Competition
closed Friday 29th June 2001
WEBQUEST
Two major prizes of digital
cameras for the best answers to the Webquest
Webquest runner-up prizes of 8 wireless keyboards and mice (kindly donated
by Protech Australasia)
Competition
closed Friday 29th June 2001
MAXMAZE
Over 100 copies of 'South
Australia - H orizons Beyond' a beautiful pictorial history of SA in hard
cover (kindly donated by Information SA). Minor prizes including books, Tshirts,
CDs for each Maxmaze
Quiz.
Competition
closed Friday 29th June 2001
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Connecting the Continent Resources
Specific reference
material in the school library - especially resources on telecommunication
history, Australian Federation, newspapers such as the Messenger
and Advertiser in South Australia
"We of the Never
Never" - non-fiction book which will give students
an impression of outback Australia
"Overland Telegraph,
The Story of the Great Australian Achievement and the Link Between
Adelaide and Port Darwin", Frank Clune, Angus and Robertson,
first published 1955
"The Singing
Line", Alice Thomson, 1999. A book written by the great,
great grand daughter of Charles and Alice Todd, about the men
and women of the Overland Telegraph Line.
URLs
The
Connecting the Continent -The main event website
Overland
Telegraph, Flinders Rangers
Morse
code information
The
Overland Telegraph -
Information on the
Overland
Telegraph
The story of the Overland
Telegraph
The
story of long distance communication
A
brief history of the Overland Telegraph
What
are our Australian icons?
Place
Name Search - a database of places in Australia
Timeline
- timeline of Australian Federation before 1890
State
views
Federation Resources
The
Federation Roadshow, A history, A mystery, A bird's eye view CD-ROM
developed by the Migration Museum in partnership with Open
Access College
Federation:Then and
Now, MaryEllen Davidson, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1999. This
booklet has been written for Lower Secondary school students.
Key issues of Federation and its impact on Australia today
URLs
Connecting the Continent - The main event website
Centenary
of Federation
Federation
100
ABC
Federation Gateway
Life
in Sydney in 1901 - gives good insight into living at
the beginning of last century
Classroom Activity
Our
Nation Then and Now
Discovering
Democracy Classroom activities
Interactive
Fab Facts Map of Australia
National
Archives of Australia
National
Archives Photo Search
First
Families
Aussie
ology
South Australian
Curriculum Framework Resources
South Australian
Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework (SACSA)-
http://www.sacsa.nexus.edu.au/
Created by Kate Dibben, Open
Access College, South Australia, Australia
email:
kdibben@oac.sa.edu.au
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