Australian Colonies

A creative art activity to use when learning about the Australia Day celebration.

Australian Aboriginal Flag teaching resource.

Artventure.com.au is where kids learn to draw and paint by following along with Kirsty the artist. Perfect for use in schools due to its links to the Australian…

I’ve got another fun Aussie activity for you! This wattle art was actually JJ’s idea, inspired by our bottlebrush paintings that we shared yesterday, and also from the memory of Bee and I using the same yellow glitter glue a few months back, for our wattle collages. (I just love it when the girls extend upon my ideas to come up with their own – that’s the aim of the game!) (This post contains affiliate* links to similar products.) For …

Australia Day is coming up soon, so I thought we would make some wattle paintings. We used a bunch of cotton buds dipped in yellow paint to make the wattle flowers. What you Need: Cotton buds Yello…

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM ALIGNED GARDNERS MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES RUBRIC AUSTRALIAN HISTORY - THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - Year 5 AUSTRALIAN HISTORY - AUSTRALIA AS A NATION - FEDERATION - Year 6 2015 - Karen McKenzie A total of 33 activities on each rubric specifically aligned to the Australian Curriculu...

These Australian Gold Rush teaching resources are so much fun! Your Year 5 HASS students will love learning about this exciting and wild time in Australia's history. With fun and interactive activities your students will be able to develop a genuine understanding of the impact the Australian Gold Rush had on the development of colonial Australia and its lasting legacy on Australia's political system.

Captain James Cook, 1728-1779, was an explorer and navigator and captain in the Royal Navy, whose skills in mapping and discoveries of faraway lands changed geography in the 18th Century. He is the first known European to have landed in the Hawaiian Islands and on the east coast of Australia, and the first to circumnavigate (sail right around) New Zealand. Cook was an excellent surveyor and cartographer (someone who draws maps) and it was these skills which won him a place on his first…

Check out our great range of Australian colonial women teaching resources designed especially for Australian Upper Primary Teachers. Our Australian Colonial Women range of teaching resources feature Caroline Chisholm, Mary MacKillop, Georgiana McCrae and Trugranini. They are aligned to the Australian Curriculum and provide excellent hands-on activities for your Year 5 HASS Australian History lessons.

Book Week 2015 A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land by Simon Barnard is shortlisted by CBCA for the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books. This information book focuses on the 73,000 convicts that landed and lived on Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania) after being transported there by the British. It investigates how they lived, what they wore and other experiences. Text Publishing has free prepared teaching notes and activities ready to use. Treasure Explorer (by the National…

Tom Appleby, Convict Boy is the perfect novel to accompany your Year 4 Australian Curriculum History unit. Book Description: A story of transportation and life in a new world. At the tender age of eight, chimney sweep Tom Appleby is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany ...

HISTORY - FIRST CONTACT - CURRIC ALIGNED - GARDNERS RUBRIC - Yr 4 AUSTRALIAN HISTORY - FIRST CONTACT - CURRICULUM ALIGNED - GARDNERS MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES RUBRIC - Year 4 - 2015 - Karen McKenzie A total of 33 activities specifically aligned to the Australian Curriculum.

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These high quality posters, link to the Australian curriculum and feature 18 key milestones that lead to the establishment of the various colonies around Australia. The timeline also indicates the arrival of convicts to Australia and when that stopped. Each poster features the year and description of the event, as well as a supporting high resolution clip art or photograph from the era. Use to support your Australian history unit as posters or on the interactive whiteboard.