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CensusAtSchool
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A Tale of Two Worlds
Ngankat-kalo


CensusAtSchool

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has created CensusAtSchool so that you can take part in an exciting Australia-wide data collection and analysis project.

The data collected for CensusAtSchool uses similar data collection methods to the Census of Population and Housing 2006.

Visit CensusAtSchool to learn more.



Website Indigenous Statistics Education

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Website Indigenous Statistics Education (WISE) is an online tutorial for people who would like to understand more about Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through statistics.

Visit the WISE web pages to learn more.




Ngankat-kalo

Image: Ngankat-kalo commemorating the centenary of Australian federation in 2000.
To commemorate the Centenary of Australian Federation in 2000, the ABS developed a collaborative project with the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI).

Ngankat-kalo (yesterday - today) is a website detailing 100 years of Koorie education in Victoria.

The results of this project can be seen on the VAEAI website.



Water: Waste Not, Want Not

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Water is vital to life. It is an important resource in a continent as dry as Australia.

The Online Water Project investigates the issues surrounding water conservation in Australia, including the loss of wetlands, blue-green algae blooms, carp infestation, decline in native fish populations, increased salinity and high bacterial levels.

Visit the Online Water Project on myinternet to learn more.



‘A Tale of Two Worlds’ interactive CD ROM

Image: Eon and Rufus from ‘A Tale of Two Worlds’.
‘A Tale of Two Worlds’ is packed with fun games showing you how the Census plays a part in determining the future of Australia.

Join Eon and Rufus as they take a journey through parallel worlds with Alice, who shows them how the Census can help create order from chaos.

Your school may already have a copy of ‘A Tale of Two Worlds’. Check with your teacher or school librarian, or ask them to Contact ABS Education Services.


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