Meet the People is a Museum Educator facilitated program in which students are introduced to the life of a fascinating Australian through key objects and storytelling. Students explore a selection of the Museum’s galleries to find more examples of exciting and inspiring people and events in Australian history. 

Pacer Approved Program

Making a Nation is a Museum Educator facilitated program in which students investigate the theme of nationhood by handling objects and exploring the Museum’s galleries. Students have the opportunity to illustrate important aspects of Australia’s development as a nation, and discuss events and people they deem key in shaping Australia’s identity. 

Tuesday–Thursday

Pacer Approved Program

A Living Culture is a Museum Educator facilitated program which introduces students to the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culture and life in Australia. Students use a range of objects to help understand Indigenous cultures and how they have evolved and adapted since 1788. Older students discuss and analyse the two vastly different cultures that collided upon the arrival of Europeans, and the impact this has had on Indigenous Australians. 

Tuesday–Thursday

Pacer Approved Program

Indigenous Rights and Freedoms is a Museum Educator facilitated program in which students learn about several key Indigenous and non-Indigenous people involved in the struggle for rights and freedoms for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Students identify how the struggle is shaped by global trends, such as the American civil rights movements, and consider the impact that changing attitudes have had on contemporary Australia.

Pacer Approved Program

Then and Now is a Museum Educator facilitated program in which students explore how life has changed over the last 100 years through object handling and gallery exploration. Students investigate how objects have changed over time and make comparisons between their life and their grandparents’ lives. 

Tuesday–Thursday

In Deadly Defining Moments students are introduced to defining moments in Australia’s history, through the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Students explore the Museum’s galleries, using objects and displays to unpack how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experience and activism connects with civics and citizenship in Australia.

Pacer Approved Program

The Fight for Indigenous Rights is a Museum Educator facilitated program in which students investigate the struggle for Indigenous rights and freedoms in Australia by investigating the themes of connection to country, inequality and the fight for recognition. Students apply these themes to case studies, such as the Freedom Rides, the Day of Mourning, the Stolen Generations.

A Zoom link will be sent to your school by Friday the week prior to your program. This Zoom link will also be for a compulsory test connection the day prior to your school’s first program.

Monday-Tuesday

Please note that a flat fee of $50 applies to all bookings.

The Australian Nation is a Museum Educator facilitated program in which students investigate the theme of nationhood by interrogating objects and exploring themes and defining moments in Australia’s history. Students have the opportunity to explore important aspects of Australia’s development as a nation, and discuss events and groups of people they deem key in shaping Australia’s identity.

A Zoom link will be sent to your school by Friday the week prior to your program. This Zoom link will also be for a compulsory test connection the day prior to your school’s first program.

Monday-Tuesday

Please note that a flat fee of $50 applies to all bookings.

This Museum educator–led digital program explores the Endeavour voyage, focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences and the experiences of those travelling on the HMB Endeavour.

Students will use inquiry-based learning to investigate the different perspectives of the 1770 journey. Students will also consider the impacts of the journey on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and how we should collectively remember the voyage into the future.

A Zoom link will be sent to your school by Friday the week prior to your program. This Zoom link will also be for a compulsory test connection the day prior to your school’s first program.

Monday-Tuesday

Please note that a flat fee of $50 applies to all bookings.

Past and Present is a Museum Educator facilitated program in which students explore how life has changed over the last 100 years through object handling and gallery exploration. Students investigate how objects have changed over time and make comparisons between their life and their grandparents’ lives. Teachers are then encouraged to further explore the galleries with their students.

A Zoom link will be sent to your school by Friday the week prior to your program. This Zoom link will also be for a compulsory test connection the day prior to your school’s first program.

Monday-Tuesday

Please note that a flat fee of $50 applies to all bookings.

Experience the story of our Great Southern Land.

Great Southern Land tells the story of the Australian continent as ancient and powerful - a land which is interconnected, life-giving and always changing.

Pacer Approved Program

Look, listen and wonder at the ancient story of our great southern land!

Students will explore the story of the Australian continent as ancient and powerful - a land which is interconnected, life-giving and always changing.

Pacer Approved Program

Get hands on with five different stories spanning the entire history of Australia! Spend an hour engaging in free play to explore the Tim and Gina Fairfax Discovery Centre.

Cost: $10 child, adults free 

Get a premium experience at the Tim and Gina Fairfax Discovery Centre by expanding on play time with a half hour workshop designed specifically for early childhood audiences. Experience the legend of the bunyip through story, movement, and art. 

$12 child, adults free