1 First people
2 Aboriginal dreaming
3 First Europeans
4 James Cook
5 The First Fleet
6 Colonies
7 Convicts
8 Explorers
9 Frontier and land wars
10 Gold rushes
11 Eureka Stockade
12 Ned Kelly
13 Boer War
14 Federation
15 Voting in Australia
16 Votes for women
17 Canberra
18 Stolen Generation
19 Rabbit proof fence
20 Douglas Mawson
21 World War I
22 Women in World War I
23 Gallipoli
24 Flu Epidemic
25 Great Depression
26 Sydney Harbour Bridge
27 Charles Kingsford Smith
28 Tasmanian tiger
29 World War I I
30 Kokoda Track
31 Donald Bradman
32 Holden
33 Korea War
34 Vietnam War
35 Gurindji Strike
36 The 1967 Referendum
37 Snowy Mountain Scheme
38 Cyclone Tracy
39 National anthem
40 Newcastle earthquake
41 Mabo
42 Wollemi pine
43 Jesse Martin
44 Bali bombings
45 Final challenge
Ruth Naumann is an experienced Social Studies teacher and the author of numerous social studies publications.
Topics set in discreet pages or double-page spreads
A set of questions/activities for each topic
Answers provided on the password-protected website: www.nelsonsecondary.com.au to schools that have adopted the text as their core text inside the classroom
A fun, two-colour design
Space for students to create their own glossary
A 'Final Challenge' at the end of the book, comprising a long list of questions covering all the content of the book