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TImelines of events in Australian History - broken into centuries.

featuring over 150 film clips showcasing a unique collection of Australian history documentaries matched with selected websites from Australia's national collecting institutions

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.

Australian history is almost always picturesque; indeed, it is also so curious and strange, that it is itself the chiefest novelty the country has to offer and so it pushes the other novelties into second and third place. It does not read like history, but like the most beautiful lies; and all of a fresh new sort, no mouldy old stale ones. It is full of surprises and adventures, the incongruities, and contradictions, and incredibilities; but they are all true, they all happened." ( Mark Twain, 1897 )

"AC History Units presents 8 units developed by the History Teachers' Association of Australia to support teachers in the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: History  "

Welcome to Australian History Mysteries. It is a subscription-based website containing inquiry learning case studies that are directly relevant to many aspects of Australian Curriculum: History. Its current 17 case studies include a wealth of video, print and interactive content, and its inquiry learning approach encourages historical skills development, including equipping students with the capacity to develop historical thinking and imagination. There is a Primary School section of the site with resources relevant to the new Australian Curriculum: History - Years 3-6.

Ancient, Colonisation, Post Federation, Australian Information and fun activities

This video introduces P-10 History Australian Curriculum and resources. It outlines the nature and scope of the learning area and the resources developed by the QSA.

Looks at each colonies road to Federation

The history of Federation, the peaceful transition from colonies to Commonwealth and the major events that established the Commonwealth and shaped the nation are examined here in Federation Story. There are many Australias, many Australian pasts and many ways of looking at history and we can't present them all here.

The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act received the royal assent on 9 July 1900 and it was proclaimed that, on the first day of the twentieth century, the six Australian colonies would be united as a federal commonwealth under the name of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Edward John Eyre George Bass Robert O'Hara Burke Matthew Flinders John Forrest Edmund Kennedy Ludwig Leichhardt Thomas Mitchell John Oxley Charles Sturt Gregory Blaxland

Resources to support the Australian History Curriculum

Cook's journal written on board the Endeavour during his trip down under in 1770.