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        Listed under:  Technologies  >  Design  >  Inventions
        Listed under:  Arts  >  Design  >  Inventions
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        I am an inventor lesson

        • TLF-IDA002720

        In this lesson, students explore the life, work and times of Rube Goldberg. The lesson uses Rube Goldberg’s work to teach students about simple machines, how they function and their design principles. Working in groups, the students then design and create a Rube Goldberg machine that can complete a simple task. Students ...

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        Discovering democracy: democratic struggles

        • TLF-IDL9519

        Interact with a slideshow of images and text to explore the influence of the Chartist movement in Britain on the miners' struggles at the Ballarat goldfields, and the development of democratic ideas in Australia.

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        Sheep washing at 'Collaroy' station, 1872

        • TLF-IDR4112

        This is an image from a wood engraving, measuring 35.0 cm x 23.6 cm, showing an elaborate steam-driven sheep washing plant at 'Collaroy' station in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales. It shows sheep moving through several stages of scouring, washing and rinsing. Large boilers and engines are housed in sheds on the ...

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