Learn about Australia’s roles and relationships in the world, including trade and economic development, defence and peacekeeping, and scientific and cultural collaboration.

• Africa
• Antarctica
• Asia and the Pacific
• Cold War
• Europe and the United Kingdom
• North America
• South America
  
   

Explore how Australians’ relationship with the natural world changed over the 20th century as we recognised the aesthetic, scientific, cultural and life-sustaining importance of the environment.

• Animals
• Antarctica
• Conservation
• Plants
• Weather and climate
• Water
  • Drought
  • Flood

Learn about the experiences, achievements and struggles of First Australians since Federation and their contribution to Australian life, laws and culture.

• Culture and the arts
• History
• Politics and advocacy
• Rights and freedoms
• Sport

Learn how Australia became a nation and how we make laws and elect people to represent us in Parliament.

• Activism
• Citizenship
• Constitution and referendums
• Federation
• Legislation
• Parliament and elections
• Prime ministers and politicians

Explore the development of Australia’s approach to health and social welfare and how attitudes and government policy changed during challenging times.

• Epidemics and quarantine
• Health care
• Welfare

Learn about Australian scientific research and technological innovation, including their importance for the challenges of the past and future.

• Communication
• Construction and manufacturing
• Defence equipment and weapons
• Inventions and research
• Renewable energy
• Transport and aviation

Discover how Australian society and culture have been shaped by legislation, changing community attitudes and an increasingly connected world. 

• Arts and fashion
• Gender and sexuality
• The Great Depression
• Migration and multiculturalism
• Pioneering Australians
• Popular culture
• Public education
• Sport and recreation

Explore Australia’s role in war and peacekeeping: the decisions that led to our involvement, the impact of new weapons and technologies, and the ways that people, communities and countries were affected.

• Cold War
• Defence equipment and weapons
• Vietnam War
• First World War
• Second World War