History

Virtual Excursion
Beautiful waterways...and stinky sewers!
With more than 430 rivers and thousands of creeks, streams and wetlands – the State of NSW is connected by water

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‘Marking Time’ Together- Make your own Time Capsule!
Taking photos, writing letters, losing objects: just like the sources we study from the past, we all ‘Mark Time’ every day! But how do these become important sources for studying the past?

Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta: a history and a guide
Exploring the history of the Macarthur family and with a room-by-room guide to the house as experienced by visitors, this guidebook was first published in 1984 to coincide with the opening of the museum

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Understanding the Art of Place
Discover how we can understand and connect to place through art, and consider how a place can mean different things to different people

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Terra nullius, Perspectives, Reconciliation
What was terra nullius? How can you examine Australian history from Aboriginal perspectives? How does understanding past decisions, help Reconciliation?

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Digging up the past
Use this animal skeleton, found at the site of First Government House, to develop students’ archaeological investigation skills and knowledge of animal biology

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Toys in the past
Let your Stage 1 students explore this 3D mystery object to find out more about games played by children and adults in the past

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Susannah Place
Take a closer look at this 3D scan of Susannah Place, as shown in our Virtual Excursion ‘Solve It Using Sources’

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The Gold Rush
How does this object relate to the Gold Rush and, if you struck lucky, what could a gold sovereign buy you in the 1850s?