Sovereign Hill Masterclass
📚 About this Excursion
This senior-level program gives VCE students access to real-world applications of their subject areas — from historical change to business innovation, health, sustainability and cultural identity.
🧑🏫 LEARN
Choose from specialised, curriculum-mapped sessions delivered by expert educators:
Business Management — study Sovereign Hill as a not-for-profit case in marketing, staffing, and innovation
Health & Human Development — explore public health, wellbeing and sanitation in 19th-century Ballarat
Geography — investigate tourism, fieldwork and sustainability through site-based data collection
Outdoor and Environmental Studies — examine changing relationships with the environment across time
Australian History — unpack themes of continuity and change, colonisation and resistance
🗺️ EXPLORE
Students will walk through the Diggings, Chinese Village, Main Street, Mining and Industry, Speedwell Street, and the Wadawurrung Cultural Precinct, gathering evidence and insights that connect directly to their VCE outcomes.
🎯 This excursion turns Sovereign Hill into a living case study, supporting deeper understanding, fieldwork skills, and critical evaluation — with content tailored to match each VCE study design.
About the Program
📚 About this Excursion
This senior-level program gives VCE students access to real-world applications of their subject areas — from historical change to business innovation, health, sustainability and cultural identity.
🧑🏫 LEARN
Choose from specialised, curriculum-mapped sessions delivered by expert educators:
Business Management — study Sovereign Hill as a not-for-profit case in marketing, staffing, and innovation
Health & Human Development — explore public health, wellbeing and sanitation in 19th-century Ballarat
Geography — investigate tourism, fieldwork and sustainability through site-based data collection
Outdoor and Environmental Studies — examine changing relationships with the environment across time
Australian History — unpack themes of continuity and change, colonisation and resistance
🗺️ EXPLORE
Students will walk through the Diggings, Chinese Village, Main Street, Mining and Industry, Speedwell Street, and the Wadawurrung Cultural Precinct, gathering evidence and insights that connect directly to their VCE outcomes.
🎯 This excursion turns Sovereign Hill into a living case study, supporting deeper understanding, fieldwork skills, and critical evaluation — with content tailored to match each VCE study design.
Questions & Answers
Objectives
VCE
Business Management
Unit 1 & 2: Business idea development, marketing, and operations
Unit 4: Business transformation and management strategies
VCE
Health & Human Development
Unit 3: Australia’s health in a globalised world
Area of Study 2: Promoting health and wellbeing
VCE
Geography
Unit 2: Tourism — characteristics, impacts, sustainability
Fieldwork: Onsite data collection using GIS, observation and visual records
VCE
Outdoor and Environmental Studies
Unit 3: Relationships with outdoor environments
Area of Study 2: Historical and contemporary interactions with Australian environments
VCE
Australian History
Unit 3 & 4: Continuity and Change
Area of Study 1: Foundation of colonial Australia and societal transformation