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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: The Arts for years 5 & 6 students.

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Sydney’s first theatre was said to be opened in 1796 and was managed by Robert Sidaway.

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Drama in Australia is celebrated at all levels of skill and involvement. 

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The history of dance performance in Australia, as with all the performing arts, precedes the arrival of settlers from other nations.

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One of the world’s oldest music traditions that is still performed is the bunggul ceremony. This can be seen annually at the Garma Festival held in Gulkula, a sacred site in north-east Arnhem Land. The Garma Festival runs for four days and observes the traditions and customs of the Yolngu people.

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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (Geography), and Science for Year 4, 5 and 6 students.

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As cub reporter Betty Wilson (aged nine in 1937) tells us, forecasting the weather is not all about maps and laboratory science!

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The weather is an important part of our lives, and this is reflected in the arts and other sources we consume.

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In colonial Australia, there was a useful household book called an almanac. It contained lots of information, including weather forecasts and pictures of the flags used to signify approaching storms.

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Antarctica has been explored by meteorologists since the early 1900s. Blizzards are common there.

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In 1877, meteorologist and astronomer Henry Russell produced the first published weather map for the colony of New South Wales.

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Colonial settlers brought with them to Australia the concept of four distinct seasons. While this works for much of southern Australia, non-Indigenous people in the other parts of Australia identify seasonal change as wet and dry.