Learn & play

The following interactives use objects from the Museum's collection to help you learn more about Australia.

These interactives have been developed through the Le@rning Federation, an initiative designed to create online educational resources to enhance teaching and learning in Australian and New Zealand schools.

Use traditional fishing practices to catch fish, turtles and dugong from your Saibai Island canoe in preparation for a traditional Torres Strait Islander feast.

> Saibai Island canoe

What is this mysterious object? Learn about Torres Strait Islander history and culture and find clues about this object's use and cultural significance.

> Mystery object: Torres Strait Islands

How did people travel around Australia before there were cars and buses? Take a bumpy ride back to the time of the Cobb & Co coach.
> The Cobb & Co coach

Explore two strange objects that tell us a lot about the beginnings of national parks in Australia.

> National parks interactives

Can't imagine life without your mobile phone? Take yourself back in time to the late 1800s and get emergency help for a camel driver injured in the Outback using communication and transportation methods available at the time.

> Emergency at Lonely Creek interactive

Huge arches were erected in streets around Australia in 1901, including the Citizens' Arch. Find out why they were built and what they meant, before building your own Citizens' Arch.

> Citizens' Arch interactives

What does it feel like to leave your country and move far away to a new country? Learn about two 'displaced persons' who migrated to Australia from Europe after World War II and make a museum exhibition about their stories.

> New homes interactive

Who were the sporting heroes that started Australia's innings as a great cricketing nation? Explore the lockers of some of the cricketers who played for Australia from 1900-1940.

> Golden age of cricket interactive

This interactive presents an unusual object from the Museum's collection. Try to work out what the object is through a series of activities.

> Golden fleece interactive

Does the sight of gold make your palms itchy? Give them a scratch by mining for gold in the Ballarat goldfields of 1865.

> Gold rush interactive

Feel the need to take flight? Experience the journey of Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew on two historic flights.

> Heroes of the air interactive

Ever wondered what it's like to be a refugee? Recreate the journey of the Hong Hai - the first case of refugee 'boat people' landing on Australia's shores.

> Journey of Hong Hai interactive

Do you ever get hot under the collar? Why not let off some steam as captain of the Enterprise.

> The Enterprise interactives