Wattle Gum Curriculum Foundation History – Seven Little Australians & Counting

Our History focus in Foundation Year is broad. We will look at: Australia before colonisation, convicts, bushrangers and the Eureka Stockade. Australian Pioneers & the ANZACs, Immigration and Australian Figures.

Encourage your child to ask questions about people and events. Nurture their interest in History.

Our History curriculum, resource recommendations and implementation instructions are in the printable pdf.

Curriculum Content: History – Australian Curriculum

Name	Writers	Illustrators	Tags	Series	Target Age	Print Status	Curriculums
A Cat Called Trim	Fenton, Corinne	Smith, Craig	Matthew Flinders		4-8 Years	In Print
Anzac Biscuits	Cummings, Phil	Swan, Owen	War France, Western Front, World War One		4-8 Years	Out Of Print
Beth: The Story of a Child Convict	Wilson, Mark	Wilson, Mark	1780-1790, Child Convict, Convicts, First Fleet, Sydney		5-12 Years	In Print
Boomerang and Bat	Greenwood, Mark	Denton, Terry	1860-1870, Cricket, Johnny Mullagh, Sports Indigenous		5-12 Years	In Print
Born To Fly	McWilliams, Beverley	Ide, Timothy	1890-1900, Aviators, Harry Butler		5-10 Years	In Print
Born to Run	Freeman, Cathy	Ledden-Lewis, Charmaine	Cathy Freeman, Olympics		5-12 Years	In Print
Flapper, VC	Wilson, Mark	Wilson, Mark	Carrier Pigeons, War Animals, World War Two		6-12 Years	In Print
Grandma’s Treasured Shoes	Vass, Coral	Huynh, Christina	Grandmothers, Grandparents, Sydney		4-8 Years	In Print
Home of the Kadimakara People	Trezise, Percy	Trezise, Percy	pre-1788	Journey of the Great Lake	5-12 Years	In Print
Jack’s Bugle	Bell, Krista	Elliot, Belinda	Alice Springs, Gallipoli, World War One		5-12 Years	In Print
Jandamarra	Greenwood, Mark	Denton, Terry	1880-1890, 1890-1900, Bungle Bungles, Bunuba Resistance, Indigenous Warriors, Jandamarra, Kimberley		5-12 Years	In Print
Land of the Brolga People	Trezise, Percy	Trezise, Percy	pre-1788	Journey of the Great Lake	5-12 Years	In Print
Land of the Dingo People	Trezise, Percy	Trezise, Percy	pre-1788	Journey of the Great Lake	5-12 Years	In Print
Land of the Echidna People	Trezise, Percy	Lavis, Mary	pre-1788	Journey of the Great Lake	4-12 Years	In Print
Land of the Emu People	Trezise, Percy	Trezise, Percy	pre-1788	Journey of the Great Lake	5-12 Years	In Print
Land of the Kangaroo People	Trezise, Percy	Trezise, Percy	pre-1788	Journey of the Great Lake	5-12 Years	In Print
Land of the Magpie Goose People	Trezise, Percy	Trezise, Percy	pre-1788	Journey of the Great Lake	5-12 Years	In Print
Land of the Snake People	Trezise, Percy	Trezise, Percy	pre-1788	Journey of the Great Lake	5-12 Years	Out Of Print
Matthew Flinders: Adventures on Leaky Ships	Wilkinson, Carole	Pittock, Prue	Matthew Flinders		5-12 Years	In Print
Meet… Banjo Paterson	Weidenbach, Kristin	Hancock	Banjo Patterson, Poet	Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Meet… Captain Cook	Murdie, Rae	Nixon, Chris	1760-1770, Captain James Cook	Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Meet… Don Bradman	Vass, Coral	Howe. Brad	Bowral, Cricket, Don Bradman	Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Meet… Douglas Mawson	Dumbleton, Mike	Green, Snip	1920-1930, Antarctica, Douglas Mawson	Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Meet… Mary MacKillop	Murphy, Sally	Martinez, Sonia	1860-1870, 1870-1880, 1890-1890, 1900-1910, Australian Saint, Catholic, Mary MacKillop, Saint	Meet…	5-8 Years	In Print
Meet… Nancy Bird Walton	Atwood, Grace	Slaghekke, Harry	Aviators, Nancy Bird Walton	Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Meet… Ned Kelly	Brian, Janeen	Adams. Matt	1870-1880, Ned Kelly	Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Meet… Nellie Melba	Brian, Janeen	Murphy, Claire	Dame Nellie Melba, Melbourne, Opera Singer	Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Meet… Sidney Nolan	Mes, Yvonne	Eterovic, Sandra	Australian Artist, Melbourne, Sidney Nolan	Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Meet… the Anzacs	Saxby, Claire	Berry, Max		Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Meet… Weary Dunlop	Saxby, Claire	Lord, Jeremy	Benalla, Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop, Wangaratta, World War Two	Meet…	5-10 Years	In Print
Ned Kelly and the Green Sash	Greenwood, Mark	Lessac, Frane	1870-1880, Ned Kelly		6-10 Years	In Print
Never Lose Hope : The Story of Australia’s First School	Wilson, Mark	Wilson, Mark	Child Convict, Education, Isabella Rosson, Sydney		5-12 Years	In Print
Simpson and His Donkey	Greenwood, Mark	Lessac, Frane	Gallipoli, John Simpson Kirkpatrick, War Animals, World War One		5-12 Years	In Print
So She Did: The Story of May Wirth	Genziuk, Simi	Treml, Renee	1900-1910, Circus, May Wirth		5-10 Years	In Print
Somebody’s Land: Welcome to Our Country	Goodes, Adam, Laing, Ellie	Hardy, David			5-12 Years	In Print
Tea and Sugar Christmas	Jolly, Jane	Ingpen, Robert	Kalgoorlie, Nullarbor, Port Augusta, Trains		5-12 Years	In Print
The Afghanistan Pup	Wilson, Mark	Wilson, Mark	Afghanistan War, War Middle East		5-12 Years	In Print
The Day We Built the Bridge	Tidy, Samantha	Burrows, Fiona	Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge		5-10 Years	In Print
The Great Bullocky Race	Page, Michael	Ingpen, Robert	Bullockies		5-10 Years	Out Of Print
The Last Anzac	Winch, Gordon	Bailey, Harriet	Alec Campbell, Gallipoli, Launceston, World War One		5-10 Years	In Print
The Night We Made The Flag : A Eureka Story	Wilkinson, Carole	Ciaffaglione, Sebastian	1850-1860, Ballarat Goldfields, Eureka		6-12 Years	Out Of Print
The Story of Australia				Childcraft		Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO1 Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD, AO3 Aust JD
What’s Your Story?	Giannone, Rose	Emmerichs, Bern	Eora Nation, Gadigal People, Orphans		5-10 Years	In Print
When I Was Little, Like You	Malbunka, Mary		Kukatja-Luritja People, MacDonnell Ranges, Papunya, Traditional Life		6-12 Years	In Print