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Australia Day Links

(including general Australia links)

Image from Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Updated on 05 August 2008

Learn!

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

Everybody has heard of the Australia’s “flying doctor” – why not learn more about it at this fascinating site? 
http://www.flyingdoctor.net/history.htm

Learn about the bushrangers, Australian outlaws who tend to be regarded as folk heroes despite their lawlessness!
http://www.herbertonss.qld.edu.au/landofoz/bushframe.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/

Learn all about the history of Australia day NEW!
http://www.australiaday.gov.au/pages/page3.asp

Information on Australia’s National symbols including printable fact sheets NEW!
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!

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.koala.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 NEW!
http://www.mssscrafts.com/crafts/paperplate/emu.htm

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

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

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

Read!

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

Five aboriginal legends for children
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/text0003.html

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

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

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

Enjoy!  

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

Lyrics and music to some popular Australian songs in printable form NEW!
http://www.australiaday.gov.au/pages/page55.asp

Lots to do here, coloring pages, puzzles, online games and a trivia quiz NEW!
http://www.australiaday.gov.au/pages/page5.asp

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

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

Take this online trivia test NEW!
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”!   

There's a wonderful selection of Banjo Patterson poems here 
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/text0011.html

Here you can find out more about the history of the song 
http://www.hamilton.net.au/matilda.html

Here is more about Waltzing Matilda and the music to the familiar song. This site includes a useful translation!  
http://www.robbiegibson.co.uk/auswm.htm

Print and make!

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 NEW!
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/clkoala.htm

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

Make!

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

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

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

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

Here is another didgeridoo NEW!
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!

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

Do!

Australian word search 
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/australia/wordsearch.htm

An Australian animal word search NEW!
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/search.htm

And another Australian word search NEW!
http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/WordSearches/Aussie.htm

And another Australian animal word search NEW!
http://www.kidsdomain.com/brain/animals/word/word_aust.pdf

And one more Australian word search, mainly geography inspired NEW!
http://sunniebunniezz.com/puzzles/austws.htm

Unscramble the words – from “Sydney” to “Olympics” NEW!
http://www.abcteach.com/Australia/unscramble.htm

Try this Australia Day Scavenger Hunt NEW!
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/denise/AustraliaDayScavengerHunt.htm

Boomerangs!

Did your boomerang come back? Learn how to throw one properly here! 
http://www.boomerangs.org/how.html

Make a boomerang from a cereal box 
http://www.chez.com/amiel/boom/cereal.html

Find here instructions for making an origami boomerang, a bank note boomerang, and others! 
http://www.chez.com/amiel/boom/cardboard.html

Make a boomerang out of old CD Roms 
http://www.chez.com/amiel/boom/cd.html

This site offers a template for making a four-wing boomerang out of file folders, Styrofoam meat trays etc 
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Aeronautics/
Four_Wing_Boomerang.html

Instructions for another cardboard boomerang 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/trythis/try11.html

Try making these mini finger boomerangs NEW!
http://www.dancingleaf.co.uk/Finger_Boomerangs_Craft.html

Play!

Have fun with this simple on-line jigsaw puzzle 
http://www.first-school.ws/puzzlesonline/alphabet/k_koala_kangaroo.htm

A great selection of on-line games to play, all with an Australian theme
http://www.fraynework.com.au/story/games/index.html

Some fun games based on Australia’s ancient past 
http://www.lostkingdoms.com/games/

Play this game and find out lots about the Burarra Gathering including using the stars for directions, and how to catch mud crabs! 
http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/home.html

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