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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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Focus: place, people, languages, everyday life 

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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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Sir Howard Florey was an Australian medical scientist.

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

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

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Aya-I-Ga, known as Neighbour, risked everything to save a life and became one of Australia’s bravest heroes. 

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The word narrative means story. As we write or tell stories, we are creating a narrative by describing a series of events that are connected.

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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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Recipes can be multiplied (scaled up) to increase the number of serves (portions) or people being fed. 

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Modernism was a cultural movement that influenced visual arts, architecture, music, literature and design in the first half of the twentieth century.