Databases
- Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus This link opens in a new window This resource provides the largest collection of full text from leading regional and international newspapers and periodicals, full-text reference books, tens of thousands of full-text biographies, and a collection of images containing more than one million photos, maps, and flags.
- Britannica Schools This link opens in a new window Britannica School covers the core subject areas of English, Maths, Science and History. Interactive lessons, activities, games, stories, worksheets, manipulatives, study guides and research tools.
Resource Key
LEVEL 1
brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)
LEVEL 2
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.
LEVEL 3
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)
Introduction
This research guide has been created for Year 10 students studying the short and long term impact of World War II.
"On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies announced the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Second World War on every national and commercial radio station in Australia."
(Australian War Memorial, n.d.)
Here We Go Again [Australians at War]
National Geographic. (2001). Here we go again. Retrieved from https://clickv.ie/w/oGyh
Overview
- Australian Government. (2016). Australian history. Retrieved from http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/
This Australian Government website provides links to information regarding Australia's involvement in World War II. - Australia Unwrapped. (n.d.).Retrieved from http://www.australiaunwrapped.com/australian-timeline/
New history is made every day, this document if fluid and growing, please share some more key Australian events and together we can make the most up to date and accurate historical timeline of our wonderful country. Australia Unwrapped loves to know what has come before and as we travel this great land sit back and imagine many moons ago the first arrivals and the adventure they undertook around 42500 years ago, make your own Australian history today. - Australia. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/high/article/110544#228717.tocThe Encyclopedia Britanica defines the World War II in Australia, scroll down to World War II.
Timelines
- New South Wales Government. (2010, February 23). The Australian 20th Century Timeline. Retrieved from http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/section03/time20cth.phpThe ‘Australian 20th century’ timeline follows events and developments in Australia from Federation through to the year 2000.
- Museum of Australian Democracy. (2016). Milestones in Australian democracy. Retrieved from http://explore.moadoph.gov.au/timelines/milestones-in-australian-democracyOur Turning Points in Australian Democracy timeline contains over 500 milestones that mark key events and turning points in Australian democracy. It takes you on a virtual journey through time and place, and glimpse key moments in the history of democratic ideas, laws and institutions.
- National Archives of Australia. (n.d.). Australia's Prime Ministers. Retrieved from http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/timeline/results.aspxThis National Archives of Australia website contains a timeline of the significant political decisions made by Australian Prime Ministers.
The Thin Khaki Line
National Geographic. (2001). Here we go again. Retrieved from https://clickv.ie/w/2Gyh
"Nobody went to that war, or any other I suppose, that didn't get wounded mentally, if not physically. It wasn't possible." Sergeant Jack Sim, shop assistant from Ballarat, was one of the Australian soldiers who fought the Japanese to a standstill on the Kokoda trail in 1942.
Movies
- Khan Academy. (2016). Modern History Videos from the Khan Academy. Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/euro-histYou cannot properly understand current world events without understanding the history of the 20th Century. This topic takes us on a journey from the end of Imperialism through two world wars and the Cold War and brings us to our modern world.
- Green. J. (2016). Crash Course history of the world in 42 episodes. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9John Green teaches the history of the world in 42 episodes.
Veterans Stories
- Australia Remembers. (2015). Veteran's stories. Retrieved from http://australiaremembers.com.au /category/veterans-stories/Australia Remembers contains interviews with war veterans who recall their experiences during the war.
WWII Statistics ABS
- ABS. (2013, November 23). Australian services during world war II. Retrieved from http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/ featurearticlesbytitle/F19B5A51A60904F3CA2569DE0020331F?OpenDocumentThe Australian Bureau of Statistics lists Australian services during World War II, 1939 - 1945 (enlistments, casualties, decoration etc).