Schooling Online Kids
History for Kids: Stage 1 - Preserving the Past
Discover the fascinating world of Aboriginal rock art: a window into the past that tells us a lot about Aboriginal history. Travel to Ku-ring-gai national park and explore the Garrigal culture. Along the way, engage with these Key...
Schooling Online Kids
History for Kids: Stage 2 - Aboriginal Australia
Discover what life was like for Aboriginal people before Europeans arrived in Australia. Be curious as you explore the rich culture of the Gadigal people and their relationship with the land. Along the way, engage with this Key Inquiry...
Schooling Online Kids
History for Kids: Stage 2 - The First Australians
Travel back in time to discover what life was like for the first people who ever lived in Australia. Discover the richness of the world’s oldest continuing culture as you explore rock paintings, Dreamtime stories and Aboriginal...
Infognostica
Aboriginals of Australia and the Out of Africa theory (Human Histories Part 1)
The aboriginals may be living proof that our current understanding of ancient history could be wrong. Their very existence on this remote island raises more questions than it does answers. The Out of Africa theory in this instance falls...
Schooling Online Kids
History for Kids: Stage 3 - Votes for All!
Did you know that when Australia first became a nation, some people were not allowed to vote? Travel through the twentieth century to discover the exciting story of how women and Aboriginal people fought for the right to vote. Along the...
Curated Video
Australia's Stolen Generation part 1: the Aboriginese Act 1905
The Australian Aborigines Act 1905 gave the state permission to remove Indigenous Australians from their families. Children who were part Aboriginal and part white were especially targeted. A. O. Neville, the Chief Protector of...
Curated Video
Australia's Stolen Generation part 2: the Kidnapping of Molly, Gracie, and Daisy
Molly, Gracie, and Daisy grew up in the Jigalong town in Western Australia. They all had a Martu (Aboriginal Australian) mother and a white Australian father, which meant authorities were keeping a closer watch on the girls. In July of...
Ancient Lights Media
Australia: Introduction and Geographical Features
This clip introduces the geography, people and history of the Australian continent.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
River Tours and Bush Food on the Sunshine Coast
Movin' to the Country is a series that celebrates the entrepreneurs, innovators and dreamers transforming Australia's beautiful regional areas in surprising new ways. Simon grew up at sea. He and his wife, Jenna now conduct water tours...
Curated Video
Bunyip: Australia’s Mysterious Amphibian Monster
New ReviewOriginating in the stories and beliefs of the southeastern Indigenous peoples of Australia, accounts of the bunyip are widely varied. This episode uses Aboriginal stories, historical records, and fossils to explore the bunyip legend, and...
Curated Video
Australia's 50,000-Year-Old Superhighways
Archeologists and scientists have mapped ancient migration superhighways across Australia, which were used around 50,000 to 70,000 years ago by the first people to populate the land. These pathways remarkably align with modern highways,...
60 Second Histories
Was the British Empire a good or bad thing? Part 3
Part 3 of this short series gives a brief summary of the Empire debate; it recaps on some of the positive and negative impacts and leaves the audience to decide.
Curated Video
Australia's Stolen Generation part 3: Escaping the Moore River Native Settlement
Soon after they arrived at the Moore River Native Settlement, Molly decided that she, her sister, and her cousin needed to escape. She suspected they could make the long journey from this new and different land back home by following the...
Curated Video
Australia's Stolen Generation part 4: 800km to Jigalong
After weeks of walking, Molly, Daisy, and Gracie finally find a familiar section of the rabbit-proof fence, but they are still 800 km from Jigalong. As they get closer to home, the authorities increase the pressure to locate the girls....
Curated Video
Australia's Stolen Generation part 5: Life After the Moore River Native Settlement Escape
Though the authorities gave up the search for Molly and Daisy, they did succeed in capturing Gracie and returning her to the Moore River Native Settlement. Molly did domestic work for a number of years but was eventually captured and...
Curated Video
What Constellations Mean to Different Cultures
New ReviewThe stars have guided and entertained us for thousands of years. Here we explore some of the messages people have seen in the stars through the millennia and look forward to how we might relate to the stars in the future.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Shane Strange - Respecting Indigenous People
Shane Strange’s writing has appeared in various print and online journals in Australia and internationally. He is the author of two chapbooks Notes to the Reader and Dark Corner. His first collection of poetry All Suspicions Have Been...
Learning Mole
I WONDER - What Was The First Civilization In Australia?
This video is answering the question of what was the first civilization in Australia.
Curated OER
Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, Part 5 of 13
Part five of the 13-part series begins with a refutable argument stating that genetically, the ancient people of Australia were populated by the first African ancestors. Spencer Wells travels to India to find the link that bridges...
PBS
The Pilgrims: Native American Relationship to the Land
An informative video sets the context for a lesson that asks young historians to consider how cultural values influence perspective. Groups compare the attitudes reflected in a journal entry of a member of the Plymouth Colony to those of...
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