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Professor Nancy Millis was an Australian microbiologist who worked and studied microbial growth and the fermentation process.

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Professor Fiona Stanley is an Australian paediatrician and epidemiologist who is best known for her work linking deficiencies of folic acid in pregnant women with birth defects - specifically, spina bifida and related conditions.

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Sir Howard Florey was an Australian medical scientist.

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Sir Mark Oliphant was an Australian physicist who is known for his work in nuclear physics and radar, and, later, for becoming governor of South Australia.

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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship for Year 8 students. It adopts an inquiry-based learning approach that develops a student’s understanding of Australians’ rights, freedoms and opportunities to participate in Australia’s democracy.

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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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The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia and its principal Sydney-based artists - Julian Ashton, A. Henry Fullwood and Frank Mahony - transformed the way settler colonial Australia was seen both here and around the world.

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Reading picture books is important in speech development, building literacy skills, helping children to use their imagination.

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These activities introduce students to the poem Bora Ring, as well as to the poem’s background and author. They also develop students’ understanding of how an author’s perspective can change and enhance the meaning of a text.

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: History for Year 8 students. It adopts an inquiry learning approach that develops students’ skills in investigating Asia-Pacific societies in depth.

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Take your students on a journey through Japan’s early political and cultural development, leading up to the rise of the shogunate.

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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.