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Australian Native Food Industry
The Australian Native Food Industry Limited (ANFIL) is the peak national body which represents all interests in the rapidly growing Australian native food industry. Learn more about 'bush tucker' and put Australian native foods on the menu.
Education at the National Museum of Australia
Curriculum linked classroom resources and school programs for teachers and students. Includes case studies, free units of work, online games and videos across Australian history, Indigenous culture and history, the environment and more.
Education - National Gallery of Australia
The Australian National Gallery education programs encourage visitors to better understand the power of creativity and imagination, to improve observation skills, participate in discussions and to learn from arts professionals.
Education – Australian War Memorial
Provides a range of services to help students commemorate, learn about, and understand Australia's experience of conflict
Learning
Offers ways people can learn about using the National Library collections and services. Includes school programs and adult learning programs.
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
Helps people understand Australia's social and political history by interpreting the past and present and exploring the future, bringing alive the importance of Parliament in the lives of Australians.
School excursion - Australian National Maritime Museum
Provides booking information on excursions, tours, programs and performances. Plus links to schools and educators resources.
Australia and the Vietnam War
Provides resources on Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. It was the longest twentieth century conflict in which Australians have participated, lasting from 1962 to 1972 and involved some 60,000 personnel.
Australia's involvement in the Korean War
Provides resources on Australia's involvement in the Korean War. Covers the major developments of the war, the war in the air and at sea, the role of Australian nurses and has special features such as animated maps of the key battles of the war (the Battle of Kapyong and the Battle of Han River).
Australia's War 1939-1945
Educational site containing text, documents, graphics, video and audio about Australians in World War 2. Includes battles and campaigns such as the fall of Singapore, Tobruk, Kokoda, POWs and the homefront.
Australian History Mysteries
Subscription-based inquiry learning case studies directly relevant to the Australian Curriculum: History at primary and secondary levels, and the free, award-winning Gold Rush educational online game. National Museum of Australia and Ryebuck Media
Australian involvement in South-East Asian Conflicts
Covers the Malayan Emergency (1948–60) and the Indonesian Confrontation (1963–66) which represent significant turning points in both Australian military history and the history of Australia’s international relations.
Australians at War
Through animated documentaries, video, audio and activities, it tells the story of some of the greatest events in our history, as seen through the eyes of the men and women who were there.
Australians on the Western Front 1914–1918
Take the remembrance trail through the battlefields in France and Belgium, including the Somme. Provides resources on Australia's participation on the Western Front.
Commemoration: Australia's Wartime Heritage
Provides a consolidated search across all Department of Veterans' Affairs educational websites and a list of the sites.
Defining Moments in Australian History
Explore important events, people and places of profound significance to Australian people. Search by curriculum subject, topic or school year or suggest a moment of your own.
Education at the National Museum of Australia
Curriculum linked classroom resources and school programs for teachers and students. Includes case studies, free units of work, online games and videos across Australian history, Indigenous culture and history, the environment and more.
Gallipoli and the Anzacs
Learn more about the Gallipoli campaign, visit Gallipoli and the Anzac Commemorative Site, and find research and educational resources for teachers and students.
Getting it Together: from colonies to Federation
A middle years resource where students use historical sources such as newspaper extracts, cartoons, speeches and biographies in a series of classroom activities.
HMB Endeavour Virtual Tour
A free, curriculum-led, virtual tour of the HMB Endeavour. Using 360 images and video, your virtual host will guide your students through the historical context of James Cook’s scientific voyage.
National Capital Authority Education Portal
Primary, secondary and other education kits to support studying the history of Canberra as Australia's national capital.
National History Challenge
Provides information for students and teachers on a special category in the National History Challenge sponsored by the Museum. Includes Challenge information from previous years since 2007.
The 1975 Dismissal – Dismissed!
Discusses the events leading up to the Dismissal of the Labour government in 1975 and the subsequent victory of the Liberal-Country Party in the election of December 13 of that year.
The Thai–Burma Railway and Hellfire Pass
Provides resources on the experience of over 22,000 Australians captured by the Japanese. Though not all worked on the Thai–Burma railway, Hellfire Pass now represents the wider POW experience.
Voyage to Van Diemen’s Land
Play the online interactive game based on real convict voyages. Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Wars, conflicts and peace operations – teachers resources
Links to books and online resources published by the Department. Resources are designed for primary and secondary schools.