Migration Museum
The Migration Museum tells the stories of South Australians and celebrates cultural diversity. Our exhibition galleries trace the history of migration to South Australia and the impact of colonisation on Aboriginal people. Our education programs address the Australian Curriculum R-10 and are led by trained facilitators.
Address:
82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA 5000
Migration Musuem
82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA 5000
School bookings
ALL school visits must be booked in advance.
To book a visit please contact the Migration Museum.
Please note that all bookings must be made by phone.
Charges:
60 min program:
$5.00 per student/$2.50 equity
90 min program:
$7.00 per student/$3.00 equity
120 min program:
$9.00 per student/$4.00 equity
Organising your visit
For more information and to discuss your student learning needs please contact the Education Manager at the Migration Museum.
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Filter programs for Migration Museum
| TITLE | SUMMARY | SUBJECTS | FORMAT | level_hfilter | area_hfilter | capability_hfilter | priority_hfilter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Overview: First Contacts | 1. What was life like for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples before the arrival of the Europeans? | HASS - History | Program | 03 04 | hass-history | critical-and-creative-thinking ethical-understanding personal-and-social-capability | aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-and-cultures |
 | Overview: Contemporary migration to South Australia post 1945 | Who is migrating to South Australia right now? Where are migrants coming from, and why? How is migration experienced? How does government policy shape migration journeys? | HASS - Civics and Citizenship HASS - History | Program | 10 | hass-geography hass-history | asia-and-australias-engagement-with-asia | |
| Colonial Footprints | Why did the SA government company decide to site Adelaide where it currently is? What tools and instruments were used to plan out the site? What would you look for? Water supply, ease of accessibility, fertility of land, ease of travel! | HASS - Geography HASS - History Mathematics Technologies | Program | 04 05 | hass-history technologies | critical-and-creative-thinking numeracy | |
 | The Making of Democracy – joint program with the Centre of Democracy | This cross- site education program will develop student’s understanding the impact of colonisation on Aboriginal people, the nature of the colonisation model used in South Australia and the development of democracy in the 1800s culminating in an understanding of women’s suffrage in the late 1800s. | HASS - Civics and Citizenship HASS - History | Special Program | 05 06 | hass-civics-and-citizenship hass-history | critical-and-creative-thinking ethical-understanding literacy personal-and-social-capability | aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-and-cultures |
 | Unpacking Histories | An investigative multimedia assisted workshop that aims to show how the stories of individual lives fit into the local, national and global mosaic of history. Working like historians and curators, students put on white-gloves and unpack, investigate, research and record the lives of several South Australians and their immigration stories. | HASS - History | Special Program | 06 08 | hass-history | critical-and-creative-thinking intercultural-understanding | |
 | If walls could speak: 5 stories from the Destitute Asylum eBook | … | English HASS - History | Digital/eLearning | 06 09 11 professional-learning | english hass-history | critical-and-creative-thinking ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding literacy personal-and-social-capability | aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-and-cultures |
 | Unpacking Histories | … | HASS - Civics and Citizenship HASS - History | Workshop | 06 09 | hass-civics-and-citizenship hass-history | critical-and-creative-thinking ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding literacy personal-and-social-capability | asia-and-australias-engagement-with-asia |
 | Changing Places Facilitated Workshop | … | HASS - Civics and Citizenship HASS - History Technologies | Workshop | 06 07 09 10 11 | hass-civics-and-citizenship hass-history technologies | critical-and-creative-thinking ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding literacy personal-and-social-capability | asia-and-australias-engagement-with-asia |
 | First Contacts | … | HASS - Civics and Citizenship HASS - History | Workshop | 02 03 04 | hass-civics-and-citizenship hass-history | critical-and-creative-thinking ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding literacy personal-and-social-capability | aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-and-cultures |
 | Being a child in the nineteenth century | … | HASS - Civics and Citizenship HASS - History Technologies | Workshop | early-years f 01 02 03 | hass-civics-and-citizenship hass-history technologies | critical-and-creative-thinking ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding literacy personal-and-social-capability | aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-and-cultures |
 | The Curator’s Table | This is a web-based and iPad compatible resource aligned with Years 6 and 9 Australian Curriculum (AC): History. This website provides primary sources that can be used by teachers to engage students in inquiry based learning related to the treatment of German people in South Australia at the time of World War I. | HASS - Civics and Citizenship HASS - Geography HASS - History | Digital/eLearning | 06 09 10 11 12 | hass-civics-and-citizenship hass-geography hass-history | ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding literacy | |
 | Immigration: An Overview | This program looks at key events in South Australian immigration history from 1836 to the present day. It emphasises the concept of cause and effect. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives are highlighted. | HASS - History Languages | Program | 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 | hass-history languages | ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding | aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-and-cultures asia-and-australias-engagement-with-asia |
 | 20th and 21st Century Immigration | This program looks at key events in South Australian immigration history since Federation. It emphasizes the concept of cause and effect. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives are highlighted. | HASS - Civics and Citizenship HASS - History | Program | 06 09 10 11 | hass-civics-and-citizenship hass-history | ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding | aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-and-cultures asia-and-australias-engagement-with-asia |