By Gabriella, Jackson and Daisy

Year Six visited the Australian National Museum in Canberra. This museum is full of things about Australia, and has three main topics - People, Land and Nation.

Our first stop was the Circa Room where we sat in a group on a platform that rotated. At each rotation stop we watched a video on one of the topics, People, Nation, Land. Land was about how Australia has changed since the beginning. People was about the multi-culturalism of Australia. Nation was about the starting of the government in Australia and the importance of Canberra.

First we went to People, and watched a short video on the ways and nature of the Aboriginal people. We listened to the story of a woman called Tara as well. In Nation, we learnt about the Old and New Parliament House and how Melbourne and Sydney had debated over where Canberra should be. In the section called Land, we learnt about how Australia has gone from a bushy plain to a civilized country.

We also visited an Aboriginal Display in the museum. We got to see a huge video, view different instruments, tools, and clothing of the Aboriginals and learnt about the culture.

Everyone learnt a heap from the museum. We recommend Canberra and the National Australian Museum to everyone!