Australia and various wars

The following sites are all recommended by the NSW Board of Studies for students to use if they are studying any wars that Australia has been involved in, they are all worth while looking at:-
http://www.commemoration.gov.au/ - Australia's war time heritage
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/ - Gallipoli and the Anzacs
http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/ - Australia and WW2
http://kokoda.commemoration.gov.au/ - Kokoda Track - available in 2010
http://www.anzacday.gov.au/ - Anzac Day site
http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/ - Australia and the Vietnam War
http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/ - Australians on the Western Front in WW1
http://se-asia.commemoration.gov.au/ - Australian involvement in SE Asian conflicts

Louise

Kokoda Track

Coming in 2010 is a new website about the Kokoda Track, it is being developed in conjunction with the NSW Board of Studies and so will have lots of great information specially designed to help school children
http://kokoda.commemoration.gov.au/
Louise

...Islam and Islamophobia ...

There is a great section on the multicultural website about Islam and Islamophobia

http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/history/timeline/period/This-Generation/screen/4.Islam-and-Islamophobia-

Louise

Multicultural Australia

This Australian educational website has lots of great material on multiculturalism.
One of Australia's leading sources of quality educational resources on multiculturalism.
Teaching resources and strategies to understand cultural diversity and tolerance.
More than 3500 pages of articles, research, teacher guides, lesson plans, audio interviews, video clips, Australian multicultural artworks.
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/

Louise

Sydney Harbour Bridge

This Sydney Harbour Bridge website is great for both history students and engineering students, its co-sponsored by the NSW Board of Studies so has lots of great material that matches the school curriculums

http://sydney-harbour-bridge.bos.nsw.edu.au/

Louise

Electoral boundary changes for Mackellar

Hi all,
The federal election boundaries have recently changed in the vacinity of Warringah Road Forestville, and will be in effect for the upcoming election.

Maps of the changes can be found here: http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2009/nsw/final-report/