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This My Place website is where you and your family can explore one place on earth and the kids who have lived there since time began. Like the television series and the book, this site is filled with people, places and objects, each with their own special story. It's a way to have fun with the changing face of time.

The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history. The ADB is produced by the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University.

See pictures of Australia's past and present - photographs, objects, maps and works of art

Half a World Away is a tribute to the hundreds of families from Europe and the United Kingdom who exchanged conflict, uncertainty and economic chaos for a stable, prosperous lifestyle in an Australian country town. The site tells the story of post World War 2 migration.

Online lessons aligned with Australian Curriculum. Context is NSW.

What country did your Mum and Dad grow up in? Were they born in Australia or overseas? In Australia's Migration Stories students investigate some of the ten million migration stories from 1788 to today, and reflect on Australia's changing attitudes towards migration.

The following refer to people who achieved high levels of recognition in some way linked to Australia. Some of the listed were not born in Australia, nor lived in Australia. Others were born here. Some lived permanently in Australia.