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One of the most significant events at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics was the admission of women into the Olympic swimming competition.

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In 1957, Danish architect Jørn Utzon (1918–2008) was announced as the winner of an international design competition for a Sydney opera house, to be built at Bennelong Point.

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies standards for Year 5 and 6.

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Sievers’ work is a pictorial timeline showing Australia’s social, technological and industrial transformation.

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Modernism was a cultural movement that influenced visual arts, architecture, music, literature and design in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Wolfgang Georg Sievers, AO (1913–2007) was a well-known modernist photographer who documented Australian architecture and industry over a career spanning almost 60 years.

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: The Arts for years 5 & 6 students.

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Sydney’s first theatre was said to be opened in 1796 and was managed by Robert Sidaway.

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Drama in Australia is celebrated at all levels of skill and involvement. 

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The history of dance performance in Australia, as with all the performing arts, precedes the arrival of settlers from other nations.

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One of the world’s oldest music traditions that is still performed is the bunggul ceremony. This can be seen annually at the Garma Festival held in Gulkula, a sacred site in north-east Arnhem Land. The Garma Festival runs for four days and observes the traditions and customs of the Yolngu people.

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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (Geography), and Science for Year 4, 5 and 6 students.