Humanities
Year 8
Asia-Pacific
World cultures and history
A colourful watercolour showing the coast and mountains of Tahiti. The whole scene is rendered in pastel pinks, greens and blues. In the foreground a grassy shoreline is dotted with palm trees. a bay or inlet seperates the island with the jagged mountains int he background. water craft are dispersed around the water.

Charles Hamilton Smith & Robert Elwes, Sketcher's tour round the world. Parana in the island of Tahiti, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136489091

The first Polynesians and their environments: Adaptability, innovations and horticulture

Topic

Looking at Polynesia on a world map can be deceiving, as the vast majority of the Polynesian islands appear as near-identical green specks scattered across vast oceanic areas.

Humanities
Year 8
Asia-Pacific
World cultures and history
Two men are gathered under the shelter of a thatched roof structure. On top of the structure, offerings of meat and fish are strewn. In the foreground there are twelve signs or totems sticking out of the ground. To the left of the structure is a larger thatched roofed hut. The compound is surrounded by vegetation

John Williams & John Webber & James Cook, A human sacrifice in a morai in Otaheite, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136423378

Religious and social significance of marae in Polynesian chiefdoms

Topic

Many European explorers, sailing across the eastern Pacific islands from the eighteenth century onwards, reported with astonishment their visits at religious sites, the impressive carved statues and the complex ceremonies they witnessed.

Humanities
Year 8
Asia-Pacific
World cultures and history

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