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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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The front page of To Ethnico Vema, a Greek-Australian newspaper

(2021). To ethnico vema : Greek national vema, nla.gov.au/nla.news-title1592

Modern Greek

Topic

While significant numbers of Greek migrants arrived during the gold rush, the greatest numbers arrived in the years between World War II and the 1970s.

Languages
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Languages
A black and white portrait photo of an elderly woman with short white, wavy hair wearing a black roll neck jumper and a small floral brooch just below the collar, with her interlaced fingers resting in the foreground.

Jacqueline Mitelman, Portrait of Judith Wright, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136372491

Poetry: Judith Wright - 'Bora Ring'

Topic

These activities introduce students to the poem Bora Ring, as well as to the poem’s background and author. They also develop students’ understanding of how an author’s perspective can change and enhance the meaning of a text.

English
Year 7
Literature and writing
A marathon runner smiles and holds his fists up as he runs

Michael Jensen, Robert de Castella winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games Marathon, Brisbane, 1982, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136995791

Sport and Australian culture

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students. Students will engage with a rich selection of sources and be challenged to draw their own conclusions about the role of sport in Australia’s culture and history.

Health
Humanities
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Sport and recreation
Black and white photo of Cathy Freeman carrying Australian and Indigenous flags with a cameraman filming alongside her

Melanie Louise Collins, Cathy Freeman, Commonwealth Games, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1994, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145960092

Sporting heroes

Topic

Australians make heroes of their most famous sportsmen and women, with the cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, Olympian Cathy Freeman and the racehorse Phar Lap among the most celebrated figures in the Australian sporting scene.

Health
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Sport and recreation
A large poster showing a naked man preparing to throw a discus. Behind him is a Union Jack on a green background. There is a red strip along the bottom of the page with the words "Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Sydney 1938". In smaller writing next to the man is text saying "British Empire Games 5 to 12 Feb 1938

Australian National Travel Association, Australia's 150th Anniversary celebrations, Sydney, 1938 : British Empire Games 5-12 Feb. 1938, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135690109

The Commonwealth Games

Topic

The first recorded games between Empire athletes coincided with the coronation of King George V in 1911.

Health
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Sport and recreation
A document showing which household items should be placed in which garbage bin. The list is sorted alphabetically and each item has a yellow, green, or red coloured square, indicating which bin it should go in. Red for trash, yellow for recycling and green for greenwaste. The list is written in Turkish

Mildura (Vic. : Rural City). Council. & Mildura (Vic. : Rural City). Council, issuing body. (2020). HANGİ KOVALAR? : Kovalarınızı kullanmak için Kılavuz, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2963507733

Turkish

Topic

Migration to Australia from Turkey prior to the twentieth century was minimal.

Languages
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Languages
A gold medal standing upright on a white cotton surface. The medal shows a figure holding a trumped and a wine amphorae. Behind the figure is a bust on a stand. In raised lettering around the edge of the medal are the words 'Olympiska Spelen Stockholm' The year '1912' is also present.

Olympic gold medal won by Miss Fanny Durack at Stockholm, 1912, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-139311257

Women in sport

Topic

Today, at the Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games, tennis tournaments and a host of other sporting events, men and women can compete at elite levels. But this has not always been the case for sports and recreational physical pursuits.

Health
Humanities
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Sport and recreation

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