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After World War II, the people of the Netherlands found themselves with a long journey ahead of them, resurrecting a war-ravaged country that was struggling to overcome recent famine and mass casualties in the Holocaust.

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In the years leading to the outbreak of World War II, Hitler and his government’s anti-Semitism became increasingly violent.

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Sievers’ work is a pictorial timeline showing Australia’s social, technological and industrial transformation.

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies standards for Year 5 and 6. It draws on the Library’s Wolfgang Sievers Collection to explore how photography, design and industry have transformed modern Australia, encouraging students to investigate how technologies are developed, used, and understood in social and environmental contexts.

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Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920) was Australia’s first prime minister, playing a key role in shaping the Constitution.

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: HASS for Year 6 students.

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For most of human history beyond living memory, the main way we know what life was like during the Medieval period is from documentary evidence that remains available to us.

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Explore how diverse communities have shaped modern Australian life through historical photographs from our collection.

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Many protest movements in Australia have resulted from dramatic shifts in public opinion on contentious issues, and as a response to how governments of the time dealt with these shifting opinions.

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As captain of the newly built Eendracht, Dirk Hartog was bound for the East Indies in 1616, along with other VOC ships.