Australian History: Stories and Collections

With Herald Education's Australian History supplements, students and teachers can explore Australia's recorded history through the stories and collections of extraordinary and everyday Australians. Discover the role of The Sydney Morning Herald and the NSW State Library in recording and preserving our history.

You will receive these delivered in class sets of 15 copies:

• Week 1 - Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald and Part 1 of Herald Education's Australian History: Stories and Collections supplement;
• Week 2 - Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald and Part 2 of Herald Education's Australian History: Stories and Collections supplement;

PLUS access to free online resources designed to help you use the newspapers and supplements in the classroom

You may have noticed an error in the poster we sent to your school promoting this supplement. Dame Edith Cowan was mistakenly identified as Caroline Chisholm. We will post corrected posters to your school once we receive your order.

In the meantime, you can download the correct version of the poster here. We apologise for this error.

Resources

Part One: First People to Federation

Part Two: 20th Century and Beyond

Special Offer

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) was first published in 1831 as The Sydney Herald. The SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia.

We have a limited number of complimentary reproductions of the first edition published Monday April 18, 1831, and we're giving Herald Education subscribers the opportunity to own a copy of this unique record of history.

The paper is now available free to the first 100 Herald Education subscribers to order. 

Order your copy now!