Love this! It really makes you realise how big Ayers Rock is! p.s. I can't remember where I found this, so if anyone knows can you let me know. Tks!
Henry Lawson, born in 1867. He was an Australian writer and poet. Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer".

Henry Lawson Australian poet was a writer & poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets & fiction writers of the colonial period & is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer".

Miners playing ping pong with shovel and panning tin, Queensland, c. 1890

Miners Playing Ping Pong with shovel and panning tin, in Queensland, Australia Photo shared by State Library of Queensland, Australia.

Eureka! The Rush for Gold. The gold rushes and the diggers who worked the goldfields are etched into Australian folklore. Follow the story of the people who sought the glittering prize. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold

The Rush for Gold. The gold rushes and the diggers who worked the goldfields are etched into Australian folklore.

Early Australia.
Australia Twice Traversed....Ernest Giles 1889

The original grey haired nomad. Many are now on the band wagon, happily in caravans.

A wonderful visual timeline of Australian History from Creation to 2010.

Booktopia has Australian Story, An Illustrated Timeline by Tania McCartney. Buy a discounted Paperback of Australian Story online from Australia's leading online bookstore.

ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE Reverend Dr John Flynn (1880-1951) was a South Australian Presbyterian minister in charge of the Australian Inland Mission, an organisation dedicated to bringing church services and health care to the outback. He established the Royal Flying Doctor Service in 1928 after recognising the potential for combining aircraft and radio to reach out to remote parts of Australia.

VH-UFA was a built in 1926 by Qantas at Longreach. Photo probably from 1932 judging by the Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade vehicle. Aircraft had a two oerson enclosed cabin in FRONT of pilot in open cockpit.

Portraits of Gregory Blaxland, William Charles Wentworth and William Lawson. Explorers who led an expedition across the Blue Mountains of New South Wales in 1813, opening up the plains beyond the mountain range to European settlement.

Portraits of Gregory Blaxland, William Charles Wentworth and William Lawson. Explorers who led an expedition across the Blue Mountains of New South Wales in opening up the plains beyond the mountain range to European settlement.

Ever heard of the 'Canberra Waltz'? This little-known piece was composed for piano by Charlotte Cameron in 1913 and re-released to celebrate the opening of Australia’s new federal parliament house in 1927.

Canberra Waltz, 1927 Charlotte Cameron Sheet music with colour lithograph

Anastasia Hayes, an Irish schoolteacher, was one of the seamstresses of the Eureka flag.

Australians origins to Eureka. One to brush up on my Australian history Anastasia Hayes, an Irish schoolteacher, was one of the seamstresses of the Eureka flag.

Eureka stockade is a famous moment in Australian history.

Eureka stockade is a famous moment in Australian history.

This outstanding range of Australian Explorers Teaching Resources are aligned with the Australian Curriculum and have been designed for your Year 5 HASS Australian History lessons. The activities in these resources are fun, hands-on and interactive and cover Captain Cook, Matthew Flinders, Charles Sturt, Burke and Wills, Ludwig Leichhardt, Paul Strzelecki, John Stuart, Edward Eyre and Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth. Everything you need to teach this important topic is right here!

This outstanding range of Australian Explorers Teaching Resources are aligned with the Australian Curriculum and have been designed for your Year 5 HASS Australian History lessons. The activities in these resources are fun, hands-on and interactive and cover Captain Cook, Matthew Flinders, Charles Sturt, Burke and Wills, Ludwig Leichhardt, Paul Strzelecki, John Stuart, Edward Eyre and Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth. Everything you need to teach this important topic is right here!

Design for Federal Flag 1901 NAA: A6, 1901/1160

Design for Federal Flag 1901 NAA: A6, 1901/1160

Gold rush (5)Check out these old back-and-white photos of Australia during the 1870 gold rush. These mostly show the town’s inhabitants standing proudly in the dusty town or right in front of their establishments — like a butcher shop and an undertaker’s shop — and staring right into the lens. The pictures are beautifully lit, and they perfectly capture an era long gone.

Remarkable photos of 1872 gold boom in Australia

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