Humanities: Year 10 History

This is an Australian Government site that has photographs and audio clips alongside information about significant events and conflicts in WWII.

The State Library of Victoria has created these information packages using primary material such as letters and photographs.

A brief account of Australia's engagement in WWII with links to numerous other resources.

On the 19th of February seventy years ago, the city of Darwin was bombed. Sustaining heavy damage and civilian casualties in air raids by Japanese forces, this attack was the first of over sixty air raids conducted up until November 1943.

ABC anniversary special edition

The Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre is an institution dedicated to the memory of the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933 and 1945. We consider the finest memorial to all victims of racist policies to be an educational program which aims to combat anti-Semitism, racism and prejudice in the community and foster understanding between people

For over half a century, Yad Vashem has been committed to four pillars of remembrance: ■Commemoration ■Documentation ■Research ■Education

Provides links and resources on the Holocaust

Factual questions and answers. Great for background, or for clarifying the details.

Factual questions and answers. Great for background, or for clarifying the details.

14 minute video. An energetic postwar mentality emerges and old traditions are challenged during the Roaring '20s.
Women take bold steps towards equality, threatening to upset the "domestic balance" of the country.

Germany had high hopes of winning World War One - especially after astonishing advances early in 1918. Martin Kitchen explains how, despite these victories, Germany fell apart, how the blame game was played during the subsequent peace negotiations, and how this helped Hitler's rise to power.

Never before, and never since, has a politician been so uncompromisingly honest with their assessment of Aboriginal history. The Redfern Speech remains one of the most significant speeches ever delivered by a politician in Australia.

This report is a tribute to the strength and struggles of many thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by forcible removal. We acknowledge the hardships they endured and the sacrifices they made. We remember and lament all the children who will never come home.

One of the darkest events of our nation's history is the forced removal of thousands of Indigenous children from their families. NITV takes a look at the Stolen Generations, the impact of the removal policies and the fight for an apology, healing and compensation. This explainer draws heavily on the Bringing Them Home Report, which provides a more detailed account of the Stolen Generations including personal testimonies.

Between 1910 and 1970, roughly 100,000 Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their homes. Known to many as the Stolen Generation, these children, most under the age of five, were taken from their birth families because the Australian government decided that their race lacked a solid future.

Social justice has been difficult to achieve for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders because of a history of governmental and colonial racism.

Created by Harvard students, this links to the History section of SparkNotes study guides which contains thorough summaries & insightful critical analysis of a number of History topics including ancient Rome, Middle Ages, Renaissance, French & Russian Revolutions, WWI & WWII and more…

Links to 7 episodes about WWI each running for approx. 50 minutes.