Waves of Migration
Explore Australia's immigration history.
In this curriculum-aligned excursion secondary history students use artefacts and documents to learn about Australia’s immigration history.
Students will experience
- Interacting with museum artefacts and documents to discover key details of the waves of migration to Australia.
- Sharing ideas with team members.
- Reporting back findings to the class.
- Building a chronology of Australian immigration policies over the last 230 years.
- Following a classroom session, visit museum galleries to consolidate learning from the classroom session.
Students will learn
- How push and pull factors have determined the waves of migration.
- The role of government immigration policies on Australian society.
- The attitudes of society on immigration to Australia.
- The significance of immigration on Australia’s history.
In the galleries, students will use a booklet to:
- Build on their learning in the classroom session.
- Examine the effects of each wave of migration on different groups in society.
- How Australia’s immigration policies have changed over time.
Students will be provided
- A booklet to take back to school which will guide them through the galleries and to record their findings.
Students will need
- Pen or pencil.
Availability
Terms 1–4, Monday to Thursday
Duration: 45 minute workshop followed by 45 minute gallery visit
Student information
Years 9 to 10, VCE
Maximum 50 students
Bookings
Workshop
Presented by a museum educator
Victorian Curriculum Links
History Levels 9 and 10
Investigation: Australia (1750-1914)
- significant events, ideas, people, groups and movements that contributed to continuity and change in Australian society between 1750 and 1914 (VC2HH10K09)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’, local-born colonists’ and migrants’ experiences and perspectives of continuity and change between 1750 and 1914 (VC2HH10K10)
The globalising world (1945–present)
- causes and consequences of significant post-1945 world events, ideas and developments, and their influences on Australia after 1945 (VC2HH10K38)
- continuities and/or changes caused by a major global influence, development and/or event after 1945 (VC2HH10K39)
Intercultural Capability: Levels 9 and 10
Culture, identity and belonging
- how diverse cultures, including their own, influence one another in a range of contexts and how this impacts identity and a sense of belonging and inclusion (VC2CI10C01)
- ways in which intercultural relations and intercultural experiences are influenced by policies and practices of a range of institutions (VC2CI10C02)
VCE History
Unit 3 and 4: Australian History
- Area of study 1: Creating a nation (1834–1913)
Accessibility
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Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund
The Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund aims to enhance access to our museums (Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Immigration Museum), programs and events by offering free or subsidised education programs for eligible schools. Find out more about the fund.
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