Civics and Citizenship

Discover engaging videos and classroom activities to enrich your teaching of Civics and Citizenship.

Phyllis Williams showing her mother the Larrakia petition.

Archival records are so powerful

Learn about the power and importance of archival records with Phyllis Williams, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement at National Archives of Australia.

A group of protesters on a road, holding 'Defend the NDIS' signs.

Campaigning for change

Meet Elly, a disability rights campaigner who is smoothing the pathway for future generations of Australians with disabilities.

Country Womens Association members and children standing and sitting by a new fence.

Community is everything

Discover how a letter written to the Australian Government in 1974 made a difference to the lives of women and children in a small North Queensland town.

Making a difference with crochet

How does a bicycle come to be covered in rainbow crochet? What does this have to do with a prime minister?

Aussie Aussie Aussie? Peter Drew's street art

Discover how artist Peter Drew uses archival records to create street art about Australian identity.

2 adults with young children standing on the tarmac with a Boeing 747 aircraft behind them.

Across the seas: stories of migration to Australia

Australia has always been a diverse place and today we are one of the most multicultural societies in the world.