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Learning area	Subject	Topic	Infobase
Science	Astronomy	Exploring space	Artificial satellites
			Case study: Extraterrestrial life?
			Case study: Mars Pathfinder
			Case study: Space programs
			Humans in space
			Lunar exploration
			Rockets
			Space probes
			Space stations
			Telescopes
		Solar system	Asteroids, comets and meteorites
			Case study: Venus
			Earth and Mars
			Earth's moon
			Earth: rotation, gravity and tides
			Eclipses
			Exploring the solar system
			Inner planets
			Outer planets
			The Sun
		Universe, galaxies and stars	Case study: A case of mistaken identity?
			Galaxies and constellations
			Origin of the universe
			Our sun
			Stars: formation and evolution
			Stars: properties
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	Biology	Behaviour	Behaviour: innate or learned?
			Case study: Humans and animals
			Case study: Humans using animals
			Case study: To laugh or not to laugh
			Communication in humans
			Drugs and behaviour
			Plant behaviour
			Solitary and social behaviour
			Types of learning
			What is behaviour?
		Cells	Animal cells
			Case study: Cancer
			Cell chemistry
			Cell division
			Cell respiration
			Cell structures
			Cells, tissues and organs
			Cells: the units of life
			Enzymes
			Glucose transport and cell membranes
			Metabolism
			Microscopes
			Plant cells
		Classification	Bacteria and other micro-organisms
			Case study: Classifying a plant
			Characteristics of living things
			Fungi
			Keys
			The animal kingdom
			The plant kingdom
		Control and coordination	Body temperature
			Case study: Diabetes
			Glucose control
			Hormone control
			Kidneys and excretion
		Disease	Bacterial infections
			Case study: Contagious diseases and infections
			Case study: HUS
			Case study: Immunisation
			Causes of disease
			Fungal and protozoan diseases
			Immunity and vaccination
			Viral diseases
		Ecology	Case study: Biosphere project
			Case study: Conservation
			Case study: Logging
			Case study: Pesticides
			Case study: Population explosion
			Case study: The buried biosphere
			Case study: Vermiculture
			Cycling matter
			Ecosystems
			Energy flow
			Environments
			Food chains
			Food webs
			Habitats
			Human impact
			Producers and consumers
			The greenhouse effect
		Evolution	Case study: Artificial selection
			Case study: Human impacts on evolution
			Darwin and new species
			Evidence for evolution
			Natural selection
			Processes of evolution
			Sources of variation
		Gas exchange	Gas exchange in animals
		Genetics	Case study: Cloning
			Case study: Gene manipulation
			Case study: Genetic counselling
			Cell division
			Characteristics and inheritance
			Chromosomal abnormalities
			DNA: the double helix
			Genes and chromosomes
			Sex determination
		Hormonal systems	Hormone systems
		Life from the past	Case study: Australia's endangered species
			Case study: Creatures of Gondwana
			Case study: Reburying the past
			Dinosaurs
			Extinction
			Fossils
			History of life on Earth
		Living world	Case study: Aardvarks
			Case study: Scorpions
		Nervous system	Case study: Chocolate
			Nervous system
			Psychoactive drugs
			The brain
		Nutrition	Case study: Anorexia nervosa
			Case study: Performance enhancing drugs
			Case study: Sports science
			Digestion
			Enzymes
			Food and energy
			Metabolism
			Plant transport systems and photosynthesis
			Storage systems
			What is in food?
		Reproduction	Animal reproduction
			Case study: Animal breeding programs
			Case study: Reproductive technology
			Cell division
			Human reproduction
			Plant reproduction
			Sexual vs. asexual
		Transport systems	Animal circulatory system
			Glucose transport and cell membranes
			Plant transport systems and photosynthesis
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	Chemistry	Acids and bases	Acids and bases
			Acids and the swimming pool
			Acids and tooth decay
			Case study: Acid rain
			Dyes
			Neutralisation and your stomach
			pH scale and other indicators
		Biological chemistry	Aerobic and anaerobic respiration
			Chemicals of life
			Enzymes - biological catalysts
			Food, energy and respiration
			Metabolic reactions: catabolic and anabolic
			Performance enhancing drugs
			Pesticides: a case study
			Photosynthesis and types of respiration
		Chemical bonding	Bonding
			Bonding and matter
			Molecules and ions
			Valency and ions
		Chemical energy	Chemical reactions, energy and enthalpy
			Endothermic reactions
			Energy and food
			Fossil fuels
			Importance of Oxygen
		Chemical reactions	Acids and bases
			Case study: Aspirin—The Wonder Drug
			Chemical equations
			Endothermic reactions
			Fermentation
			Importance of Oxygen
			Physical and chemical change
			Rates of reactions
			Reactions of acids and bases
			Types of chemical reactions
		Compounds	Case study: New forms of carbon
			Case study: PVC
			Case study: Separating substances
			Chemistry of life: life's chemicals
			Common acids and alkalis
			Enzymes
			Food chemistry
			Fossil fuels
			Matter
			Oil, petrochemicals and their products
			Polymers, detergents and soaps
			Simple molecules
			Unleaded petrol
			Valency and ions
		Electrochemistry	Electrolysis and electroplating
			Metals and their properties
			Redox reactions
		Elements	Atoms
			Conductors and insulators
			Elements and compounds
			Importance of Oxygen
			Metals and the search for new materials
			Metals and their properties
			Periodic table: elements
			Semi-metals (metalloids) and non-metals
			Sources, mining
		Mixtures	Case study: Lava lamps
			Colloids and emulsions
			Separation by chromatography
			Separation by distillation
			Separation by evaporation
			Separation by filtration
			Separation of mixtures
			Sewage treatment
			Solutions and suspensions
		Periodic table	Isotopes
			Periodic table - an explanation
			Periodic table - development
			Periodic table - origins
			Valency and ions
		Quantum chemistry	Electron configuration
			Emission spectra
		States of matter	Atoms and Brownian motion
			Changes of state
			Compression and expansion
			Diffusion
			Measuring: Scales, time and temperature
			Particle theory
			Physical and chemical change
			States of matter
		The nuclear atom	Fission, reactors and the nuclear bomb
			Isotopes
			Nuclear energy
			Origin of the elements
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	Geology	Atmosphere	Earth's atmosphere
			Ozone hole
		Deposition	Deposition
		Earth - formation	How the Earth formed
		Earth - internal structure	Structure
		Geological mapping and economic geology	Case study: Australia's uranium deposits
			Fossil fuels
			Gold
			Looking for oil
			Looking for water
			Mining
			Natural resources
			Processing rocks
			Salinity
			The hunt for minerals
		Minerals and crystals	Case study: Artificial gemstones
			Identifying minerals
			Looking for minerals
			Rocks and crystals
		Plate tectonics	Continental drift theory
			Plate tectonics
		Sedimentary processes and rocks	How rocks are dated
			Sedimentary rocks
		Structures (folding and faulting)	Folds and faults
		Types of rocks	Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
		Vulcanology and seismology	Case study: Cloud of carbon dioxide
			Earthquakes and tsunamis
			Monitoring the Earth's activity
			Volcanoes
		Weathering and soil formation	Erosion
			Physical and chemical weathering
			What is soil?
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	Physics	Electricity and electronics	Capacitors
			Case study: Alternative sources of energy
			Case study: Binary logic
			Case study: Electronic decisions
			Case study: Lightning
			Case study: Solar energy
			Conductors and insulators
			Current and voltage
			Electrical circuits
			Resistance
			Resistances in series and parallel
			Transistors
			Using electricity
			Variable resistors
			What is electricity?
		Electrostatics	Conductors and insulators
			Electric charge and static electricity
		Energy	Case study: Coping with collisions
			Case study: Sports science
			Conservation of energy
			Efficiency
			Kinetic energy
			Potential energy
			Power
			Work and energy
		Force and motion	Acceleration
			Case study: Formula 1 cars
			Case study: Particle accelerators
			Case study: The Earth in motion
			Force of water
			Force, energy and friction
			Gravity
			Measuring forces
			Motion, speed and velocity
			Newton's laws of motion
		Light and optics	Case study: Fred Hollows
			Case study: Photography
			Case study: Pinhole camera
			Colour
			Comparing light and sound
			Electromagnetic spectrum
			Fibre optics
			Introduction to light
			Lenses
			Reflection
			Refraction
			The eye
		Machines	Case study: Design a machine
			Case study: Hot air balloons
			Case study: Machines = progress?
			Inclined planes
			Levers and pivots
			Machines and energy
			Stability and centre of gravity
			Wheels, pulleys and gears
		Magnetism and electromagnetism	Case study: Magnetic memories
			Case study: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
			Electromagnets
			Magnetic poles and fields
			Making and using magnets
		Measurement	Errors
			Graphing
			Scales and units
		Nuclear physics	Case study: Particle accelerators
		Sound	Case study: Breaking the sound barrier
			Case study: Noise pollution
			Case study: The theremin
			Characteristics of sound
			Comparing light and sound
			Introduction to sound
			Sound reflections
			Using sound
		Waves and radiation	Case study: Broadband
			Case study: Frequencies
			Case study: Mobile phones
			Case study: The greenhouse effect
			Electromagnetic spectrum
			Microwaves, TV and radio waves
			Transverse and longitudinal waves
			UV light, X-rays and gamma rays
			Wavelength and frequency
Learning area	Subject	Topic	Infobase
Infobases flagged with (Update) are found both in the Resource Centre and Atlas Updates.
Geography	Atlas across the curriculum	Using the Heinemann 3rd edn eAtlas Pack	KLA guide to the Heinemann 3rd Edn Atlas Pack (update)
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	Australia: States and Territories	ACT	Canberra: The nation's capital
		External Territories	Australia’s ocean resources
		New South Wales	1989 Newcastle earthquake & 1995 Kobe earthquake
			Impacts of urban growth in Sydney
			Newcastle
			Snowy Mountains Scheme
			Sydney's city west redevelopment
			Sydney: Australia's 'world city'
			The Murray–Darling Basin
			The Nyngan flood
			Threadbo landslide 1997
		Northern Territory	Cyclone Tracy, Darwin 1974
			Tourists and Australian deserts
		Queensland	A New Future for the Gold Coast (update)
			Life on the Great Barrier Reef
			Managing the Great Barrier Reef
			Port Douglas: A Changing Environment (update)
			Queensland's tropical rainforests
		South Australia	Barossa Valley (update)
			Case study: Great Victoria Desert
			Grape Growing in the Barossa Valley
		Tasmania	Tasmania: Temperate wilderness
		Victoria	Dairying in Gippsland
			Melbourne: City and suburbs
			Phillip Island (update)
			The Grampians (Gariwerd)
			The Murray–Darling Basin
		Western Australia	Case study: Great Victoria Desert
			Ord River Irrigation Scheme: Stage 2 (update)
			Shark Bay: World Heritage site
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	Australian Themes		Weather and climate
		Agriculture	Agricultural landuses
			Agriculture in Australia
			Agriculture in Australia's past
			Australia's cotton industry
			Case study: The Barossa Valley
			Changing environment of the wheat-sheep belt
			Country towns and the rural crisis
			Dairying in Gippsland
			Farming and exports
			Fieldwork on a farm
			From farm to you
			Land management
			New farming ventures
			Soil erosion and salinity
			The land as a resource
			Who'd be a farmer in Australia?
		Cities and towns	Australian cities
			Canberra: The nation's capital
			Conserving our built heritage
			Contrasts between cities
			Country towns and the rural crisis
			Fieldwork: An urban trail
			Growth problems in urban environments
			Impacts of urban growth in Sydney
			Landuse in cities
			Major manufacturing and mining centres
			Melbourne: City and suburbs
			Newcastle
			Shopping in cities
			Specialised urban centres
			Sustainable urban development
			Sydney's city west redevelopment
			Sydney: Australia's 'world city'
			Urban planning and infrastructure
		Climate	Drought, Dust Storms and El Niño (update)
		Demographic Change	The Future of Australian Country Towns (update)
		Economic Activity	Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone (update)
			Australia's New Natural Gas Boom (update)
			Changes in the Australian Wine Industry (update)
		Environment: Built	Approaches to Urban Sprawl in Victoria (update)
			Australia's major cities and towns
			Growth problems in urban environments
			Living in the city
			Plastic Shopping Bags: Rubbish Reduction (update)
			Sustainable urban development
			Urban Renewal in the IMZ (update)
			Waste Management (update)
		Environment: Coasts and Oceans	Coastal environments—beaches and dunes
			Estuaries and estuarine bays
			Life on the Great Barrier Reef
			Living near the coast
		Environment: Deserts	Arid environments
			Case study: Great Victoria Desert
			Deserts of Australia
			Human developments in arid environments
			Introduced species in the desert
			Landforms of Australian deserts
			Life forms of the Australian deserts
			Tourists and Australian deserts
			Uses of Australian deserts
		Environment: Management Issues	Australia's natural resources
			Australia's rainforests
			Australia's World Heritage sites
			Changing environment of the wheat-sheep belt
			Community groups and the environment
			Ecologically sustainable development
			Environmental management
			Exploiting Australia’s forests
			Indigenous Australians
			Land degradation
			Living in the environment—if there's room
			Looking after our natural heritage
			Maintenance and promotion of biodiversity
			Managing the Great Barrier Reef
			National Parks and Bushfire Management (update)
			Protecting and managing environments
			Queensland's tropical rainforests
			Resources: The future
			Salinity in Australia (update)
			Soil erosion and salinity
			Sub-Antarctic World Heritage sites
			Temperate forests of south-eastern Australia
			The Grampians (Gariwerd)
			The Murray–Darling Basin
			Traditional and contemporary land management
			Waste in Australia
		Environment: Physical	Australia’s ancient soils
			Australia’s climatic diversity
			Australia’s relief and landforms
			Origins of the continent
			Relief and climate
			What makes Australia unique?
		Exploration and Settlement	Flinders and Baudin: A Surprise Meeting (update)
			Matthew Flinders and Australia (update)
		Government	Australian Government and Federation (update)
		Introduced Species	Cane Toads and Kakadu National Park (update)
			Fire Ant Outbreak (update)
		Location	Australia's location, size and shape
			Australia: Place and space
			Using an atlas map of Australia
		Manufacturing	Manufacturing as a system
			Newcastle
		Mining	Australia's rich mineral resources
			Extraction of mineral sands
		Natural Features	The Margaret River Masters (update)
			Year of the Outback (update)
		Natural Hazards	1989 Newcastle earthquake & 1995 Kobe earthquake
			1994 NSW bushfires
			Australian bushfire disasters
			Bushfires in Australia
			Bushfires: From genesis to management
			Coastal management
			Controlling rabbits
			Cyclone Tracy, Darwin 1974
			Drought
			Earthquakes
			Earthquakes and localised movements
			Floods
			Floods in Australia
			Floods in Northern NSW (update)
			Hazardous weather and bushfires
			Introduced species
			Land degradation
			Natural hazards
			Predicting hazardous weather
			Shark Attacks in Australia (update)
			Soil erosion and salinity
			The Nyngan flood
			Threadbo landslide 1997
			Tropical cyclones
		Natural Resource Management	Securing Melbourne's Water Supply (update)
			Securing Perth's Water Supply (update)
		Overview	Australia and international aid
			Australia and international treaties
			Australia and NGOs
			Australia's changing national identity
			Australia's global and regional military links
			Human rights
			What makes Australia unique?
			Work in Australia
		Population	Aboriginal issues today
			Ashmore Reef (update)
			Ashmore Reef and the Refugee Debate (update)
			Australia's Future Population (update)
			Australia's indigenous population
			Australia's Vietnamese community
			Australia’s Aboriginal heritage
			Australia’s population
			Australian Aboriginal identity
			Australian communities
			Changes in Australia's population
			Cultural groups in cities
			How many people should Australia have?
			Immigrants to Australia
			Indian Diaspora (update)
			Many cultures living together
			Multicultural Australia
			Preparing for an ageing population
			Processes causing change
			Recognition of indigenous rights
			Reconciliation
			Spatial inequality
			Tampa Crisis (update)
			Teenage communities
			The Ngarrindjeri people
			Traditional Aboriginal society
			What makes Australia unique?
			Where do Australians live?
		Sport	AFL Football: A National Game (update)
		Tourism	Australia and Tourism (update)
			Shark Bay: A world heritage site
			Tourism
			Tourism's September 2001 Setback (update)
			Tourists and Australian deserts
			Value of tourism to Australia
		World Heritage	Australia's World Heritage Sites (update)
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	Geography: Some basics	Careers	What do geographers do?
		What is it?	A great subject
			Geographers use resources
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	Skills	Atlases	For the record books
			Student Introduction to 3rd Edn (update)
			Teacher Guide to 3rd Edn (update)
			Using an atlas map of Australia
			Using atlas maps
			World Tour (update)
		Fieldwork	An urban trail
			Exploring natural systems
			Fieldwork for geographers
			Fieldwork on a farm
			Graphics from fieldwork
			Measuring water quality
			Sketch maps and field sketches
			Undertaking fieldwork
			Using a compass
			Vegetation maps
			Waste management in your school
		Mapping	Australia: Place and space
			Cartography: The History and Nature of Mapmaking (update)
			Choropleth maps
			Communication patterns
			Cross-sections, vertical exaggeration
			Different types of maps
			Directions
			Elements of maps
			Geographers use topographic maps
			Grid lines, grid and area references
			Height, local relief, gradient
			Indexes, latitude and longitude
			Landuse maps
			Making maps
			Map projections
			Map symbols
			Mapping and the Grid System (update)
			Maps, Map Symbols, Latitude and Longitude (update)
			Maps, skills and you
			Measuring distances
			Planning maps
			Political maps
			Rivers on maps
			Scale
			Settlement patterns
			Showing relief
			Street directories
			The shape of the land on maps
			Tourist maps
			Using atlas maps
			Using topographic maps
			Vegetation maps
			Weather maps
		Methodology	Research Methodology Checklist (update)
		Photographs, satellite images	Geographers use photographs
			Map and photo sketching
			Sketching from photographs
			Using photographs
		Presentation	Communicating what you know: Oral reports
			Communicating what you know: Writing
			Graphics in a report
			Guidelines for graphics
			Preparing a report
			Presenting information to a group
		Research	Group work ideas
			Investigating a community
			Researching issues in Australian environments
			Taking and using notes
			Using contemporary issues
		Statistics, diagrams, graphics	Age–sex pyramids
			Bar or column graphs
			Climographs
			Drawing graphics
			Flow maps and diagrams
			Geographers use statistics
			Graphics from fieldwork
			Graphics in a report
			Guidelines for graphics
			Line graphs
			Proportional graphs
			Scatter & picture graphs, farming calendars
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	World Regions	Africa	Can Africa Feed Itself? (update)
		Africa	Change in South Africa
			South Africa's cultural diversity
			The Nile
			The Okavango Delta
			The Sahara Desert
			The Sahel: Living on the edge
			Tropical grasslands
			Xhosa and Zulu cultures
		Antarctica	Antarctica's Natural Features (update)
			Antarctica: A new tourist destination
		Asia	Bali: Dealing with tourist problems
			Bangladesh (update)
			China's population
			China's Three Gorges Project
			Cultural and economic diversity of the Pacific
			East Timor's Nationhood (update)
			Flooding in Bangladesh
			Focus on Japan
			Forest fires in South-East Asia
			Forest fires in South-East Asia
			India (update)
			Indonesia: Development
			Indonesia: Physical environment
			Japan: Development
			Malaysia: Development
			Physical diversity of the Asia–Pacific region
			Population giants: India and Indonesia
			South Korea: Development
			The changing face of Hong Kong
			The Ganges: Sacred river under threat
			The impact of tourism
			The Indian Earthquake (update)
			The Penan of Borneo
			The South-East Asian Region  (update)
			Vietnam: Physical environment
		Europe	Spain (update)
			The Netherlands
			Tourism's impact on Greece
			Venice, Italy
		North America	Florida Everglades
			The Caribbean: Coral ecosystems under threat
			The USA (update)
			The wealth of the United States
		Oceans	Australia's ocean resources
			Harvesting the ocean commons
			The use of ocean resources
		Pacific	Australia (update)
			Background to the Pacific Islands
			Cultural and economic diversity of the Pacific
			Farming in Papua New Guinea
			Life in the Pacific Islands
			New developments in the Pacific
			New Zealand (update)
			Physical diversity of the Asia–Pacific region
		South America	Amazon Basin
			Galapagos Islands Oil Spill (update)
			South America (update)
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	World Themes	Agriculture	China's Three Gorges Project
			Do we need a gene revolution?
			Famine
			Farming around the world
			Food trade
			Large-scale water projects
			The green revolution
			World food trade issues
		Built Heritage	Venice, Sinking City (update)
		Climate Change	Climate maps
			Desertification in Mongolia (update)
			Floods in England and Wales 2000 (update)
			Global Warming (update)
			Impacts of global warming
			Is the climate warming?
			The hole in the ozone layer
			Weather and climate
		Conflicts, Alliances and Aid	Afghanistan (update)
			Afghanistan, Refugees and Pakistan (update)
			Australia's Overseas Aid (update)
			Conflicts and Alliances (update)
			The EU and a Changing Europe (update)
		Culture	Islam: Diversity of the Muslim World (update)
			Languages of the world
			Our Place in the World (update)
		Development	A world divided
			Background to the Pacific Islands
			Contrasts in development
			Economic and cultural integration
			Emerging nations
			Global banking and finance
			Global media networks
			Immigrant workers
			Indonesia: Development
			Internationalisation of retailing
			Malaysia: Development
			New developments in the Pacific
			Poverty among wealth
			Resource use
			Rich nations
			South Korea: Development
			The US
			Tourism and development
			Trade and foreign investment
			Transnational corporations
		Environment: Built	The world's built environments
			World Heritage sites
			World Urban Sprawl (update)
		Environment: Coral reefs	Coral reefs: Gardens of the sea
			The Caribbean: Coral ecosystems under threat
			The coral reef ecosystem
			Threats to the coral reef ecosystem
			Types of coral reefs
		Environment: Deserts	Landforms of the desert
			The Sahara Desert
			World deserts and desertification
		Environment: Endangered Species, General	Australia's fauna
			Australia's flora
			Elephants and Whales (update)
			Endangered Species: The big picture (update)
			The Global Environment (update)
		Environment: Flora, fauna and species loss	Species loss
			Species loss: Going, going ...
			Species loss: Saved?
		Environment: Islands	Introduction to Islands (update)
		Environment: Lakes	Threatened Freshwater Lakes (update)
		Environment: Management issues	Sustainable development
			Waste
			Waste management
		Environment: Mountains	Mountain Environments  (update)
		Environment: Oceans	Using Oceans (update)
		Environment: Physical	Ecosystems and food webs
			Plate movements
			Processes shaping landforms
			The water cycle
			The world's physical environments
		Environment: Rainforests	Animals of the rainforests
			Australia's rainforests
			Deforestation
			Ecosystems of the rainforests
			Plants of the rainforests
			Rainforests: A natural system
			Resources of the rainforests
			Saving the rainforests
			The Amazon Basin
			The future of rainforests
			Where are the rainforests?
		Environment: Rivers, Mangroves and Wetlands	Florida Everglades
			Impact of people on river ecosystems
			Maintaining water quality
			Managing wetland ecosystems
			Mangrove ecosystems
			Mangrove swamps
			Mangroves (update)
			River catchments
			River ecosystems
			Using Rivers (update)
			Wetland ecosystems
			Wetlands
		Environmental Issues: Dams	Bakun Dam (Sarawak, Malaysia) (update)
		Environmental Issues: Energy Use	Renewable Energy Technologies and China (update)
			Wind Energy in Australia and France (update)
		Hazards	Acid rain
			Bushfires in Australia
			Cholera and malaria
			Diseases as hazards
			El Niño
			Flood investigation
			Floods around the world
			Floods: Local, national and international
			Forest fires in South-East Asia
			Mount Fuji, Japan: Volcano (update)
			New hazards from diseases
			The hole in the ozone layer
			Tornadoes and tropical cyclones
			Tsunamis: The 'Asian Tsunami' of 2004 (update)
			Use and misuse of water in catchments
			Waste
			World deserts and desertification
		Health	Access to fresh water
			Can Africa Feed Itself? (update)
			Cholera and malaria
			Diseases as hazards
			Famine
			Food supply and health
			Global State of HIV/AIDS (update)
			GM Foods (update)
			How much food is enough?
			New hazards from diseases
			Poverty among wealth
			Summer Water Restrictions for Perth, WA (update)
			Today's famines
		Income and Spending	GNP as an Indicator of Wealth (update)
			Indicators of World Living Standards (update)
		Population	China's Changing Population (update)
			Global population growth
			Immigrant workers
			India's Population Growth (update)
			Living in the mountains
			Population and migration
			Population dynamics
			Population-control debate
			Where do people live?
		Settlement	Mega-cities
			Planning for better cities
			Squatter settlements
		Sport	Beijing Olympics 2008 (update)
			Fossett: Around the World in 14 Days (update)
		Tourism	Ecotourism
			Impact of tourism
			Tourism and development
			Tourism in Bali
			Tourism: Managing impacts
			Two-way tourism: Asia–Australia
			What is tourism?
			World Heritage sites
			World tourism
		World Heritage	World Heritage Sites (update)
Learning area	Subject	Topic	Infobase
History	Ancient History	Aboriginal Australia	Aborigines, land and the Dreaming
			Aborigines: Australia’s first settlers
			Aborigines: Hunting and gathering
			Ancient Australia
			Identity
			Kinship patterns
			Many environments and cultures
			Rituals
			Totems, laws, the Dreaming and land
			Tribes and roles
		China	Background
			Chinese inventiveness
			Confucius
			Dynasties and discoveries in China
			Family life
			Law in Ancient China
			Legacy of Ancient China
			Mythology and beliefs
			Oppression and revolt
			Silk
			Social classes
			The Great Wall
			The Qin Dynasty
			Tombs and burial
		Egypt	Achievements
			Dynasties
			General background
			Great buildings of Ancient Egypt
			Mummification
			Pharaohs as god-kings
			Pyramids: Who built them?
			Religious beliefs
			Royal women of Egypt
			Society
			The afterlife
			The pharaoh
			Tomb-robbery
			War
			Women of Egypt
			Writing
		General	Archaeology
			Methods of dating
			Ownership and abuse of the past
			Prehistory
			Preservation of the past
			The ancient world
			The archaeologist
			The study of Ancient History
			Understanding time and timelines
			Why study history?
		Greece	City-states: Athens
			City-states: Sparta
			Education
			Introduction to Ancient Greece
			Legacy of Ancient Greece
			Legal system
			Myths
			Religion and festivals
			Society and slaves
			The Olympic Games
			Wars and battles
		Mesopotamia (Sumer)	Assyrian war methods
			General information
			Legal system: Hammurabi & the Babylonian Empire
			The Assyrians
			The Hittites
			Writing and literature
		Rome	Christianity and religion in Rome
			Culture
			Daily life
			Fall of the Roman Empire
			Family life
			Government
			Growth of the Roman Empire
			Legacy of Ancient Rome
			Origins of Ancient Rome
			Roman Army
			Roman beast shows
			Roman gladiators
			Slavery and revolt
				Top
	Australian History	Aborigines	Aboriginal Australia
			Ancient Australia
			Australia’s first settlers
			British law and guerrilla war
			Care for the environment
			Europeans’ effects on Aboriginal people
			Frontier violence
			Genocide in Tasmania
			Hunting and gathering
			Identity
			Impact of European arrival
			Kinship patterns
			Land and the Dreamtime
			Loss of cultural identity
			Lost chances and legacies
			Many environments and cultures
			Massacre
			Protectorates and missions
			Rituals
			Totems, laws, the Dreaming and land
			Tribes and roles
			Two massacres
			Two societies meet
			Violent encounters: Resistance
		Australia and the Olympic Games	A legend begins
			A time of expansion 1928-1956
			Amsterdam 1928
			Antwerp 1920
			Athens 1896
			Athens 1906
			Atlanta 1996
			Barcelona 1992
			Berlin 1936
			Helsinki 1952
			London 1908
			London 1948
			Los Angeles 1932
			Los Angeles 1984
			Melbourne 1956
			Mexico City 1968
			Montreal 1976
			Moscow 1980
			Munich 1972
			Paralympic excellence 1960-2000
			Paris 1900
			Paris 1924
			Rome 1960
			Seoul 1988
			St Louis 1904
			Still improving: 1984-2000
			Stockholm 1912
			Sydney 2000
			Tokyo 1964
			Troubled times 1960-1980
			Where it all began
		Bushrangers	Australian bushrangers
			Ben Hall
			Bushranging from 1860–80
			Cannibal bushrangers
			Captain Melville
			Convict bushrangers
			Daniel Morgan
			Goldrush bushrangers
			Overview: The bushranger legend
			The Kelly Gang
		Colonial society and the convict system	All the rivers run
			Australia’s immigration history
			Britain in the 18th century
			Burke and Wills
			Caroline Chisholm
			Convicts and the spread of settlement
			Convicts: Who were they?
			Female convicts
			General: Sources, evidence
			Hunter and King
			Lachlan Macquarie
			Ludwig Leichhardt
			Nathaniel Lucas, convict
			Punishment in the colonies
			Settlements, new colonies after 1788
			The choice of Australia
			The convict system
			The end of transportation
			The First Fleet
			The inland sea theory
			The power of the governors
			The Rum Rebellion
			The wool industry
			Who ruled Australia?
		European exploration	Cook and the eastern coast
			Early exploration: Fishermen and traders
			Europeans and Australia
			The British arrive
			The British wish to found a colony
			The Dutch
			The Dutch ship Batavia
			The Endeavour expedition
			The First Fleet
			The Portuguese
		Gold	Chinese miners on the goldfields
			Gold-finding methods
			Growing discontent
			Licence fees and law and order
			Life on the diggings
			Overview: The lure of gold
			The Eureka Rebellion
			The goldfields environment
			The impact of gold
			The rush to the diggings
			Women on the goldfields: Case study
		Life on the land	Aborigines in rural areas
			Family experiences
			Food
			Frontier violence
			Genocide in Tasmania
			Leisure, recreation and sport
			Lost chances and legacies
			Pioneer homes
			Rural settlement
			Selectors
			Squatters
			Two massacres
		Nationhood and Federation	Australia’s changing population
			Australian identity: Overview
			Birth of a nation
			British influence
			Discovering Australia as home
			Emerging national identity timeline
			Federal parliamentary structure
			Federation
			Life in cities
			Moving towards federation
			The Australian Constitution
			Vida Goldstein and women’s suffrage
			Work in cities
				Top
	Early Modern History	Exploration	Dutch exploration
			Europeans and Australia: Background
			Montezuma and the conquistadores
			Portuguese exploration
			The Aztecs
			Who discovered America?
			Who discovered Australia?
		The Great Plague	The Plague
		The growth of towns	Trade and the rise of the middle class
		The Peasants’ Revolt	From causes to revolt
		The printing press	Gutenberg and the printing press
		The Reformation	Luther and the Reformation
		The Renaissance	Overview
				Top
	Issues of the 20th and 21st Centuries	Anti-war movements	Anti-Vietnam war protest in Australia
			Propaganda and protest in three wars
			The Vietnam War and America
		Apartheid	Apartheid under pressure
			Apartheid: Establishment and resistance
			The end of apartheid
		Civil Rights Movement	Civil rights and land rights in Australia
			Civil Rights Movement in the USA
			Freedom?
			Martin Luther King, Jr
			Not slaves, but not free
			The beginning: Slavery
		Contemporary Australian issues	An egalitarian society?
			Arts and Australian identity
			Diversity or intolerance?
			Environmental politics
			Industrial relations
			Reconciliation and native title
			Reconciliation in Australia
			The republican debate
		Decolonisation	Decolonisation and conflict
		Environment	Australian Green movements, 1971–83
			Australian Green movements, 1984–97
		Holocaust	Anne Frank's diary
			Knowledge and denial
			Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933–42
			Origins of anti-semitism
			The Nazis’ ‘Final solution’
		Indigenous peoples	Australian Aboriginal identity
			Australian Aboriginal issues today
			Native Americans today
			Who are indigenous people(s)?
		Indigenous rights	Recognition of indigenous nations and rights
			Reconciliation in Australia
		League of Nations	The League of Nations and the Road to WW II
		Methods of warfare	Background: Changing face of war
			Changing weapons, changing warfare
			Civilian life in WW I
			Civilian life in WW II
			Fighting in Vietnam
			Fighting on the Western Front
			Propaganda and protest in three wars
			Serving on the Western Front
			War criminals
			Women and war
		Nationalism	The meaning of nationalism
		NATO	Berlin crisis and NATO's formation
		Nuclear weapons, arms race and space race	Cuban missile crisis
			From arms race to détente
			Space race
		Social change	The sixties in Australia
		Status of women	Equality in Australia?
			The fight for the vote
			Woman's place in Australia
			Women at war
		Technology, media and society	Hollywood's 'dream factory'
			Recordings and rock and roll
			The coming of film
			The coming of sound in film
			The coming of the motor car
		The Olympics	1896-1924: A legend begins
			More than just games?
			Where it all began
		United Nations	The UN
		War criminals	Who are the war criminals?
				Top
	Medieval History	Anglo-Saxon England	Anglo-Saxon England
		Feudal system (European)	The feudal system: Overview
		General	Background
			Early Middle Ages (Europe)
			End of the Middle Ages (Europe)
			Methods of dating
		Islam	Islam and Muhammad
		Kiev Rus	Kiev Rus: A Slavic state
		Medieval Arabic world	The Arabic world
		Medieval castles	Castles and houses compared
			Castles: Attacking and defending
			Medieval strongholds
		Medieval China	The Ming Dynasty
		Medieval Europe	Education and learning
			Medieval food
			Medieval health and diet
			The Great Plague
			The nature of work on the manor
			Village life
		Medieval European religion	Benedictine monks
			Pilgrimages
			Religion’s importance
			Witchcraft and persecution
			Women and the Church
		Medieval India	Development of Indian religion and society
		Medieval Japan	Crime and punishment
			Feudal Japan
			Japanese castles
			Peasants
			Rising sun
			The daimyo
			The samurai
			Women in feudal Japan
		Medieval knights	European knights
			Knights: General introduction
		Medieval technology	The water mill
		Medieval warfare	Byzantine Empire at war
			Death or glory
			Wars and weapons
		The Byzantine Empire	Background
			Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
			The empire at war
		The Crusades	From the First to the Fourth Crusade
			The early Crusades
		The Franks and Charlemagne	The Frankish Empire
		The Norman Conquests	Background
		The Vikings	Seafaring raiders
			Traders and settlers
			Viking ships
			Viking warfare
				Top
	War in the Modern World	Arab–Israeli conflict	Arab–Israeli wars
			Arab–Israeli terrorism
			Background to the Arab–Israeli conflict
			Peace process
			The Palestinians
		Balkans conflicts	Foreign involvement
			The Bosnian crisis 1991–96
			Yugoslavia: Background
		Boer War	Australian involvement
		Cold War	Berlin Crisis and formation of NATO
			Cold war: An overview
			Communist China
			Czechoslovakia, 1968
			From arms race to détente
			How the Cold War was fought
			Mikhail Gorbachev
			Origins of the Cold War
			The Cuban Missile Crisis
			The Korean War, 1950–53
			The space race
			The United Nations
			Why China became communist
			Why the Berlin Wall was built
		Gulf War	Beginning of Gulf War
			End of Gulf War
		Iran's Islamic Revolution	Islamic revolution in Iran
		Irish conflict	Origins of the conflict
			The Troubles
			Why Ireland was divided
		Korean War	The Korean War 1950–53
		Russian Revolution and Civil War	Bolshevik rule and the Russian Civil War
			Russia under Stalin
			Russian Revolution
		Vietnam War	Australian involvement
			End of the war
			Fighting in Vietnam
			Origins of the Vietnam War
		War criminals	Who are the war criminals?
		World War I	Australia and conscription
			Australian children and the war effort
			Australian control and censorship
			Background to WW I
			Civilian life in WW I
			End of the war
			Fighting on the Western Front
			Gallipoli
			Navy and air force roles
			Serving on the Western Front
			Support and dissent in Australia
			The Anzac Legend
			The desert war
			The Somme
			The Western Front
		World War II	Aboriginal diggers and discrimination
			Australia in Nth Africa, the Middle East, Greece
			Australian fear of invasion
			Australian wartime controls
			Australian women's involvement
			Australians in Papua and New Guinea
			Civilian life during WW II
			Early years of the war
			Hitler and German expansion
			Hitler: How did he cause the war?
			Japan is defeated
			Outbreak of war in the Pacific
			Prisoners of war in WW II
			Royal Australian Navy and Air Force
			The Allies defeat Hitler
			The Australia–US alliance
			The world at war
			Victory ahead for the Allies
			WW II, 1939–45: Background
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Learning area	Subject	Topic	Infobase
Civics	Civics in Australia	Aboriginal people	Aboriginal issues today
			Australia’s Aboriginal heritage
			Australian Aboriginal identity
			British law and guerrilla war
			Protectorates and missions
			Recognition of indigenous rights
			Reconciliation
			Reconciliation and native title
			The High Court Wik Decision
		Australia and the world	Australia and international aid
			Australia and international treaties
			Australia's global and regional military links
			Human rights
		Federation and Nationhood	Alfred Deakin
			Andrew Inglis Clark
			Arts and Australian identity
			Australia's national anthem
			Australia's national songs
			Birth of a nation
			British influence
			Charles Cameron Kingston
			Edmund Barton
			Emerging national identity timeline
			Federation
			Henry Parkes
			John Forrest
			John Quick
			King O'Malley
			Moving towards federation
			Samuel Griffith
			The right to vote
			Waltzing Matilda
		Governing Australia	Australia's court system
			Australian Capital Territory: Government
			City and State
			Federal parliamentary structure
			Hunter and King
			Lachlan Macquarie
			New South Wales: From self-government to today
			Northern Territory: Federation and after
			Powers of Australia's Governments
			Queensland: Government
			Rebellion in the colony
			Roles of politicians
			Rules and democracy
			Social justice in Australia
			South Australia: Federation and after
			Tasmania: Government
			The Australian Constitution
			The power of the governors
			Victoria: Government
			Western Australia: Government
			Who ruled Australia?
		Movements	Anti-Vietnam war protest in Australia
			Australian Green movements, 1971–83
			Australian Green movements, 1984–97
			Civil rights and land rights in Australia
			Environmental politics
			Industrial relations
		Population and immigration	Australia’s changing population
			Changes in Australia's population
			Diversity or intolerance?
			How many people should Australia have?
			Immigrants to Australia
			Multicultural Australia
			Settlements, new colonies after 1788
		Prime Ministers	Alfred Deakin
			Andrew Fisher
			Arthur Fadden
			Ben Chifley
			Bob Hawke
			Earle Page
			Edmund Barton
			Francis Forde
			George Reid
			Gough Whitlam
			Harold Holt
			Introduction: Part 1
			Introduction: Part 2
			James Scullin
			John Curtin
			John Gorton
			John Howard
			John McEwen
			John Watson
			Joseph Cook
			Joseph Lyons
			Malcolm Fraser
			Paul Keating
			Robert Menzies
			Stanley Bruce
			William Hughes
			William McMahon
		Republic or monarchy?	Australia's changing national identity
			The Australian Constitution
			The republican debate
		Women and government	Caroline Chisholm
			Equality in Australia?
			Jessie Street
			The fight for the vote
			Vida Goldstein and women’s suffrage
			Woman's place in Australia