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SaveUpdated for 2020! AFL Tipping spreadhsheet with formulas to automatically calculate each person's tally. Score cards for each round of fixtures included!
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SaveNRL Tipping spreadhsheet with formulas to automatically calculate each person's tally. Score cards for each round of fixtures included!
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SaveJust sending you another of my poems. Thanking you.
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SaveCelebrate Australia Day by completing this crossword! How well do you know Australia?
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SaveI created this find a word for my residents as part of word game activities for celebrating Australia Day.
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SaveAn Adelaide Fringe Festival themed word search
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SaveAn AFL themed words search!
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SaveNRL Team Logos for downloading and printing to decorate your facility.
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Here is a bingo game featuring AFL clubs for Australian members!
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SaveThis comprehensive armchair travel activity includes everything you need for a full day of travel to AUSTRALIA! Fact files, trivia, quizzes, music, food, posters, craft and so much more! We hope you enjoy the AUSTRALIA travelog!
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Bunting templates for an Australian celebration!
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SaveAn attractive one-page fact file all about Australia. Print, distribute and discuss!
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Posters of famous Australian animals and landmarks!
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Australia travel posters - a great way to decorate the room for an Aussie theme day!
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Australia has some unique and amazing animals! See if you can guess the animals in this quiz...
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SaveUsing Coles Mini Shops (Australia) from Coles we have created our very own version of the price is right!
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SaveFill in the blanks for these Australian NRL clubs!
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Here is some trivia to share - translations for Australian suburbs and towns with Aboriginal names. Coolum, Dandenong, Bombala and more!
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A D-Day themed word finder to commemorate the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II.
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SaveIn November 2018, BHP was forced to deliberately derail a runaway train loaded with iron ore in Western Australia. The driver had been inspecting an issue with the loaded train when it started moving by itself. This is a gripping news event to share with residents!
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SaveAnother Australian-themed history quiz for Australia Day!
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SaveUluru, one of Australia’s most famous and immediately recognizable landmarks, is also known as 'Ayers Rock'. It is one of the most visited sites in Australia.
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SaveA Summer themed Christmas word search
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SaveHere is a chance to learn a few Indigenous Australian words in an entertaining way. Like most native words of the world: some are beautiful, some are interesting, never are they boring!
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SaveIndigenous Australians use plant shoots, Echidna quills and small twigs to paint their Dreamtime stories. Here are 12 Dot Painting Templates to enjoy with the elderly.
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SaveSome interesting facts, history and trivia about Melbourne Cup!
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SaveThose who do not wish to be involved will still have fun watching, hearing and experiencing the teams do their thing!
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SaveAustralian inventions that changed the world. You will be surprised! This is a fun activity for seniors.
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SaveMusic sticks are used to keep the rhythm in songs, dances and corroborees in ceremonial events.
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SaveWho would have thought that 'Thong Throwing' would become an Aussie form of sporting glory!!
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SaveHere are some funny Australian themed jokes to celebrate Australia Day!
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Test your knowledge and learn some more about Aboriginal culture during Naidoc week.
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Trivia about the history of ANZAC day
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SaveTest your knowledge of Australia's famous explorers on Australia Day!
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Celebrate Australia Day with a Word Finder!
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SaveHere's a general knowledge quiz about Australia.
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SaveA Melbourne Cup themed Find-A-Word
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SaveThe Horse-Race game is a great way to spend the morning on Melbourne Cup Day!
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SaveBungaree was an Aboriginal Australian from the Kuringai people of the Broken Bay area, 3 miles north of Sydney. He came to prominence in 1798, when he accompanied Matthew Flinders on a coastal survey as an interpreter, guide, and negotiator with the local indigenous groups.
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I have made a timeline of some of the events that have happened, which we can reflect with on the reconciliation journey
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SaveTo celebrate International Nurses day we had a morning tea and invited staff to tell their own stories. I also made a jigsaw puzzle from the attached skeleton. The other activity I did with them was to give each group the skeleton image with the names of the bones and had them draw a line to what bone they thought was correct.
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SaveUsing the powerpoint, scroll through and get the residents to guess which product the jingle or slogan relates to. You can always adapt this to include the youtube advertisement or tune.
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SaveThe object of the game is for each team to roll one dice and starting in Tasmania, work their way around Australia answering the quiz cards as they go.
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SaveBanjo Paterson was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, including Waltzing Matilda and The Man from Snowy River.
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This Bingo game I made for the Australia day celebrations. It is a picture Bingo of Aussie landmarks and icons.
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SaveThis is an activity that I play on Australia Day or for NAIDOC week.
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SaveAs part of Australia Day celebrations I made up this game. On a whiteboard I wrote up all of Australia's States and Territories (or you could draw a map).
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SaveA quiz that focuses on the history of Australia
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, visited Sydney, Australia in the late 19th century (1895) while on a world-wide lecture tour. This is a concise excerpt from his travelogue "Following the Equator".
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I have put together a list of TV Ads old and new using their catch phrase. I have laminated the phrase and the answer into strips and put a magnet on the back. It brought back lots of memories.
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SaveA fun quiz for people who know the suburbs of Brisbane.
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SaveHere is some trivia that will appeal to Australian men.
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Qantas is a national icon worthy of celebration. Here is a short version of the Qantas story.
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SaveRead Along books for dementia residents
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SaveAim: To stimulate cognitive function and refresh memory through a friendly trivia game suitable for all levels.
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SaveSeniors Week is celebrated on many different dates. It is an opportunity for people of all ages to honour our senior citizens.
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SaveComplete the title or line of the following songs!
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SaveMatthew Flinders was a distinguished English navigator and cartographer. He was the first person to circumnavigate the island-continent of Australia.
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SaveI printed out this picture of a horse and trimmings for colouring in and cutting out, and gave him 2 wooden pegs for legs.
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SaveAussie Themed Jingle Bells
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SaveInstead of fashions on the field for Melb Cup we are having colours on the field.
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SaveAustralian Prime Ministers quiz - great to reminisce & test your knowledge.
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SaveBecome acquainted with some exotic native Australian words.
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Poppy flowers have long been a part of Memorial Day, Remembrance Day and Anzac Day. Here is another way of making a Poppy; this time in fabric.
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SaveHere is a nice decoration to be placed on dining tables on Memorial Day, along with lapel Poppies.
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This is a wonderful reminiscing game for Australian Seniors! It can be adapted to make it easier or harder as required.
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SaveA wonderful and funny poem written by one of members!
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SaveCreate a lovely poster to commemorate Remembrance Day.
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SaveUse plastic spoons to make these lovely wreaths for ANZAC Day!
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SaveGet in the spirit of Melbourne Cup Day!
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SaveFor Australia Day you can make a few billy cans to display around your facility, along with Aussie cork hats, didgeridoos, Australian flags, and posters of Australian flowers and wildlife.
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SaveDecorate your activities room with everything 'Australian'.
Thanks Joanne for this idea!
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SaveMake you own Australian themed 12 Days of Christmas song to enjoy.
Thanks Joanne!
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SaveInteresting trivia about Australia and New Zealand.
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Socialization with peers in a group setting. Sense of accomplishment. Video included!
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SavePotential for reminiscing. Personal satisfaction. Video included!
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SaveEnhance self esteem. Have fun with arts and crafts!
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SaveMake your own game for Melbourne Cup Celebrations!
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SaveEasy and fun to make! Give the bookmarks as souvenirs to friends, staff and relatives.
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SaveCelebrate cultural uniqueness and promote friendship and sharing.
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SaveDecorate your facility with these easy to make paper chains.
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SaveNurses, support and leisure staff should compete in this fun contest.
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Have a party on Australia Day; quizzes, games, sing-along, beauty contest, movies, damper, billy tea, BBQ and lots of beer (and shandy) and laughter.
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SaveMake these easy fabric fish for a competition game on Australia Day; fill them with a mixture of polyester fibrefill and lavender. Have fun!
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SaveCan you name Australia's most western point?
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SaveWhat do the following expressions or phrases mean to you?
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SaveProfiles of 2 prominent and famous Indigenous Australians.
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Here are 3 beautiful Dreamtime stories to share during Naidoc week.
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Here are some beautiful Aboriginal names for boys and girls.
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Create your own beautiful hats to be worn on Melbourne Cup Day!
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SaveCreate a fantastic Melbourne Cup piece of art in this activity!
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SaveHere's a Remembrance Day themed word search!
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Observe cultural festivities. Promote sense of purpose. Download full program!
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SaveHere are 20 interesting facts about Australia!
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Damper is so easy to make - all you need is a hot oven and some very basic ingredients! Here is a recipe well worth trying!
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SaveGet in the spirit of Melbourne Cup Day with a hat parade!
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SaveGet residents involved in Melbourne Cup celebrations!
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SaveObserve cultural festivities. Promote sense of purpose. Download full program!
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SaveThis year for something different we are having yabbie races.
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