| OzOutback: Photos from the
real Australia
http://www.ozoutback.com.au/postcards/index.htm
This website provides many photographs of the bush, its natural
wonders, wildlife and towns, as well as a collection of photos
of the First Australians: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people, their culture and ceremonies. Collections
include: bush tucker, Aboriginal rock art, outback animals,
Aboriginal crafts, children's portraits, dance and ceremonies.
Students may use images from this site for school projects, free
of charge, provided they contact the publishers.
Australia's natural wonders
education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips/02384.html
Life on Australian Seashores: Understanding Tidal Zones
http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/tide_levels.html
General information on tidal zones and sea life that inhabit them.
Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
http://www.wettropics.gov.au/
Information on rainforest plants and animals and Aboriginal rainforest
heritage.
Naturally Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/natural.htm
This site provides a short summary of eight significant Australian
geographical features.
Zoom School: Deserts
http://www.zoomschool.com/biomes/desert/desert.shtml
Simple description of desert environments and links to information about
Australian Desert animals and deserts around the world.
Zoom School: Deserts
http://www.zoomschool.com/biomes/desert/desert.shtml
Simple description of desert environments and links to information about
Australian Desert animals and deserts around the world.
Geoscience Australia
http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/
Fabulous facts about Australian landforms.
Sydney Opera House Virtual Tour
http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sections/tours/virtual_tour/vrtour2.asp
Move you mouse to get a view of different parts of Circular Quay and the
Opera House.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/austplaces.htm
Selected
weblinks on Australian places - scroll down for Teacher sites
Salinity - The Awakening Monster from the Deep
http://www.science.org.au/nova/075/075key.htm
This site from Nova Online, the Australian Academy of Science, discusses the
origins of Australia's salinity problems, both dry land salinity, and
irrigated-land salinity. Diagrams illustrate the relationship between land
clearing and the rise of salinity. New tools and techniques contribute to our
understanding of salinity.
Explore Australia
This delightful and comprehensive travel site allows
students to explore Australia by cities, states, regions or route, so is
particularly helpful for Year 7-9 doing the Rich Task, Travel itineraries.
A second guide offers explorations by map, town or park.
The information covers attractions, accommodation, festival and special
events. The enlargeable maps have
hot sports on town which link to drop-down boxes of information on
accommodation. External sites are
clearly indicated. Students of
Tourism studies will find the site very helpful when discussing itineraries
and brochure production.
www.exploreaustralia.com/
http://www.midcoast.com.au/~ttc/landmarks.html
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