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The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia and its principal Sydney-based artists - Julian Ashton, A. Henry Fullwood and Frank Mahony - transformed the way settler colonial Australia was seen both here and around the world.

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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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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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The Qing dynasty, sometimes referred to as the Empire of the Great Qing, or the Manchu dynasty, was the last imperial dynasty of China.

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Reflect on the deep divisions this referendum imposed and its long-term effects on Australian society

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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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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Science for Year 9 students. It draws on the National Library of Australia’s Oral History and Folklore Collection, which has recorded the thoughts and stories of thousands of influential Australians from all disciplines.

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Australians have a talent for ingenuity and creative thinking. From ancient times, Australians have used the materials around them to develop unique and practical tools to help them live and prosper.

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

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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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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: History for Year 9 students. The resource engages students with a rich selection of sources and challenges them to draw their own conclusions about the role of media in World War 1.

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Tensions were building across the Balkans throughout the early nineteenth century. Six great powers ruled Europe, including Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Austria–Hungary and Serbia, all of which were looking to expand their territories.