Community & Remembrance

Exploring 'Community and Remembrance' through a history site study in

The Rocks, Sydney

This unit of work is available as an on demand webinar

Webinars are available on selected dates and cost $60 per class, journaled to your school (DoE), or for non DoE schools, through a sales order.

Bookings can be made through DART

Acknowledgement of Country

We would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the land Observatory Hill EEC is located on, and pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website may contain images, voices and videos of deceased persons. Teachers may wish to take a few moments to discuss this sensitivity with your class.

For Teachers

This website is designed to:

identify significant celebrations and commemorations in Australia

identify examples of things that commemorate important people, places and events in our history
assist understanding of how important people, groups and events changed a local community over time
assist understanding of how and why people choose to remember significant events of the past

Webinars are available on demand subject to availability and cost $30 per class (journaled to your school).

Ph: 9247 7321 to make a booking.

History excursions in The Rocks are also available - Covid 19 restrictions permitting.

Download the short Webinar History Journal located on the Resources Page

Download the full Website History Journal.

What is Community?

A group of people living in the same area or people who have particular things in common.

For example their:

house type
religion or beliefs
culture
environment

There are many different communities across Sydney it is important to remember that we are all part of the Australian community.

History Detective Questions 1

People can belong to different communities at the same time like their suburb, their school, a religious group, or an organisations like Scouts.

How would you describe the community in your suburb, to a friend who has not been there?

Do you belong to a community of people that are not living in your suburb like a religious group, a culture group or an organisation or club like Scouts?

What is Remembrance?

Remembrance means remembering something. Communities often build things, like memorials, that help us remember important people, places and events from their history.

What is Commemorate?

Commemorate means to mark or celebrate (an event or person) by doing or producing something like singing the national anthem, like laying flowers on a war memorial or grave, or having a minute's silence.