The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for students. It gives students a chance to be an historian, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community or exploring their own roots. It emphasises and rewards quality research, the use of community resources and effective presentation.
Theme: Legends, Fact and History
Special category: Using Primary Sources from the National Archives
Improve your research, essay writing and study skills, explore Victoria's history, and access over 700 original primary sources you can use in your assignments.
Welcome to Australian History Mysteries —a website containing inquiry learning case studies that are directly relevant to the Australian Curriculum: History at both primary and secondary levels.
The Secondary Section of the website currently contains 18 case studies comprising a wealth of video, print and interactive content with more under development. The case studies are especially relevant to years 7 to 10 and adopt an inquiry learning approach that encourages historical skills development, including equipping students with the capacity to develop historical thinking and imagination.
Trove: Find and get Australian resources. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more.
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history
