- Find out about 3 animals and 3 plants that are only found in Australia.
- Know when your family first came to Australia and be able to show on a map where they came from.
- Know the names of all the Australian States and Territories and the capital city of each
- Be able to explain what ANZAC stands for and why we celebrate Anzac Day.
- Act out an Aboriginal Dreamtime story.
- Using a Milk Arrowroot biscuit, or similar, nibble an outline of Australia.
- Help make Lamingtons or Anzac biscuits.
- Know the floral emblems of each state.
- Make damper over a campfire.
- Make a didgeridoo
- Make an Australian scrapbook – to include collections of Australia-wide interest.
- Know the names of the symbols on the Australian flag.
- Compile a list of foods gathered by Aborigines when they lived in their tribal state, and know how they gathered them.
- View a collection, or visit a display, of art or craft made by Aborigines and write about the things you saw.
- Find out about one well-known Aborigine (past or present).
- Compile a list of Aboriginal words brought into the English language.
- Find 10 towns in Australia with aboriginal names and the meaning of the names.
- Know and sing the first two verses of Advance Australia Fair.
- Know and sing the first verse of ‘God Save the Queen’.
- Learn about ‘Aussie Rules Football’ and present the information to the unit or your Leader.
- Find out about a famous Australian person and present the information to the unit or your Leader.
- Find out about the Aboriginal Corroboree Mask and make one from papier-mache.
- Find out about the history of Guiding in Australia.
- Write a report on 3 things you find interesting about Australia.
- Learn about Aboriginal picture code and how pictures can tell a story.
- Find out about some Australian animals that have become extinct.
- Describe how Aborigines sent messages.
- Find out about Aboriginal tribes of Ballarat
- Take a look at 3 examples of Australian inventions.
Need more of a challenge?
- Describe 4 primary products and/or materials of Victoria.
- Find out about a pioneer of Victoria.
- In your opinion, name seven ‘wonders’ of Australia.
- Give a 5 minute talk on one of the following: Natural resources, famous Australian, History, Australian flora and fauna
- Learn the Australian citizenship oath and be able to explain who takes this oath.
- Roll and hoist the Australian flag correctly.
- Learn about the Australian Coat of Arms and explain what all the emblems stand for.
- Find out about a tribe of aborigines who lived in or near Ballarat.
- List the names of three sea explorers who discovered different parts of Australia and name the country from which each came.
- Draw a map of the journey of exploration undertaken by Burke and Wills.
- Make a presentation about what it means to be Australian. And what would be considered ‘un-Australian’.
