Come with Australian Geographic on a journey around the world to experience adventures of all kinds! An adventurous manual for exploring the world – thrilling daredevil experiences, encountering wildlife, exploring wild places and seeing wild sights, discovering historic places and trying to devour all that this amazing world has to offer.
Dive into the world of Australian sharks - from the enormous whale shark and the sharp-toothed great white, to the lesser-known Port Jackson shark and tassled wobbegong. Get ready to dive in!
Federation in Australia brought forth a new government and the establishment of a nation. Australian Geographic takes you through this transformative period, highlighting and capturing other key movements and events such as the White Australia Policy, protectionism versus free trade, industrialisation and growth of immigration while World War I ......
Australia has connections with countries around the globe. As well as trade relationships, Australians travel all over the world and many foreign tourists visit our shores. Australia has a particularly significant connection to countries in the Asia/Pacific region, as these are our nearest neighbours. In this book, students will investigate ......
The story of Australia's Indigenous Protected Areas
In 75 Indigenous Protected Areas across the nation, traditional owners are managing their land for a better future. Protected areas are defined areas of land or sea, dedicated and managed in order to preserve the long-term sustainability and conservation of the region, including the associated ecosystems and cultural values. In Australia, this ......
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people are the first inhabitants of Australia – there were once more than 500 Indigenous ‘nations’ across the continent. ATSI people have a strong understanding of the land and its animal inhabitants, which they used to decide where to live. In this book, students will investigate how Indigenous ......
Come with Australian Geographic on a story through time as we examine the developments in transportation and settlement across the nation, and learn how a new era of great technological and cultural advancements, particularly in women's rights and campaigns for universal suffrage, shaped the country.
You can find many different types of environment around the world, from forest and grassland to savannah and desert. Each of these contains a unique combination of climate and vegetation. In this book, students explore the many roles of vegetation, include producing resources, providing habitat and preventing erosion. They will also discover ......
A new Australian history curriculum-linked, multi-volume set telling the story of Australia in chronological sequence from pre-colonial times to the present.