WELCOME
Welcome to Australian History Mysteries. It is a subscription-based website containing the rich content provided in the Australian History Mysteries resource kits. It contains each of the videos and case study units of work from the kits, as well as exciting multimedia interactive modules related to a number of these case studies. Subscribing to this site will enable teachers and their students to gain access to this material seamlessly and will also ensure access to new content as it becomes available.
AIMS
The Australian History Mysteries case studies are designed to stimulate students’ interest in and engagement with aspects of their history and heritage, and to develop the skills needed in pursuing historical studies. They have been designed for use at a middle secondary level but teachers will find the materials and ideas adaptable for both higher and lower levels. Each case study contains a wide range of primary and secondary source evidence, including museum objects, national archival collections and historic sites. They are relevant to the new national history curriculum with its emphasis on inquiry learning and historical skills development.
THE PRODUCERS
Australian History Mysteries has been developed by the National Museum of Australia and Ryebuck Media Pty Ltd. Both organisations are committed to providing excellent resources that can help to bring history alive in the classroom.
ABOUT THIS SITE
By subscribing to this website users will be able to access:
- high quality videos (MP4 and Windows Media) for each case study which introduce the mystery, ‘visit the scene’ of the events and set out clearly the nature of the investigation
- inquiry learning units of work (pdf) for each case study containing photocopiable evidence and classroom activities
- interactive modules (flash) for a number of case studies designed to further explore aspects of these case studies in exciting, stimulating ways and offer a different learning experience for visual learners
- STUDIES Magazine curriculum units (pdf) that are relevant to the respective history mysteries
- a ‘What is History?’ introductory game (flash) called Ghost Town which is designed to help students understand and weigh up the relative merits of historical evidence
Awards
Australian History Mysteries Website
Finalist in AIMIA Awards 2011
Best Learning and Education
Australian History Mysteries 3
Winner of ATOM Award 2010
Best Secondary Education Resource
Australian History Mysteries 2
Winner of ATOM Award 2006
Best Secondary Education Resource
EXHIBITIONS AT NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA
Landmarks
Landmarks is a new National Museum gallery exploring a broad history of Australia through stories of places and their peoples.
Every place shows us something about who we are and how we live in this land. Many generations of men, women and children have made their homes here.
They have established enterprises, grown communities and built cities. They have marked the country, its plants and animals, and been marked by them. Over time, they have created the places that define our lives today.
Landmarks considers 10 themes in Australian life, exploring how each has unfolded in particular places across the country.
It looks at how people have engaged with landscapes, flora, fauna and technologies to develop distinctive Australian communities.
Landmarks offers an imaginative tour of the country – the opportunity to 'visit' different places, to explore how they have emerged, and to ask how, together, they create a history of Australia.
First Australians
WARNING: Visitors should be aware that this website includes images and names of deceased people that may cause sadness or distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The National Museum of Australia works with Indigenous Australians to collect, preserve and exhibit Indigenous material culture. The Museum takes a leadership role in using this material to interpret Indigenous Australian histories and engages with local and international visitors through a dynamic program of permanent and temporary exhibitions, publications, forums, workshops, online exhibitions, and collection visits.
The Museum also works closely with Indigenous communities to return human remains and secret/sacred objects to their ancestral custodians. In these webpages you can find out more about past and ongoing Museum projects.
FREE STUDIES Magazine UNIT
Download this case study for free. Massacre at Risdon Cove? is extracted from the latest issue of the STUDIES Magazine (Issue 2/2011). Part 2 to this case study will be made available in due course. Please return to this website then.
DOWNLOAD
$199 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION Plus GST
What's New
• System Upgrade
We’ve been making some changes behind the scenes to make it easier for you to renew your subscription. If you are experiencing any issues with your subscription during the upgrade please contact Ryebuck Media.
• New Resource
We are about to start filming another history mystery for inclusion on this website titled What are the Mysteries of Lake Mungo?
• Additional Resources
Additional resources have been added to the members area.
Bells Falls Gorge - An interactive investigation of how the National Museum of Australia represents a frontier conflict in Australian colonial history.
It is 1916 — Do you join the RSL? - And if so, what sort of organisation do you create?
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• New National History Curriculum
Australian History Mysteries and the new National History Curriculum.
Learn more ...
• AIMIA Awards 2011
Australian History Mysteries Website is a finalist in the Best Learning and Education category of the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) Awards 2011.
• ATOM Awards 2010
Australian History Mysteries 3 is the winner of the ATOM Award 2010 for Best Secondary Education Resource.
• Our Subscribers
We welcome our recent subscriber schools:
St Patrick's College
St. Eugene College Burpengary
New Town High
Pennant Hills High School
Mt Lawley Senior High School
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar school
Rostrevor College
St Paul's Catholic College
Corpus Christi College
Pymble Ladies' College
• Social Networking
We now have a presence on Facebook so we invite you to like the page and share the Australian History Mysteries experience amongst your friends and colleagues.
• Feedback
Our sincere thanks to all the teachers who have called or emailed us recently with positive and invaluable feedback. We are dedicated to developing digital content for quick and effective classroom use. If you have any comments or suggestions please let us know.
Case Studies
The following case studies are included in the Australian History Mysteries subscription-based website.
- Who ‘discovered’ Australia?
- What was the life of a female convict really like?
- The Eureka Rebellion – could you have stopped it from happening?
- What happened in a frontier conflict near Broome in 1864?
- Was Ned Kelly a hero or a villain?
- What happened to ‘Smithy’?
- Why did the Government lie about the bombing of Darwin?
- What are the mysteries of Maralinga?
- Freedom Ride and 1967 Referendum — What do they tell us about Australian attitudes?
- What happened to Juanita Nielsen?
- World War 1 — Did WWI divide or unite local communities?
- Coniston Massacre — What happened at Coniston in 1928?
- Great Depression — Testing images of the Great Depression
- Snowy Hydro-Electric Scheme — A melting pot of different nations?
- Vietnam — Can you be a Vietnam War 'Myth Buster'?
RESOURCE LINKS
Go to 'SUBSCRIBE' to find out how to become a member.
Go to 'CASE STUDIES' to see a preview of each of the case study videos and to gain a brief description of each investigation.
Go to 'GHOST TOWN' to preview this ‘What is History?’ game.
Go to 'PRODUCTS' and 'ORDER ONLINE' to find out how to purchase the existing Australian History Mysteries kits and related multimedia interactive modules.
Go to ‘VIEW DEMO CASE STUDY’ to download one entire case study, including the video segment and pdf unit of work.
CONTACT DETAILS
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