2012 is the 70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin.
On 19 February 1942, World War II was brought to the shores of Australia when
the Japanese dropped bombs over Darwin. On this day over 243 people, both
armed forces personnel and civilians, lost their lives. Continue reading
The 2012 series of the DEFENCE 2020 – Has the ADF helped shape Australia’s national identity? is off to a great start! Continue reading
Come on a journey with us to discover some of the mysteries of lake Mungo! Continue reading
We are about to start filming another history mystery for inclusion on our subscription website AustralianHistoryMysteries.info. This one is about the mysteries of Lake Mungo and titled What are the Mysteries of Lake Mungo? If you haven’t yet subscribed to this … Continue reading
The 2011 series of the DEFENCE 2020 – Is the ADF a good role model? - concluded with the National Youth Participation Challenge in Canberra on 19th and 20th of October. Throughout the year we held 15 Youth Challenges across … Continue reading
We have had a hectic but very rewarding couple of months. We have run 14 Youth Challenges around the country for the 2011 series of the Defence 2020 program that we conduct (defence2020.info). We have also run two teacher seminars … Continue reading
We are now half-way through the 2011 series of the DEFENCE 2020 Youth Challenges. The focus of these challenges is on role models, and the qualities that role models show that are worth adopting in our own lives as citizens. … Continue reading
The team at Ryebuck Media are proud winners of the 2011 Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) Awards in the category of Best Learning & Education. The award was for the primary and secondary elements of the resource produced by … Continue reading
This late afternoon program, attended by 26 teachers, offered the opportunity to explore a new improved secondary school resource which investigates how copyright, creativity and citizenship shape our society, its relevance to the curriculum and to students’ everyday lives. The … Continue reading
The first in the 2011 series of NOTHING BEATS THE REAL THING! Copyright and Creativity youth challenges has just been staged at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast. 130 students from ten schools had a great day out – … Continue reading