Strategic Partnerships Program

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Strategic Partners

Historical and cultural organisations

Each of these strategic partners in the historical and cultural organisations program deliver student or teacher focused programs.

Ballarat City Council / The Eureka Centre (http://www.eurekaballarat.com)
The Eureka Centre charts the history of the Eureka rebellion. The website provides a historical overview, information on education programs and resources for teachers, and details of the Centre's facilities, including interactive exhibits, competitions and multimedia facilities.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Eureka, Democracy & Beyond.

Bendigo Trust (http://www.bendigotrust.com.au)
The Bendigo Trust is the custodians of many of the areas historical assets. Their website provides information about these assets which include the Central Deborah Goldmine, the Discovery Science and Technology Centre, the Bendigo Gasworks and Victoria Hill.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Girls in Real Science!
  • If the Walls Could Talk

Brambuk, Gariwerd (http://www.brambuk.com.au)
The Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre stands as a testimony to the survival of Aboriginal or Koori culture in the wake of the European settlement. The website provides information on holiday programs, events, cultural heritage and visitors information.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Discovery of Brambuk
  • Live it Up in Gariwerd
  • Welcome to Country, Language, Ways of Seeing Circle

Coal Creek Heritage Village (http://www.coalcreekvillage.com.au)
Coal Creek Heritage Village is built on the site of an original black coal mine and depicts life in a coal mining town. The website details visitor information and the educational programs offered, which include coal mine tours, teacher guided tours and bus tramway rides.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Year 10 alternative program
  • Young Ambassadors Landcare/ Water Watch
  • Young Ambassadors local history project

Flagstaff Hill (http://www.flagstaffhill.com)
The Flagstaff Hill website provides information on the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village and Shipwrecked Laser Show. It also includes online resources for teachers and students. Details of how the attraction meets the requirements of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards guidelines are included.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Reading, wRiting and aRithmatic
  • Thar She Blows! Whales and Whaling

History Council of Victoria (http://www.historycouncilvic.org.au)
The History Council of Victoria is a public advisory body sponsored by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). The website provides information about the Council, Council events and specific information for schools including VCE resources and history roadshows.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • History roadshow

Law Institute of Victoria (http://www.liv.asn.au)
The Law Institute of Victoria is the state's peak body for lawyers and those who work with them in the legal sector. The website provides information on their history, their services, legal issues such as ethics, and how to qualify and practise law in Victoria.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Careers in the Legal Industry pathways program
  • SCRAM - Schools Conflict Resolution and Mediation program 

Museum Victoria (http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/education)
Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, is the State Museum for Victoria. The website provides web-based education resources and projects based on Museum Victoria's collection databases and research. It also provides details of student activities.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • How Do We Know - Problems & Processes in the Humanities
  • Technology Challenges
  • Living Here
  • Space, Science & Astronomy
  • The Immigration Experience
  • Physical Science

Parliament of Victoria (http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au)
The Parliament of Victoria provides information for teachers on their education program which includes events, student programs, information on how parliament works as well as information and fact sheets, which can be downloaded.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Supporting schools in the implementation of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards

Sovereign Hill Museums Association (http://www.sovereignhill.com.au)
Sovereign Hill recreates Ballarat's first 10 years after the discovery of gold. The website provides general information for visitors and detailed information for teachers. This includes the education program, classroom resources and professional development for teachers.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Narmbool Environmental Discovery Camps
  • Sovereign Hill Education

State Library of Victoria (http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/school_services.html)
The School Services unit at the State Library of Victoria caters specifically for the needs of the Victorian educational community. The website provides information on services for teachers, VCE resources and programs and events for students.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Stories on Stage program
  • Digital Discovery program
  • Written World program

Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement Museum (http://www.pioneersettlement.com.au)
The Pioneer Settlement Museum recreates life in the Murray-Mallee area from the period of 1830–1930. The website contains information for teachers on education services and details educational programs including the Aboriginal Culture Program and a study tour for students.

Programs offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program:

  • Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement Museum Schools Education program