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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Turf Farming Proves to Be a Winner
This site from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation shows an article about a farmer who thrived using the method of turf farming.
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Tourism Australia: More About the Australian Outback
Find out more about the Australian outback, also known as sunburnt country, where students can learn about scorched desert, purple vegetation, and green waterholes.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Mammals of Sydney Harbour
Engaging site which covers some of the 40 species of mammals that live in Australia. Get quick interesting information on rodents, marsupials, bats and marine mammals that live in the Sydney Harbour area of Australia.
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Australian Museum: Reptiles of Sydney Harbor
Sydney Harbour has a large variety of reptile species roaming through its sandstone gullies and ridges. Learn about the turtles, lizards and snakes of Australia.
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National Portrait Gallery of Australia
Delve into the depths of the Australian National Portrait Gallery. There are captivating exhibits featured online.
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Australian Museum: Igneous Rock Types
Learn about the different types of igneous rocks and how they are classified.
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Australian Museum: Metamorphic Rocks
Learn the process by which metamorphic rocks are created, where they are located, and how they are identified by texture (foliated and non-foliated) and mineral composition.
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Australian Museum: Sedimentary Environments
This resource gives short descriptions of how sedimentary deposition occurs in rivers, lakes, river mouths, coral reefs, glaciers, arid environments, and tropical environments.
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Australian Museum: The Geological Time Scale
What was Australia like during prehistoric times? Follow through history from 110 million years ago until the present and discover the different mammals, birds, and reptiles.
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National Museum of Australia: First Australians
A special exhibition that highlights the first two Indigenous groups in Australia. Discover much information on the culture of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and find out what it would be like to be a part of their family.
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Australian Museum: Bats in Australia
Curious about some of the 90 species of bats that live in Australia? Click on a region of Australia and then on the bat you would like to learn more about. Learn about their habitat, what they eat, and what threatens their survival.
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Australian Museum: Sedimentary Processes
Everything you need to know about sedimentary rocks and the processes by which they are created, including weathering, soils, environments, and classification.
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Alex: Hush Down Under
During this lesson students will listen to a read-aloud of Possum Magic, by Mem Fox. Students will then help the teacher search the Internet for Australian connections (animals and habitats). The students will write in their journals...
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Australian Museum: Fishes: Coelacanth
An article on modern-day discoveries about the prehistoric coelacanth fish. Read about the geographic distribution, classification, fossil record, and economic and social impacts of the animal.
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Australian Museum: Dinosaurs on the Attack
Scientists have theropods overcame their prey using their claws and teeth are described.
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Australian Museum: Student Stuff: Dissection of a Blue Mackerel
This resource provides 17 slides of a fish dissection. Each slide also contains a description and some provide further information on internal organs.
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Australian Museum: Caves
Discover the different decorations of caves. Learn how they are made and how they add to the beauty of these underground chamber.
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Australian Museum: Plate Tectonic Processes
A comprehensive site on plate tectonics and the Earth. Read how the oceanic and continental crusts, as well as the heat and the pressure within the Earth affect plate tectonics.
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Australian Museum: Beetles
This thorough site provides a general overview of beetles and focuses on topics such as habitat, anatomy, life cycle, feeding, predation and defense, and beetles as pests.
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Australian Museum: Concretions, Thunder Eggs and Geodes
Ever break open a geode and see the beauty inside? Learn how those crystals formed, as well as the mineral formations in thunder eggs and concretions.
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Australian Museum: Faq's About Fishes
What is the biggest fish? What is the smallest fish? Do fishes have tongues? You will find the answer to these questions and more in this informative site.
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Australian Museum: Geological Ore Deposits
Geoscience: the Earth presents this article on ore deposits. Read how deposits are found, formed and classified, and the economic viability of these deposits. Included are pictures of many rocks from different types of deposits.
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Australian Museum: Bluebottle or Portuguese Man of War
This site provides information on the Portuguese Man of War or Bluebottles, as they are called in Austrailia.
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Australian Museum Online: Leeches
This site provides extensive information including body diagrams of different types of leeches.
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