Australia - an ancient land : teacher notes and student activities

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

This black and white resource is an 18 page booklet including geological time, rock clocks, the age of famous Australian places, Australia on the move, Australian volcanoes, Ice Ages, Ancient Australian life, how fossils form and some common Australian fossils. Includes student activities suitable for primary Years K-6.

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Title Australia - an ancient land : teacher notes and student activities
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/077f0e28-ef6c-4a65-beb8-bc556cdf80e2
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Australia - an ancient land : teacher notes and student activities". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australia-an-ancient-land-teacher-notes-and-student-activities