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History Year 5: First Nations Australians

Remembrance Day

Early Colonists

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Elizabeth Macarthur (1766 – 1850)

Image courtesy: Presented by Sir William Dixson, 1935, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

Edith Cowan OBE (1861 – 1932)

Robert Hoddle (1794 – 1881)

Mary Reibey (1777 – 1855)

Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796 - 1880)

Caroline Chisholm (1808 – 1877)

Charles Joseph La Trobe (1801-1875)

Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804 – 1890)

Mary Helen MacKillop (1842–1909)

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864 –1941)

First Nations Australians

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Bungaree or Boongaree (c. 1775 – 1830)

First Contacts - Click on the image to find this book in the Junior Library

Trukanini (1812 – 1876)

Fanny Cochrane Smith's Tasmanian Aboriginal Songs

Listen to Fanny Cochrane Smith speak and sing via a recording on a wax cylinders

Woollarawarre Bennelong (c.1764 – 1813)

Fanny Cochrane Smith

Tubowgule - A Sydney Opera House History.

Tubowgule by Melissa-Jane Fogarty; Dylan Finney (Illustrator)
Call Number: PB 725 FOG

Publication Date: 2025-09-23

A fascinating and inclusive history of one of Australia's greatest landmarks, the Sydney Opera House, and the land on which it is built. This is the story of Tubowgule. The Sydney Opera House is an Australian icon and a building recognised all around the world, but the land on which it stands has a long history. We step back in time to when Tubowgule was a ceremonial place for the Gadi people and we follow along as the land is claimed by the colonisers and then takes on various forms and uses before it comes back around again as a place to gather and share song, dance and culture. The first book in an Indigenous history series about Australia's most iconic landmarks. 'A rich and inclusive exploration of the land beneath one of Australia's most famous landmarks . . . Blends engaging storytelling with historical insights, using sidebars and additional information on each page to deepen the reader's understanding' NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES