
Teachers, welcome to our website, which has been designed to help Australian
teachers and students celebrate the 400-year friendship between the Netherlands
and Australia.
The year 2006 marked the 400th year since Dutch sailors first landed in Australia.
People in both Australia and the Netherlands enjoyed celebrating the event
and the special relationships they have shared since 1606.
As you explore the pages of this website, you and your students will discover
many interesting things about the friendship between the Dutch and the Australians
and the similarities and differences between our cultures.
Below are some student activities relating to the main topics covered in the
website, as well as some cross-curricular lesson and activity ideas that cover
each of the Key Learning Areas.

Dutch
Immigration Cross-offs - PDF (39 kb)
Dutch
Immigration Cross-offs - HTML
True/False
Culture Crack the Code - PDF (63 kb)
True/False
Culture Crack the Code - HTML
Create
Your Own Picture - PDF (40 kb)
Create
Your Own Picture - HTML
Dutch
Find-a-Word - PDF (76 kb)
Dutch
Find-a-Word - HTML
Learn
the Dutch Language - PDF (79 kb)
Learn
the Dutch Language - HTML
Celebrate
the Friendship Poster Design - PDF (59 kb)
Celebrate
the Friendship Poster Design - HTML
Netherlands
Mini Author Quiz - PDF (73 kb)
Netherlands
Mini Author Quiz - HTML
Acrostic
Poem - PDF (65 kb)
Acrostic
Poem - HTML
Famous
for What? - PDF (68 kb)
Famous
for What? - HTML
Imagine
If... - PDF (66 kb)
Imagine
If... - HTML
Time
Line - PDF (62 kb)
Time Line - HTML
Student
Activities Solutions - PDF (115 kb)
Student
Activities Solutions - HTML

Lesson
and Activity Ideas - PDF (64 kb)
Lesson
and Activity Ideas - HTML