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Senior student resources

Aboriginal Studies: HSC major student works
View award winning student work

Drug Info
Up-to-date information on drug and alcohol

Databases from home
Access State Library full text academic databases from home

Request your own Library card
Required to access databases from home

HSC Legal Studies News Watch blog
Latest legal studies news and resources

HSC Legal Studies (LIAC)
Resources for HSC Legal Studies teachers and students

English Extension 2: Reflection Statements
Reflection statements from students whose major works appear in the Board of Studies publication Young Writers Showcase.

HSC Research on Pinterest
Constantly updated, selected research tools pinned on a Pinterest board for HSC students.

Society and Culture: HSC Award winning Personal Interest Projects selected extracts
Selected extracts of the award winning PIPs are available here. Visit the State Library to view copies of award winning projects. Full copies are now held in many country public libraries

Library catalogues
Access to the many State Library catalogues

History Extension Seminar : The Project 2011
Selected presentations from the seminar day

Stage 1 - 3 Human Society and Its Environment resources

Antarctica with Frank Hurley - Discover Collections (Stage 3)
Photographs from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration

The Convict system and law and order - Discover Collections (Stage 2)
Primary sources on the convict system and the evolution of law and justice in the colony

Eureka! The Rush for Gold - Discover Collections (Stage 3)
Follow the stories of the people who sought the glittering prize of gold

The Explorers - Discover Collections (Stages 2, 3)
Follow the intrepid adventurers who explored and opened up inland Australia

First Fleet - Discover Collections (Stage 2)
The First Fleet brought over 1500 men, women and children from England to NSW

Governor Macquarie - Discover Collections (Stage 3)
The 5th and most influential Governor of NSW - explore his legacy

Indigenous Australians - Discover Collections (Stages 2, 3)
Explore interpretations of Aboriginal culture, history, language and art

Say it in Sydney (Stage 2, 3)
Indigenous - Sydney Language - awareness activities

Voyages of discovery - Discover Collections (Stage 2)
Searching for the Great South Land from Tasman to Cook

Watkin Tench - A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (Stage 3)
An early published account of the First Fleet voyage and settlement of Australia

Stage 4 - 6 History

Eureka! The Rush for Gold - Discover Collections (Stages 4, 5)
Follow the stories of the people who sought the glittering prize of gold

The Explorers - Discover Collections (Stages 4, 5)
Follow the intrepid adventurers who explored and opened up inland Australia

Indigenous Australians - Discover Collections (Stages 4, 5)
Explore interpretations of Aboriginal culture, history, language and art

Frank Hurley WW1 photographs (Stage 5, 6)
123 high quality images of Hurley's iconic photos from the front and Palestine

View video Animation: An Episode after the Battle of Zonnebeke
This animation is of the creation of Frank Hurley’s iconic composite image An Episode after the Battle of Zonnebeke, which can be seen as an example of the subtleties of using and interpreting historical sources.

The Greatest Wonder of the World

Greatest Wonder of the World Learning kit (PDF 7.5 MB)

The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie 1810 - 1821 - Touring in 2012

Family trail activity (PDF 1.76 MB)

The Governor : Lachlan Macquarie 1810 - 1821 exhibition

The Emancipists and the Exclusives audio and video

Pre visit activity

Site2See

Exhibition activity slideshow (207 KB)

Post visit activities

Dinner party debate activity (PDF 970 KB)

HSIE Stage 3 (PDF 324 KB)

HSIE Stage 4 (PDF 423 KB)

The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie 1810 - 1821 Public Library activities (PDF 739KB)

Manifest - exhibition game

ONE Hundred

Family trail activity (PDF 566 KB)