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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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With new people and cultures come new ideas and practices. These could be new foods, new religions, new art forms or even new sports.

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This activity provides students with context and background information about the physical location and cultural environment in which Picnic at Hanging Rock is set.

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Languages for years 7–10.

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Japanese migrants first came to Australia in the late 1800s.

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Migration from Italy to Australia can be dated back to the 1800s and, since that time, many groups have followed.