Australia Day Links

Learn!

All about the Australian flag  
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/australia/flag.htm

Learn all about Australian animals
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/ausanimallinks

How well do you know Australia worksheet
http://www.australiaday.com.au/uploads/sheets/67/map.pdf

Read this online picture book "Australia for Kids" and learn all about the country 
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/australia/about.htm

A short history of Australia
http://www.acn.net.au/articles/australianhistory/

Learn about Uluru
http://culture.gov.au/articles/rocksandmountains/  

Listen to the Australian National Anthem and sing along!
http://www.national-anthems.net/countries/index.php?id=AS

Learn about the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, from the Dreaming through to present day 
http://www.abc.net.au/frontier/education/

Information on Australia’s National symbols including printable fact sheets
http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/symbols/index.cfm

Colour!

Our own Australia Day colouring pages

Links to Australia coloring pages Lots NEW!

Learn and have fun with Australian animals!

Make a platypus out of a brown paper bag! 
http://craftsforkids.about.com/parenting/craftsforkids/library/
projects/blplatipus.htm

Visit the largest koala sanctuary in the world! 
http://www.koal a.net/
You’ll find a webcam and a fantastic selection of fact sheets on Australian animals which print out very well (click on the “wildlife” button).  There is also a sweet koala wallpaper to download.

The words and music of the kookaburra song 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/kookaburrasong.htm

The koala - a fact sheet
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/koala.html

A great, child-friendly page about the kangaroo http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/animals/stories_kangaroo.htm

Colouring fact sheets for the animals of Australia and nearby islands
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/Australia.shtml  

Colouring page: "K is for Kangaroo" 
http://www.goodnightstories.com/images/alphabet/
kangaroo.htm

Two more animal dot to dot pages 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/dots2.htm
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/dots.htm

Lots of information about animals unique to Australia 
http://australian-animals.net/

Find out about Australian dinosaurs 
http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/meet_the_dinos/ozdino1.htm

Check out this site for lots of information on Australian creatures from the Cretaceous to the present  
http://www.lostkingdoms.com/

Make a paper plate Emu
http://www.mssscrafts.com/crafts/paperplate/emu.htm

Study challenge for older children where they have to research Australian animals
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm

Find out about Australian animals in a lovely child friendly format
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/animals/default.htm

Read!

How Kangaroo got his tail
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/kanga.htm  

A nice selection of Australian stories here
http://www.fraynework.com.au/story/stories/index.html

Listen on-line to a selection of 20 stories from the Aboriginal Dream Time 
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/index.htm

Enjoy this collection of illustrated children's stories about Australia
http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/stories/australia.htm

How to draw the Sydney Opera House NEW!

Have a go at a crossword NEW!  

Try a word search NEW!

Wallpapers  
http://www.webshots.com/g/32/575-sh.html

Crazy koala game 
http://www.1888freeonlinegames.com/flash-kids-games/online-crazy-koala-561.html

Kangaroo jack boxing game
http://kids.aol.com/games/online-games/kangaroo-jack-boxing

Fun Australia clipart to use in your projects
http://www.australia-day.com/clipart.htm

Take a trip down memory lane and listen to the theme music from 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'
http://www.earthstation1.com/pgs/themes/des-Skippy,_The_Bush_Kangaroo.wav.html

Listen to these charming little stories, read by Australian author Mem Fox
http://www.memfox.net/audio/mem_reads_mem.html#

Enjoy a visit to the Wiggles website. You can listen to their music, learn about Anthony, Greg, Murray and Jeff and watch a short video of each of them, print out and colour pictures, and more.
http://www.thewiggles.com.au/

Australia day clipart
http://webclipart.about.com/library/holi/blaus1.htm

The official Crocodile Hunter website. Learn all about the late Steve Irwin and his wife Terri, visit Australia Zoo, and much more.
http://www.crocodilehunter.com/

This is a great selection of Australian folk songs, with music and words so that you can sing along!
http://folkstream.com/

Have you ever seen a “wombat crossing” sign?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Womat_Crossing_sign.jpg

A page of Aussie slang! 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/aussiewords.htm

Have fun reading this poem about Australia 
http://sunniebunniezz.com/educational/australiageo.htm

Download this beautiful screensaver featuring images of Australia 
http://www.deh.gov.au/about/publications/screensavers.html

Scroll down to find a crossword, Find the words puzzle, Australia quiz and a dot-to-dot
http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/activitysheets.aspx#category6

Send an Australia Day e-card
http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/ecards.aspx

Take this online trivia test
http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/trivia.aspx

Waltzing Matilda (the second "national anthem" of Australia!)

Did you know that the poet who wrote Waltzing Matilda, Banjo Patterson, didn’t particularly like it and sold the rights to it, and several other poems, for “five quid”.   Here you can find out more about the history of the song 
http://www.hamilton.net.au/matilda.html

Print!

Print this Australia Day banner on green paper or card NEW!

Australia Day poster NEW!

Print and make!  

Print and make a Koala brothers card from CBeebies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/koalabrothers/make/australiaday.shtml

Australian aboriginal mask  
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/australian_aboriginal_masks-e250.html

Make a kangaroo and joey out of a toilet roll – this is great for a Valentine’s Day gift as well!
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mhoppy.html

This is a sweet koala to make with a toilet roll
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mkoala.html

And why not a crocodile out of a loo roll too!
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mcrocodile.html  

Older kids may enjoy making this paper model of the Sydney Opera House - nimble fingers required!
http://papertoys.com/sydney-opera-house.htm

Print and make some Australian Guide paper dolls  
http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f+austrailian_guide.htm

Some really simple koalas to make from hearts 
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/shapes/animals/koala_hearts.htm

Print and make this simple stand-up crocodile 
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/croctakehome.asp

Print and make a jumping kangaroo 
http://www.ausinternet.com/ettamogah/jumpkanga.htm

Have fun making this climbing koala 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/clkoala.htm

Print out and color these masks of Australian animals
http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/activitysheets.aspx#category4

Make!

Make your own Australian hat
http://familycrafts.about.com/library/photalb/blaustraldayhat.htm

Origami Koala 
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/origami_koala-e248.html

Make a eucalyptus tree pencil holder
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/australia/mpencil.htm

Try your hand at some Aboriginal “X-Ray” style art
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/xraystyle/

Make your own boomerang
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/try11.html

Make a didgeridoo
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/didgeridoo.shtml

Here is another didgeridoo
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/australia/didgeridoo.htm

This activity uses plumbing pipe or wrapping paper tubes to make a pretend didgeridoo.  You could study some real ones first to get ideas for replicating aboriginal art.  Have a look at a page of didgeridoos here:
http://www.aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/what_is.html

See how didgeridoos are traditionally made 
http://www.aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/making.html

And learn how to play a didgeridoo (includes audio clips) 
http://www.aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/dig_background.html

Make this fun crocodile from pony beads 
http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/pony_crocodile.htm

Cook!

No bake banana lamingtons 
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Simple-No-Bake-Banana-Lamingtons

Try out some “Aussie tucker”! You will find recipes for damper, fairy bread, Pavlova and Anzac biscuits here 
http://www.wicked4kids.com/cooking.po?page=aussietucker

More recipes! This time the famous Aussie meat pie, Lamingtons, and another Pavlova! 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/recipes.htm

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