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National Library of Australia presents a portal to collections from around the nation. Find and get over 241,958,863 Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more.

These lessons from the UK National Archives provide student questions focussing on some fantastic primary sources. Check out Empire and Industry 1750 - 1850 and Victorians 1850 - 1901 for issues relating to Making a Better World. Make sure you hit the Sho

Developed for the exhibition in Melbourne's Federation Square, this annotated timeline highlights people and events in Australia's history leading up to Federation. Good for Making a Nation, key events and ideas.

This is a free-to-use, video-rich history resource. Scroll the timeline to "find a story that interests you, and let your journey begin". All the videos are short and viewable full screen - great for your Smart board. This section is particularly good for

Presented by the Museum of Australian Democracy. "Getting it Together: From Colonies to Federation is a resource for teachers in the middle years classroom (years 5 to 8). A series of 7 packages, Getting it Together explores each state's unique journey to

a great resource for using primary source documents to examine historical questions about work and politics surrounding the factories of Industrial England - sources and lesson ideas included