Discovering History - Upper Primary: The New Century (Australian In The 20th and 21st Centuries)

The New Century traces the history of Australia from the beginning of a new millennium in 2000 to the end of 2011. Read about Australia’s spectacular performance as host of the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, the catastrophic events of 11 September 2001 and the ensuing war on terror, the Bali Bombings in 2002, a change in federal government from Liberal-National Party led by John Howard to Kevin Rudd’s ALP in 2007, devastating bushfires in Canberra and Victoria and a worldwide financial crisis termed the GFC.
This book is classified as Reading Level 29 / Fountas and Pinnell Level T.

Table Of Contents

Introduction
Timeline
Australia 2000; Sydney Olympic Games
The Tampa Affair and the Pacific Solution
9/11; The World Changes
Bali: Bombs in Paradise
Kevin '07
The Facebook and Broadband Revolutions
Australia and Afghanistan
Sorry
Mining Book and Banking Crisis
Bushfires in a Sunburnt Country
Australia's First Female Prime Minister
Glossary
Index
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