TEACHERS NOTES

Strangers on Country

Strangers on Country provides a unique opportunity to engage primary and lower secondary school students in imagining first contact between Aboriginal Australians and European settlers.

The National Library of Australia’s education officers produced extensive teachers’ notes for Years 5-7. These are a free download - just click the link under material downloads on this page.

Tony Shaw from Glen Park Primary School created an in-depth set of teachers’ notes, worksheets and classroom activities. These are also a free download.

Material Downloads

NLA STRANGERS ON COUNTRY Teachers’ Notes

T. Shaw's Strangers on Country Teachers Notes

Linked Resources

The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature have compiled a range of teaching resources

ABC Radio interviewed the authors of Living With The Locals - John Maynard and Victoria Haskins - and created short animations about some of the stories that are also included in Strangers on Country including Narcisse Pelletier, Barbara Thomson and James Davis.

Behind The Book: Strangers on Country

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India Dark, The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie, The Lilliputians, Vulture’s Gate, Zarconi’s Magic Flying Fish, Bridie’s Fire, Becoming Billy Dare, A Prayer for Blue Delaney, The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong, Walking Home with Marie-Claire, Children of the Wind Series, Strangers on Country, Kids Who Did, Topsy-turvy World, A Penny to Remember, The Red Camel, The Clever Cats Book Club, When Billy was a Dog, Eat the Sky

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