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McCrae Homestead

Cross Cultural Program

Prep to Year 6

Students experience life in the 1840’s for the Bunurong people and the McCrae family on the Mornington Peninsula pioneer homestead.

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Polly Woodside

Ship Shape and Ready to Sail

Year 3 and 4

Try your hand as a real Able Seaman from the 19th Century and learn the ropes. Learn about the hardship for early settlers aboard a ship.

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Como House

Then and Now

Prep to Year 2

With four activities over a full day, students will really get an idea of Now and Then in the context of an early local Melbourne family and their celebrations in the distant past.

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Rippon Lea Mansion

Then and Now

Prep to Year 2

Learn about life in the Grand Mansion for those that lived there and those that worked there over the last 150 years.

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Old Melbourne Gaol

Guided Tours

Year 5 - VCE

Examine Melbourne's early history, the story of the goldfields and come face-to-face with Ned Kelly.

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Old Melbourne Gaol

Court Room Dramas

Year 5 - VCE

Re-enact a Court Room trial of the Ned Kelly or Elizabeth Scott historic crime cases.

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The Past in Your Class

School Incursion

Prep to Year 6

Make history happen in your own classroom and find out what school was like for Melbourne students during the 1870s.

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Pentridge Prison

The Vagabond

Year 4-6

Students will step into the shoes of infamous journalist, the Vagabond to uncover what life was like inside Pentridge Prison.

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Archaeology

School Excursions & Incursions

Year 2 to VCE

Utilising experiential ‘hands on’ and object-based learning, our incursion and excursion programs help students and teachers to better understand this exciting discipline. 

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Barwon Grange

Then and Now

Prep - Year 2

The historic Barwon Grange, on the banks of the Barwon River in Geelong, is ready to welcome in students for a day of historical fun and discovery.

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