Biographies of Famous Australians - From Discovering Democracy "Teaching Civics". Biographies of 45 famous Australians.

BTN - Famous Australians - brief biographies from Behind the News (ABC Online)

Australia - the People We Are. Virtual Australia's list of prominent Australians

Australia's National Living Treasures - a list of people from the National Trust who are considered to be our nation's living treasures.

Clickable worksheets on several of these famous Australians

Sydney Opera House

Icons of Australia - Lake Macquarie Library links page.

Aussie Icons The I Files from Drack State School

Australian Big Things-search by name, state or type. Long list of big things.

Big things Australia - brief description of a few

Formal Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples - text of speeches from Hansard.

• Multimedia coverage of "The Day We Said Sorry" - Slide show from Sydney Morning Herald.

A Bow of the Head: Religions of the World - a Thinkquest site that explores Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, & Buddhism

Jennifer's Language Page - find out how to say common greetings & phrases from hundreds of countries/regions around the world.

Saying Hello   World Hello Day

Immigration    Key facts in Immigration

Anzac Day

Melbourne Cup Day

Remembrance Day

Australia Day

Australia Day - History Australia Day Quizzes

Australia Day - an Indigenous perspective

See our Celebrations page for information about Christmas, Halloween & Easter.

Yahooligans list of World Holidays

Burra Nimu The Easter Bilby - by Jenny Bright

Celebrations & Commemorations - from the ABC's Civics project

For the Juniors - Celebrations - worksheets & notes to go with the programs on Birthdays, Weddings, Celebrating a new baby, Achievements, Christmas, New Year

Australia - Identity & Values - clickable worksheet

Identity & Values - Easy clickable worksheet

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie - NSW CAP Online Research Module Stage 3 HSIE about special days in Australia

Australian Heroes - NSW CAP Online Research Module Stage 3 HSIE about famous Australians.

Anzac Day - clickable worksheet

What does it mean to be an Australian? - webquest

Koori Contributions to Society - NSW CAP Online Research Module Stage 3 HSIE about indigenous Australians.