Industry & Impact: Years 9–10
📚 About this Excursion
This program invites students to critically examine the forces that shaped modern Australia — from technological revolutions to cultural resistance.
🧑🏫 LEARN
Choose between two compelling curriculum-linked sessions:
The Industrial Revolution in Australia explores how gold, technology and labour transformed daily life
Australia and Asia: Aboriginal People centres Indigenous voices and examines the impact of European colonisation through a First Nations lens
🔥 EXPERIENCE
Witness history in action at the Gold Pour Demonstration — an unforgettable moment linking industry, wealth and environmental cost.
🗺️ EXPLORE
Students will move through the Diggings, Main Street, Mining & Industry zones, and the Wadawurrung Cultural Precinct, using place-based learning to unpack innovation, resistance and change.
🎯 This four-hour program connects history, ethics, geography and intercultural understanding — challenging students to reflect on the consequences of growth and the stories we choose to tell.
About the Program
📚 About this Excursion
This program invites students to critically examine the forces that shaped modern Australia — from technological revolutions to cultural resistance.
🧑🏫 LEARN
Choose between two compelling curriculum-linked sessions:
The Industrial Revolution in Australia explores how gold, technology and labour transformed daily life
Australia and Asia: Aboriginal People centres Indigenous voices and examines the impact of European colonisation through a First Nations lens
🔥 EXPERIENCE
Witness history in action at the Gold Pour Demonstration — an unforgettable moment linking industry, wealth and environmental cost.
🗺️ EXPLORE
Students will move through the Diggings, Main Street, Mining & Industry zones, and the Wadawurrung Cultural Precinct, using place-based learning to unpack innovation, resistance and change.
🎯 This four-hour program connects history, ethics, geography and intercultural understanding — challenging students to reflect on the consequences of growth and the stories we choose to tell.
Documents
Questions & Answers
Objectives
Years 9–10
History
VCHHK137
The causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution in Australia
VCHHK138
The impact of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
VCHHK139
Significant events and ideas that shaped Australia’s history
VCHHK141
Experiences of non-Europeans in Australia’s development
Years 9–10
Geography
VCGGK153
Environmental change and management
VCGGC132
Geospatial skills and interpreting fieldwork
Years 9–10
Ethical Capability
VCECU020
Consider ethical perspectives in historical and modern contexts
VCECD019
Reflect on rights, responsibilities and equity
Years 9–10
Intercultural Capability
VCICCD019
Analyse the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
VCICCB018
Explain how cultural groups express identity
Years 9–10
Critical & Creative Thinking
VCCCTR046
Evaluate evidence, assumptions and multiple viewpoints in contested topics