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Explore Australia's history at the National Library's Digital Classroom, aligned with the Australian Curriculum. With over 10 million items, we support diverse learning styles, fostering inquiry-based learning for students to analyse sources and draw conclusions about the Australian story.
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An image of an open book, with the left page featuring a full-page hand drawn colour image of two platypus from 1863 and the right page featuring a large block of text.

John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, The mammals of Australia, 1863. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2334463667

The Platypus Mystery

Topic
This topic encourages students to research why European naturalists and scientists first thought the platypus was a faked animal.

Science
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Year 4
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Year 6
A streetscape of Bourke street, Melbourne.

Tom Roberts, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1885, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134285521

Time and place

Module

Explore how communities evolve over time, how different cultures influence and contribute to communities, and how symbols convey meaning.

Humanities
Year 3
Australian history
A black and white photograph showing a steam train on a track

Ian Mitchell & Australian News and Information Bureau, Steam locomotive hauling a passenger train on the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, 1970, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137739465

Transport

Topic

In the 1970s, the ways people moved around the country and around the world was changing. 

Humanities
Year 3
Australian history
A photograph of a Whale Shark (black with white spots), swimming underwater, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia (Reef Authority).

K. Hoppen, Whale Shark, 2008. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia (Reef Authority).

Using science research to aid conservation

Topic
This topic uses an oral history interview with Bradley Norman talk about his research into Whale Sharks, particularly in reference to observations, data and evidence.

Science
Year 3
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Year 6

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