Stage 2
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Tank Stream – before and after 1788
Easy access to a supply of fresh water was one of the reasons Governor Phillip chose to settle at Sydney Cove instead of Botany Bay
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Waterway investigation
Use this resource to conduct your own investigation of a local waterway
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?
Virtual Excursion
History Week Virtual Event: Marking Time – How Do We Remember First Contact?
How do different communities remember the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788? Explore ‘Marking Time’ this History Week in our free virtual live event, considering the perspectives on First Contact
Virtual Excursion
Book Week Virtual Event: Pop-up Poetry
Join Museums of History NSW and Story Factory Digital for Book Week 2024 and learn how to create poems that add a little magic to the world
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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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Convict life
What can this object from the 1800s tell us about convict life at Hyde Park Barracks?