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Cultural perspectives in literature

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: English for Year 7 students. The module is designed to introduce students to a variety of texts on the theme of cultural perspectives and to enable them to understand how authors, poets and cartoonists reflect their own cultural perspectives through their chosen medium.

Oral history: Sir Howard Florey

Topic

Sir Howard Florey was an Australian medical scientist.

Oral history: Professor Fiona Stanley

Topic

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.

Timeline of Australian innovations

Topic

Australians have a talent for ingenuity and creative thinking. From ancient times, Australians have used the materials around them to develop unique and practical tools to help them live and prosper.

The way of life in the Khmer Empire

Topic

The Khmer Empire lasted almost 630 years.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

Topic 

Additional Library resources with educational value for teachers and students.

The decline of the Khmer Empire

Topic

The Khmer Empire flourished on the rich and fertile mountains, lakes, and plains of Cambodia for 629 years.

Building Angkor

Topic

The Khmer kings were prolific builders.

Oral history: Sir Mark Oliphant

Topic

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.

Oral history: Emeritus Professor Nancy Millis

Topic

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

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