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Students engage with Kirli Saunders and her books to spark conversation and reflect on connection.
What can clothes symbolise and what can they tell us about other times and people?
Support students to meaningfully engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.
How a politician's personal items tell a story of their public life.
Voting rights: an Australian story
A workhorse chair you can still sit on today.
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