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

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences for Year 4 students.

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The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie from the Netherlands (VOC or United East Indies Company) was established in 1602 with the purpose of buying spices from East Asia for trade on the European market.

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As captain of the newly built Eendracht, Dirk Hartog was bound for the East Indies in 1616, along with other VOC ships.

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At least four VOC ships were shipwrecked on the Western Australian coast in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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A chapter book is any book where the story is broken into different parts, called chapters.

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The word narrative means story. As we write or tell stories, we are creating a narrative by describing a series of events that are connected.

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.

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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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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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The first Australian cricket team to tour overseas was an Aboriginal one.