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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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A is for Archaeologist!
Archaeologists study objects as sources of evidence. But first they have to dig them up!
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Life in the Past: A Schoolhouse and Farm Adventure at Rouse Hill Estate
Join us for a fun-filled adventure at Rouse Hill Estate, where kids will learn firsthand what daily life was like for children who attended school and lived on a farm in the late 19th century
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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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The Water We Share: Past, Present and Future
Learn about traditional madjeri making with Gweagal clan leader Uncle Rod and how conservation works at Vaucluse House are preserving the estate’s waterways for the resident eels
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Waterway investigation
Use this resource to conduct your own investigation of a local waterway
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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
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‘Marking Time’ Together- Make your own Time Capsule!
Taking photos, writing letters, losing objects: just like the sources we study from the past, we all ‘Mark Time’ every day! But how do these become important sources for studying the past?
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How to grow broad beans
Some handy hints to help you look after your broad bean seed after your excursion to Vaucluse House