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Australian Federation - History Word Wall Vocabulary
90 Australian Federation related vocabulary cards.
Display and use these Year 6 Word Wall Vocabulary cards around your room to immerse your students in the content specific vocabulary when learning about Australian Federation.
There is a blank sheet provided at the end for any extra words that your students may want to add.
Words include:
democracy, colonisation, colony, 20th century, chronological, chronology, assimilate, society, refugee, Saigon, significant contribution, historical, inquiry, persecution, sequence, emigrate, culture, cultural groups, development, communism, diversity, communist, migrate, ancestry, immigrate, oration, point of view, perspective, populate or perish, historical inquiry, original inhabitants, chronological order, political reason, political impact, act, annotated timeline, artefact, constitutional, convention, commonwealth, constitutional monarchy, United Nations, wants, value, social impacts, Stolen Generations, social reason, inauguration, conference, significance, federal system, immigrant, guardianship, refugee, map, timeline, tariffs, secondary source, primary source, empathy, franchise, event, status, census, sources, discrimination, Congress, constitution, suffrage, delegate, suffragist, referendum, treaty, population, convention, law, judiciary, colonial structure, economic reason, economic impact, voting, citizenship, citizen, nation, trade, monarch, government, rights, republic, parliament, migrant, migration, culture, petition, election, federation, federate and Australia.
Australian Federation - History Vocabulary
democracy | colonisation | colony |
20th century | chronological | chronology |
assimilate | society | refugee |
Saigon | significan contribution | historical |
inquiry | persecution | sequence |
emigrate | culture | cultural groups |
development | communism | diversity |
communist | migrate | ancestry |
immigrate | oration | point of view |
perspective | populate or perish | historical inquiry |
original inhabitants | chronological order | political reason |
political impact | act | annotated timeline |
artefact | constitutional | convention |
commonwealth | constitutional monarchy | United Nations |
wants | value | social impacts |
Stolen Generations | social reason | inauguration |
conference | significance | federal system |
immigrant | guardianship | refugee |
map | timeline | tariffs |
secondary source | primary source | empathy |
franchise | event | status |
census | sources | discrimination |
Congress | constitution | suffrage |
delegate | suffragist | referendum |
treaty | population | convention |
law | judiciary | colonial structure |
economic reason | economic impact | voting |
citizenship | citizen | nation |
trade | monarch | government |
rights | republic | parliament |
migrant | migration | culture |
petition | election | federation |
federate | Australia |
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCHHC083
Identify the origin, content features and the purpose of historical sources and describe the context of these sources when explaining daily life in colonial Australia, reasons for migration and causes and effects of Federation
- VCHHC083
Identify the origin, content features and the purpose of historical sources and describe the context of these sources when explaining daily life in colonial Australia, reasons for migration and causes and effects of Federation
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACHASSK134
Key figures, events and ideas that led to Australia's Federation and Constitution

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