Education
National History Challenge 2008
Australia meets the world
The National Trust is offering prizes in 2008 for the best research and presentation on Australia’s heritage that addresses the competition theme Australia meets the world and the sub theme:
Australia’s heritage
Each State/Territory winner will receive a prize of $100. The overall national winner will receive an extra $200 and attend the national presentation in Canberra
Students from Upper Primary to senior secondary level are invited to enter the
National History Challenge.
To enter the challenge, please click here 2008 Challenge
About the 2008 Challenge
Who can enter?
Students from years 5 – 12 may enter the competition. The theme for 2008 History Challenge is Australia meets the world. Students may also enter special categories. The Trust’s special category is Australia’s heritage,
What do I need to do?
To enter the Trust’s special category, students must use resources from the National Trust- research the Trust’s classification lists or files in your state or Territory, contact a Trust office for more information or visit a Trust website, or Our heritage at risk website www.heritageatrisk.org.au, research Trust publications or a Trust library, or visit a Trust property – and address the subtheme Australia’s heritage and the major annual theme. Entries will be disqualified if there is no evidence of using National Trust resources
What is heritage?
Heritage is what we value about our past and would like to conserve for the future. It is the tangible and intangible pieces of information and memory left behind to guide us into lives once lived and places and objects as they once were.
Heritage can be found in the tangible or intangible reminders of our past
- In physical buildings and monuments, or physical aspects of the natural heritage (landscapes, trees etc)
- Documentary records – letters, papers, newspapers
- Personal stories and memories passed from one person to another
Heritage may be personal, or may be significant to a whole community. Your project may look at heritage related to the lives of significant individuals or may be related to politics or events which have impacted on communities, creating nationally or internationally significant heritage.
Australia has a rich multicultural heritage. The National Trust has properties that celebrate and has classified and campaigned to conserve this significant heritage.
Where do I find information?
There are many ways of researching and presenting for the National Trust Australian Heritage category of the National History Challenge.
Organisations like the National Trust care for heritage places, collections and records from the past, preserving and conserving them for future generations. These collections, records and places are a repository of information that can guide us into the future.
National Trust properties and other historic places can be visited to help you in your research and the Trust websites can be accessed via www.nationaltrust.org.au. From here you can also look at special Trust programs such as Heritage at Risk www.heritageatrisk.org.au The State and Territory Trusts and the National Office have archival material and libraries that you can study on request and many State and Territory Trusts have registers of classified places.
Other organisations, such as National Archives http://www.naa.gov.au/, State and National Libraries http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss, and museums http://www.nma.gov.au/education/ can also be accessed via their websites or visited to assist your research for your entry in the Australian Heritage category of the History Challenge. Look up the Australian Heritage Database on the Department of Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts website http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/index.html for heritage places in all parts of Australia and for links to other heritage sites and lists.
Remember: Your research should use a number of sources, both primary and secondary, but to enter the Trust’s special category you must use at least one Trust resource.
For more information contact Maree Treadwell on 6247 6766 or mtreadwell@nationaltrust.org.au or look up the National Trust website in your state or territory for specific examples from the Trust’s properties, collections and files that meet the two themes.
For specific examples in your state or territory:
ACT: www.act.nationaltrust.org.au
NSW: www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au
Northern Territory: www.nationaltrustnt.on.net
Queensland: www.nationaltrustqld.org
South Australia: www.ayershousemuseum.org.au/education www.nationaltrustsa.org.au
Tasmania: www.nationaltrusttas.org.au
Victoria: www.nattrust.com.au
National History Challenge | National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
Western Australia: www.ntwa.com.au
Visit the Challenge site www.historychallenge.com.au for instructions on entering the competition
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Important Dates
Brochures and posters on the Challenge are mailed to all schools during April
March/April Launch of Program in each state and territory
April Information on website
Mid-July School judging completed
15 August Closing date for entries to reach Coordinators
August /September State Judging completed
September Special Category State winners submitted to sponsors for judging
29 September National Judging for general challenge in Brisbane
October All judging completed. National winners notified
October-November State Presentations
December National Presentation in Canberra
Trust Contacts
ACNT |
02 6247 6766 |
Australian Council of National Trusts PO Box 413 Campbell ACT 2612 |
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ACT |
02 6230 0533 |
National Trust of Australia (ACT) PO Box 1144 Civic Square ACT 2608 |
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NSW |
02 9258 0123 |
National Trust of Australia (NSW) GPO Box 518 Sydney NSW 2001 |
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NT |
08 8981 2848 |
www.nationaltrustnt.on.net |
National Trust of Australia (NT) GPO Box 3520 Darwin NT 0801 |
QLD |
07 3229 1788 |
National Trust of Australia (QLD) GPO Box 838 Brisbane Qld 4001 |
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SA |
08 8212 1133 |
National Trust of Australia (SA) PO Box 8147 Station Arcade Adelaide SA 5000 |
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TAS |
03 6344 6233 |
promotions@nationaltrusttas.org.au |
National Trust of Australia (Tas) 413 Hobart Rd Launceston Tas 7520 |
VIC |
03 9656 9800 |
http://www.nattrust.com.au/education/national_history_challenge |
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 4 Parliament Place East Melbourne Vic 3002 |
WA |
08 9321 6088 |
National Trust of Australia (WA) PO Box 1162 West Perth WA 6872 |
Previous winners
To see previous winning entries click on year
2007 Challenge
About the challenge
The Australian Council of National Trusts is a sponsor of The National History Challenge, a program run by the History Teachers’ Association of Australia and supported by the Australian Government through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
The ACNT sponsors a special category, Australia’s Heritage. Other sponsors of special categories include The Department of Veterans’ Affairs, The Australian War Memorial, The National Archives of Australia, Mt Kosciuszko Inc and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Canberra, The National Museum of Australia, the Sir John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, the Asia Education Foundation, Women’s History Month, the History Channel and Amnesty International. Entries for special categories must address a sub-theme as well as the Challenge theme for the year.
Students from upper primary to senior level conduct and submit research projects based on a set theme and may choose to also submit their entry into a special category. Formats include essay, audio-visual, multi-media/website, performance and museum model. Entries are judged at State, then National level. There are four National Year Level awards, overall awards for best entry for each State and Territory, and a National award for best overall entry, the winner being awarded Young Historian of the Year. Special category entries are also judged at year, state and national level.
Trust entrants have featured often at State and National short lists over the years and the Trust special category has attracted many candidates. The National Trust of Australia offer many exciting educational opportunities at its properties and in other programs and is proud to be a sponsor of the National History Challenge.
PROPERTIES
Community Education and Schools Programs
The National Trust opens its heritage properties to students and the broader community across the nation to encourage understanding and appreciation of Australia's heritage.
State and Territory Trusts have designed educational programs to support state curricula in a wide range of subject areas for students at all levels, and are continually broadening the range and variety of their supplementary materials.
They provide opportunities for students to explore, experience and enjoy heritage places whatever their age and however varied their interests.
Students can explore living history at places as diverse as the Golden Pipeline Pump Stations in WA, the chilling cells of Old Melbourne Gaol or the splendour of Ayers House in Adelaide. They can experience the day to day life of early settlers at Old Government House in Parramatta, Clarendon in Tasmania or Wolston House outside Brisbane, or 'embark' on the Polly Woodside in Melbourne.
Without leaving the classroom, students can research the past and investigate their own heritage. The web-based fantasy program Ida's Quest challenges them to search Miss Traill's house for clues about her life growing up in Bathurst 70 years ago. National Trust CD-ROMS, such as that produced by Old Melbourne Gaol on Ned Kelly, enable students to develop their research skills while the regular e-heritage bulletins prepared especially for schools by the National Trust in South Australia, stimulate and encourage discussion of heritage issues. Visit the State and Territory Trust websites for information about these and other stimulating heritage programs.
15 October All judging (National Year levels, National Special Category, and National over-all) completed. National winners notified
Late Nov/early Dec National Presentation