History
Virtual Excursion
Where Stories Live, History Comes Alive
Join us on Thursday 10 September for this free live virtual event as part of History Week 2026. From the Dreaming to digital technology – join us to hear how the stories we keep bring history to life. Where can you find stories about the past? Who keeps them? Who tells them? And how can they help us to understand the world today? The stories we keep are waiting to be discovered and shared
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Aboriginal Languages revitalisation in NSW
How were Aboriginal languages recorded during the early colonial period? What were the consequences? And how are Aboriginal Knowledge Holders revitalising language today?
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A is for Archaeologist!
Archaeologists study objects as sources of evidence. But first they have to dig them up!
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Investigating the penal settlement at Sydney Cove
Learn how sources provide evidence of how people lived in the first penal settlement at Sydney Cove
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The Way We Were: Communication Past and Present
From oral storytelling to letters, newspapers and radio, a visit to Susannah Place museum will explore different methods of communication from the past and present
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Unearthed: Digging Up the Past
Do you want to take your Stage 4 students to the site of a significant archaeological dig? Engage them in the process of excavation? And get them thinking about the value of archaeology?
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Beautiful waterways...and stinky sewers!
Learn about the Murrumbidgee’s ancient Aboriginal creation story, investigate the Tank Stream under the city of Sydney and travel out to the Museum of the Riverina to hear about caring for waterways