History
Virtual Excursion
Where Stories Live, History Comes Alive
Join us on Thursday 10 September for this free live virtual event as part of History Week 2026. From the Dreaming to digital technology – join us to hear how the stories we keep bring history to life. Where can you find stories about the past? Who keeps them? Who tells them? And how can they help us to understand the world today? The stories we keep are waiting to be discovered and shared
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Aboriginal Languages revitalisation in NSW
How were Aboriginal languages recorded during the early colonial period? What were the consequences? And how are Aboriginal Knowledge Holders revitalising language today?
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A is for Archaeologist!
Archaeologists study objects as sources of evidence. But first they have to dig them up!
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The Way We Were: Communication Past and Present
From oral storytelling to letters, newspapers and radio, a visit to Susannah Place museum will explore different methods of communication from the past and present
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Unearthed: Digging Up the Past
Do you want to take your Stage 4 students to the site of a significant archaeological dig? Engage them in the process of excavation? And get them thinking about the value of archaeology?
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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?
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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