Explore – National Trust

Swan River Colony – Year 5

From Captain Stirling's first voyage in 1827 through to the establishment of the colony and beyond, discover these special places and their stories.

No 1 Pump Station – Year 2

Discover the stories of this significant heritage site and learn about the value of water.

Colony, Country and Conflict

nsw

STAGE 3 pupils examine and contrast the differences in food, medicine and law and between colonial and Indigenous cultures.

Plants, Pills and Potions

nsw

STAGE 2 pupils grow crops and make plant-based colonial medicines in Surgeon John Harris’ garden.

The Seed that Saved Sydney!

nsw

STAGE 1 pupils ‘travel back in time’ and plant corn on the same land where James Ruse farmed.

Discover a unique experience at the McCrae Homestead by exploring the parallel experiences of the McCrae family and the Bunurong community in the mid-1800s. Accessed through Georgiana McCrae’s personal diaries, her son George McCrae’s diary accounts, family letters, sketches and paintings, the program shares what is anecdotally considered a mutually

Ship to Shore – Old Government House, Parramatta

nsw

This program aims to provide students with an insight into the school lives of primary-aged children in the early 1800s, the exploration of Australia and the lives of the early colonists.

Willunga Schoolroom

Mr Bassett’s Schoolroom is a school learning program that has been developed to support teaching of Year 3 History in an authentic heritage setting. The program focuses on continuity and change in the Australian experience of school over 150 years. It has been designed to enable teachers and students to reflect on how

Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum

Teachers can choose from eight different modules based on the National Curriculum: History for Reception – Year 2. Volunteer guides lead groups through activities including wash day, old school room experience, agriculture, blacksmith Shop, local area development, family life, Post Office/Hotel and games. Three modules can be presented per museum visit. A self-guided walking tour of local

Gawler Museum

Two school programs are offered at the Gawler Museum in the ‘Old Telegraph Office’. One is tuned to the Year 5 History curriculum. It’s hands on and includes Gawler’s local history of migration, discovery of mystery objects, MP3 guided trail through the museum, and the technology of daily living, entertainment and communication. The second is aligned to Years 2 and

Townsville Heritage Centre

qld

The nineteenth century villa residence ‘Currajong’, a worker’s dwelling dating from 1884 and a 1921 farmhouse are the three buildings that form the Townsville Heritage Centre. The Education Kit for the Centre, available here for teachers, covers several topics relevant to the school curriculum. Teachers are invited to download these

NTWA Woodbridge education program teacher rand student resources

Woodbridge – Year 2

Built as a family home, Woodbridge features an array of ‘olden day’ domestic technologies to stimulate student learning.

Woodbridge – Year 1

Students learn about the daily rituals of the Harpers to discover family life was very different in the 1890s.

Peninsula Farm – Year 2

Learn about old fashion technologies used at one of the first homes built in Western Australia.

Peninsula Farm – Year 1

Explore one of Perth’s earliest homes to gain an insight into family life in colonial Perth.

Slates & Chamberpots – Old Government House, Parramatta

nsw

This program aims to provide students with an insight into the school lives of primary-aged children in the early 1800s and the daily lives of the masters and servants who lived and worked at Old Government House at this time.

Royal Bull’s Head Inn – Year 5

qld

Through the context of the Royal Bull's Head Inn, Drayton, and some of the personalities connected with it, students will learn about what life was like for different groups of people in the colonial period.

Royal Bull’s Head Inn – Year 2

qld

Through the context of the Royal Bull's Head Inn, Drayton and some of the personalities connected with it, students will explore, recognise and appreciate the history of their local area by examining the remains of the past and considering why they should be preserved.

Life in the Country – Saumarez Homestead, Armidale

nsw

Students interpret and document the site using photographs and drawings, their own observations, maps, plans and primary sources.

Learn about past lives at Como

vic

Como House is an important Melbourne icon and a wonderful introduction to the past lives of a Melbourne family in the 1890s.

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Hou Wang Temple and Atherton Chinatown – Year 1

qld

Using the stories of family life at Atherton Chinatown in the early years of last century, students will learn about the similarities and differences in family life by comparing the present with the past.