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Learning a language helps students better understand others in an increasingly diverse Australia - ABC Education

Studying a language allows one to see deeper cultural patterns that aren't necessarily accessible through learning about different foods, festivals and cultural traditions.

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Students digging trenches at Ascot State School, Brisbane, 1942

This black-and-white photograph shows schoolchildren digging air-raid trenches in the grounds of Ascot State School in Brisbane, Queensland, on 24 January 1942. Working in the slit trenches, knee deep or deeper, the male students use picks and shovels to dig and remove the earth. A man digging with them on the right is ...