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Explore Australia's history at the National Library's Digital Classroom, aligned with the Australian Curriculum. With over 10 million items, we support diverse learning styles, fostering inquiry-based learning for students to analyse sources and draw conclusions about the Australian story.
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Sepia photograph of World War One soldiers mounted on camels lined up for inspection on the sand

(1917). Imperial Camel Corps in Palestine, 1917-1918. nla.gov.au/nla.obj-153422443

Historian interview: Australia's context in a global war

Topic

Military historian, Dr. Aaron Pegram, explores the experience of Australian men and women across the 4 year conflict.

Humanities
Year 9
Military history
Black and white image of a poster titled 'First Australian Team of Cricketers that visited England, 1868'

Photoline Printing Co., First Australian team of cricketers that visited England, 1868, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-141855333

First Nations people in sport

Topic

The first Australian cricket team to tour overseas was an Aboriginal one.

Health
Humanities
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
First Australians
Sport and recreation
Hand inked landscape of the Five Palace Gardens

The Five Palace Gardens 1904, National Library of China

Emperors

Topic

The Qing dynasty ruled China for nearly 270 years, lasting from 1644 until 1911; it was the last of China’s so-called conquest dynasties, the country being governed in this period by the Manchus, an ethnic group from beyond its frontiers.

Humanities
Year 9
World cultures and history
A colour lithograph showing chinese houses on either side of a long, wide boulevard with block rows of soldiers on horseback as far as the eye can see.

(1861). The Earl of Elgin's entrance into Pekin on the 24th of October last to sign the Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and China / sketched by our special artist from the An-Tin Gate (Gate of Peace) of the Tartar Quarter. nla.gov.au/nla.obj-128383685

Contact and conflict

Topic

In relation to the West, when the Qing dynasty began in 1644, access to Chinese markets for the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and English had been restricted to Canton since 1550.

Humanities
Year 9
World cultures and history
Complete Map of the Everlasting Unity of the Great Qing (Da Qing wannian yitong dili quantu)

After Huang Qianren (1694–1771), Complete Map of the Everlasting Unity of the Great Qing (Da Qing wannian yitong dili quantu), Jiaqing period (1796–1820), National Library of China

Celestial Empire

Module

This resource is aligned to Australian Curriculum: History for Year 9 students. It engages students with a rich selection of historical sources and challenges them to draw their own conclusions about the Qing Dynasty.

Humanities
Year 9
World cultures and history
Painting Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden

Wang Gai (1645–1707) et al. Painting Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Nanjing 1679, National Library of China

Art

Topic

Emperor Shunzhi, the first emperor of the Qing dynasty (since the taking of China proper in 1644) died in 1661. His son, Kangxi, took over at the age of seven and reigned for 61 years. He encouraged painting, porcelain making and literature.

Humanities
Year 9
World cultures and history

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