Australia Day Links

Learn!

All about the Australian flag NEW! 
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/australia/flag.htm

Learn all about Australian animals NEW!
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/ausanimallinks

How well do you know Australia worksheet NEW!
http://www.australiaday.com.au/uploads/sheets/67/map.pdf

Read this online picture book "Australia for Kids" and learn all about the country 
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/australia/about.htm

A short history of Australia
http://www.acn.net.au/articles/australianhistory/

Learn about Uluru
http://culture.gov.au/articles/rocksandmountains/  

Listen to the Australian National Anthem and sing along!
http://www.national-anthems.net/countries/index.php?id=AS

Learn about the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, from the Dreaming through to present day 
http://www.abc.net.au/frontier/education/

Information on Australia’s National symbols including printable fact sheets
http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/symbols/index.cfm

Colour!

We have a selection of links to Australia coloring pages here Lots NEW!

Learn and have fun with Australian animals!

Australian animal picture word NEW!
http://www.geocities.com/aussiekinta/cwanima.html

Learn to draw Australian cartoon animal faces NEW!
http://www.geocities.com/aussiekinta/animalfaces.html

Make a platypus out of a brown paper bag! 
http://craftsforkids.about.com/parenting/craftsforkids/library/
projects/blplatipus.htm

Visit the largest koala sanctuary in the world! 
http://www.koal a.net/
You’ll find a webcam and a fantastic selection of fact sheets on Australian animals which print out very well (click on the “wildlife” button).  There is also a sweet koala wallpaper to download.

Fact page about Koalas – very well presented 
http://www.goodnightstories.com/wildlife/mammals/card21.htm

The words and music of the kookaburra song 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/kookaburrasong.htm

The koala - a fact sheet
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/koala.html

A great, child-friendly page about the kangaroo http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/animals/stories_kangaroo.htm

This is super! Four Australian animals write “postcards” which are full of humour – the kids won’t even realise how much they are learning as well! 
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/animals/stories.htm
And each “postcard” includes a link to another page with more serious facts.

Colouring fact sheets for the animals of Australia and nearby islands
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/Australia.shtml  

Colouring page: "K is for Kangaroo" 
http://www.goodnightstories.com/images/alphabet/
kangaroo.htm

A fact page on the Rainbow Lorikeet 
http://www.goodnightstories.com/wildlife/birds/card149.htm

Two more animal dot to dot pages 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/dots2.htm
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/dots.htm

Lots of information about animals unique to Australia 
http://australian-animals.net/

Find out about Australian dinosaurs 
http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/meet_the_dinos/ozdino1.htm

Check out this site for lots of information on Australian creatures from the Cretaceous to the present  
http://www.lostkingdoms.com/

Make a paper plate Emu
http://www.mssscrafts.com/crafts/paperplate/emu.htm

Study challenge for older children where they have to research Australian animals
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm

Find out about Australian animals in a lovely child friendly formal
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/animals/default.htm

Make this cute snapping shark
http://www.highlightskids.com/Express/Crafts/Toys/C0897_shark.asp

Read!

How Kangaroo got his tail
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/kanga.htm  

A nice selection of Australian stories here
http://www.fraynework.com.au/story/stories/index.html

Listen on-line to a selection of 20 stories from the Aboriginal Dream Time 
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/index.htm

Enjoy this collection of illustrated children's stories about Australia
http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/stories/australia.htm

Wallpapers NEW! 
http://www.webshots.com/g/32/575-sh.html

Crazy koala game NEW!
http://www.1888freeonlinegames.com/flash-kids-games/online-crazy-koala-561.html

Kangaroo jack boxing game NEW!
http://kids.aol.com/games/online-games/kangaroo-jack-boxing

Fun Australia clipart to use in your projects
http://www.australia-day.com/clipart.htm

Take a trip down memory lane and listen to the theme music from 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'
http://www.earthstation1.com/pgs/themes/des-Skippy,_The_Bush_Kangaroo.wav.html

Listen to these charming little stories, read by Australian author Mem Fox
http://www.memfox.net/audio/mem_reads_mem.html#

Enjoy a visit to the Wiggles website. You can listen to their music, learn about Anthony, Greg, Murray and Jeff and watch a short video of each of them, print out and colour pictures, and more.
http://www.thewiggles.com.au/

Send an Australia Day e-card
http://cards.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showthumbs.pl?q1=ejan_australia&log=neverdun

Australia day clipart
http://webclipart.about.com/library/holi/blaus1.htm

The official Crocodile Hunter website. Learn about Steve and Terri, visit Australia Zoo, and find out about the latest episodes of this wonderful and exciting show. 
http://www.crocodilehunter.com/

This is a great selection of Australian folk songs, with music and words so that you can sing along!
http://folkstream.com/

Have you ever seen a “wombat crossing” sign?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Womat_Crossing_sign.jpg

A page of Aussie slang! 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/aussiewords.htm

Have fun reading this poem about Australia 
http://sunniebunniezz.com/educational/australiageo.htm

Download this beautiful screensaver featuring images of Australia 
http://www.deh.gov.au/about/publications/screensavers.html

Scroll down to find a crossword, Find the words puzzle, Australia quiz and a dot-to-dot
http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/activitysheets.aspx#category6

Send an Australia Day e-card
http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/ecards.aspx

Take this online trivia test
http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/trivia.aspx

Waltzing Matilda (the second "national anthem" of Australia!)

Did you know that the poet who wrote Waltzing Matilda, Banjo Patterson, didn’t particularly like it and sold the rights to it, and several other poems, for “five quid”.   Here you can find out more about the history of the song 
http://www.hamilton.net.au/matilda.html

Print and make!  

Print and make a Koala brothers card from CBeebies NEW!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/koalabrothers/make/australiaday.shtml

Print out and play with Australian coins NEW!
http://www.msssbible.com/crafts/coins/ccoins.htm

Coins with treasure chest NEW!
http://www.msssbible.com/crafts/treasurechest/treasure_chest.htm (B&W)
http://www.msssbible.com/crafts/treasurechest/ctreasure_chest.htm Colour

Australian aboriginal mask NEW! 
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/australian_aboriginal_masks-e250.html

Make a kangaroo and joey out of a toilet roll – this is great for a Valentine’s Day gift as well!
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mhoppy.html

This is a sweet koala to make with a toilet roll
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mkoala.html

And why not a crocodile out of a loo roll too!
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mcrocodile.html  

Older kids may enjoy making this paper model of the Sydney Opera House - nimble fingers required!
http://papertoys.com/sydney-opera-house.htm

Here's another model to try - very tricky!
http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/building/opera_e.html

Print and make some Australian Guide paper dolls  
http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f+austrailian_guide.htm

Some really simple koalas to make from hearts 
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/shapes/animals/koala_hearts.htm

Print and make this simple stand-up crocodile 
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/croctakehome.asp

Print and make a jumping kangaroo 
http://www.ausinternet.com/ettamogah/jumpkanga.htm

Have fun making this climbing koala 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/clkoala.htm

Print out and color these masks of Australian animals
http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/activitysheets.aspx#category4

Make!

Make your own Australian hat NEW!
http://familycrafts.about.com/library/photalb/blaustraldayhat.htm

Origami Koala NEW!
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/origami_koala-e248.html

Make a eucalyptus tree pencil holder
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/australia/mpencil.htm

Try your hand at some Aboriginal “X-Ray” style art
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/xraystyle/

Make your own boomerang
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/try11.html

Make a didgeridoo
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/didgeridoo.shtml

Here is another didgeridoo
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/australia/didgeridoo.htm

This activity uses plumbing pipe or wrapping paper tubes to make a pretend didgeridoo.  You could study some real ones first to get ideas for replicating aboriginal art.  Have a look at a page of didgeridoos here:
http://www.aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/what_is.html

See how didgeridoos are traditionally made 
http://www.aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/making.html

And learn how to play a didgeridoo (includes audio clips) 
http://www.aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/dig_background.html

Make this fun crocodile from pony beads 
http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/pony_crocodile.htm

Cook!

No bake banana lamingtons NEW!
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Simple-No-Bake-Banana-Lamingtons

Try out some “Aussie tucker”! You will find recipes for damper, fairy bread, pavlova and Anzac biscuits here 
http://www.wicked4kids.com/cooking.po?page=aussietucker

More recipes! This time the famous Aussie meat pie, Lamingtons, and another pavlova! 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/recipes.htm

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