Create Australia Badge

Ideas for the Create a Challenge the Australia Badge

Find out about 3 animals and 3 plants that are only found in Australia.
Know when your family first came to Australia and be able to show on a map where they came from.
Know the names of all the Australian States and Territories and the capital city of each
Be able to explain what ANZAC stands for and why we celebrate Anzac Day.
Act out an Aboriginal Dreamtime story.
Using a Milk Arrowroot biscuit, or similar, nibble an outline of Australia.
Help make Lamingtons or Anzac biscuits.
Know the floral emblems of each state.
Make damper over a campfire.
Make a didgeridoo
Make an Australian scrapbook – to include collections of Australia-wide interest.
Know the names of the symbols on the Australian flag.
Compile a list of foods gathered by Aborigines when they lived in their tribal state, and know how they gathered them.
View a collection, or visit a display, of art or craft made by Aborigines and write about the things you saw.
Find out about one well-known Aborigine (past or present).
Compile a list of Aboriginal words brought into the English language.
Find 10 towns in Australia with aboriginal names and the meaning of the names.
Know and sing the first two verses of Advance Australia Fair.
Know and sing the first verse of ‘God Save the Queen’.
Learn about ‘Aussie Rules Football’ and present the information to the unit or your Leader.
Find out about a famous Australian person and present the information to the unit or your Leader.
Find out about the Aboriginal Corroboree Mask and make one from papier-mache.
Find out about the history of Guiding in Australia.
Write a report on 3 things you find interesting about Australia.
Learn about Aboriginal picture code and how pictures can tell a story.
Find out about some Australian animals that have become extinct.
Describe how Aborigines sent messages.
Find out about Aboriginal tribes of Ballarat
Take a look at 3 examples of Australian inventions.

Need more of a challenge?

Describe 4 primary products and/or materials of Victoria.
Find out about a pioneer of Victoria.
In your opinion, name seven ‘wonders’ of Australia.
Give a 5 minute talk on one of the following: Natural resources, famous Australian, History, Australian flora and fauna
Learn the Australian citizenship oath and be able to explain who takes this oath.
Roll and hoist the Australian flag correctly.
Learn about the Australian Coat of Arms and explain what all the emblems stand for.
Find out about a tribe of aborigines who lived in or near Ballarat.
List the names of three sea explorers who discovered different parts of Australia and name the country from which each came.
Draw a map of the journey of exploration undertaken by Burke and Wills.
Make a presentation about what it means to be Australian. And what would be considered ‘un-Australian’.

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