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Community Heritage Grants: Recruiting an appropriate assessor

Before recruiting an assessor, organisations should consider whether they are ready to undertake an effective, productive significance assessment.

Connections to Country

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Explore early European encounters with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art through the work of William Westall and engage students in considering the cultural significance of special places.

Conserving John Gould’s Australian Bird Pattern Plates

Learn about the treatment work our conservators have recently done on thepattern plates for the supplement to The Birds of Australia by John Gould.

Contact and conflict

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In relation to the West, when the Qing dynasty began in 1644, access to Chinese markets for the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and English had been restricted to Canton since 1550.

Convict experiences

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The convict uniform held at the National Library of Australia is the only complete, original convict uniform in Australia. It consists of a jacket, a pair of trousers marked with a broad arrow, a waistcoat, a leather cap and a woollen cap.

Convicts, conflict and confrontation

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: HASS for Year 5 students. It adopts an inquiry learning approach that develops students’ skills as historians.

Cooper Theosophy Collection

Around 4,000 books and serials on theosophy, Indian philosophy, comparative religion and related topics.

Copying and re-using works with Indigenous cultural content

Copyright law applies to Indigenous works in the same way as it applies to other works, however there may be additional legal and cultural issues.

Copyright for teachers

This Discovery Video unravels the often tricky world of copyright and exceptions that cover educational and research use.

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