Creative arts

View of Rouse Hill House & Farm
Onsite

A colonial eye

Students investigate the role of artists during the early colonial period and consider how they contributed to the development of the colony

Some kitchen items on the table in front of the fireplace
Onsite

Colonial life at Elizabeth Farm

As they explore the home of the Macarthur family, which dates from 1793, students learn about the lives of the family and their convict servants and the impact of colonisation on the traditional owners of the Parramatta area

Vibrant pencil and watercolour image with animal eyes and swirling patterns.

King's Cross: bohemian life In Sydney

Artists, intellectuals, writers, radicals, revellers and misfits made Sydney's King's Cross home from the early years of the 20th century well into the 1970s

Children and adults dressed in period costume holding ribbons attached to pole.
Onsite

Lessons from the past

Integrating outcomes from History, PDHPE and Creative Arts, this program gives students the opportunity to learn first hand about what school life was like in the late 19th century