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As the outbreak of war was announced, police forces around Australia moved swiftly to ensure there were no concerns about security at home.

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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Visual Arts for Year 9 and 10 students. It adopts an inquiry approach to develop students’ skills as art historians.

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Migration from Arabic nations to Australia has a complex and multifaceted history.

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Poster artists working for The Australian National Travel Association (ANTA) had to decide which pictorial styles would best convey Australia’s attractions.

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The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia helped to establish the iconography of Australian impressionism, often also identified as the Heidelberg School.

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Women lawyers stand at the forefront of women's participation in Australian civic life.

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Catherine Branson QC, AC, former judge, and former President of the Australian Human Rights commission has also spent her career advocating for equality, gender issues, and the rights of marginalized communities in Australia and beyond.

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Stringent colonial restriction laws affected early Chinese migration to Australia.

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Opened in 1941, the Cowra camp was used as a site to house the growing number of Prisoners of War (POWs) from the Mediterranean theatre of war, mainly Italian and German troops.

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British tea culture, imported with the arrival of the British in Australia in 1788, has been adapted by Australians into something distinct from its roots. One of the key early differences is the use of the ‘billy’, a lightweight metal can used most commonly for boiling water or cooking over a campfire.

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: History for Year 10 students.

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In the years leading to the outbreak of World War II, Hitler and his government’s anti-Semitism became increasingly violent.