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Onsite
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 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?
Virtual Excursion
History Week Virtual Event: Marking Time – How Do We Remember First Contact?
How do different communities remember the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788? Explore ‘Marking Time’ this History Week in our free virtual live event, considering the perspectives on First Contact
Virtual Excursion
Book Week Virtual Event: Pop-up Poetry
Join Museums of History NSW and Story Factory Digital for Book Week 2024 and learn how to create poems that add a little magic to the world
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Understanding the Art of Place
Discover how we can understand and connect to place through art, and consider how a place can mean different things to different people