Close message Scootle has stopped supporting resources that use the Adobe Flash plug-in from 18 Dec 2020. Learning paths that include these resources will have alerts to notify teachers and students that one or more of the resources will be unavailable. Click here for more info.

Search results

Refine by resource type

    Refine by year level


      Refine by learning area


        Refine by topic

        Related topic
        • No suggestions

        Your search returned 208 results

        Image

        Landmarks: people and places across Australia

        • TLF-IDM006950

        This resource features the Landmarks gallery, which traces a broad history of Australia since British colonisation in the late 18th century. The exhibition explores ten big themes in the country's past through the stories of Australian places and the people who have lived there. It examines how people have engaged with ...

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Fish market

        • TLF-IDL768

        Buy and sell fish in trading markets in a range of Australian and New Zealand cities. Compare market prices, supply and demand. Get to know other traders to find the best deals and discover new markets. Find a rare fish. Maximise your profit and reputation as a smart trader. This learning object is the last in a series ...

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Discovering democracy: Federation timeline

        • TLF-IDL8208

        Use a timeline to find information about significant events and ideas in the establishment of a federated Australia. Nominate specific years or scroll from 1788 to 1901 to see what steps were key in determining the nature of government in Australia.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: John Dunmore Lang

        • TLF-IDL9579

        Investigate the prominent Presbyterian minister John Dunmore Lang's role in the move towards Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Lang: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: ...

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: Louisa Lawson

        • TLF-IDL9580

        IInvestigate the feminist Louisa Lawson's role in the move towards Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Lawson: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how she was visually depicted in her time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: George Leake

        • TLF-IDL9581

        Investigate George Leake's role in the move towards Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Leake: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: Mary Lee

        • TLF-IDL9582

        Investigate the suffragist Mary Lee's role in the move towards Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Lee: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how she was visually depicted in her time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: James McGowen

        • TLF-IDL9583

        Investigate James McGowen's role in opposing Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of McGowen: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Image

        Shackleton expedition at Lyttelton Harbour, 1914

        • TLF-IDR4226

        This is a black-and-white photograph showing the sailing ship 'Endurance' being loaded with ponies and sled dogs at Lyttelton (east coast of the South Island of New Zealand) for Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica. A crowd of people is aboard the ship, watching proceedings, and there are groups of people in the ...

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: William McMillan

        • TLF-IDL9584

        Investigate William McMillan's role in the move towards Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of McMillan: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: Patrick Moran

        • TLF-IDL9587

        Investigate the Catholic cardinal Patrick Moran's role in the move towards Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Moran: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation ...

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: James Munro

        • TLF-IDL9588

        Investigate James Munro's role in the move towards Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Munro: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: Richard O'Connor

        • TLF-IDL9589

        Investigate Richard O'Connor's role in the move towards Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of O'Connor: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Image

        'John Batman's famous treaty with the blacks', c1914

        • TLF-IDR4385

        This is a black-and-white engraving, measuring 40.4 cm x 57 cm, made by George Rossi Ashton (1851-1942) in about 1914. It depicts John Batman (1801-39) and an elderly Indigenous Australian man leaning over what is probably a treaty document on the decayed trunk of a large fallen tree. They are surrounded by 16 men, many ...

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: James Steere

        • TLF-IDL9732

        Investigate Western Australian politician James Steere's role in Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Steere: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: David Syme

        • TLF-IDL9733

        Investigate newspaper editor and proprietor David Syme's role in Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Syme: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: Josiah Symon

        • TLF-IDL9734

        Investigate prominent lawyer Josiah Symon's role in Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Symon: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects in the 'Biography: Federation people' series.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: John Watson

        • TLF-IDL9739

        Investigate the role of the first Labor prime minister, John (Chris) Watson, in the events leading up to, and following, Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Watson: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a ...

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Biography: Federation people: Henry Ellis

        • TLF-IDL9891

        Investigate the role played by the doctor Henry Ellis in the events leading up to, and following, Federation in Australia. Examine two different types of biographies of Ellis: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time. This learning object is one in a series of objects ...

        View detailsView resource
        Image

        The 'Southern Cross' reaches Sydney, 1928

        • TLF-IDR2925

        This is a black-and-white photograph of the 'Southern Cross' biplane arriving in Sydney and being greeted by reporters and photographers and a large contingent of police after the record-breaking flight of Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew across the Pacific. Signed portraits of the crew are superimposed upon the photograph, ...

        View detailsView resource