Teacher resource links

BICYCLES

200 years of the bicycle (Bicycle Network)

Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia (National Museum Australia)

How the bicycle changed society (Bike Citizens magazine)

• Link: bikecitizens.net/200th-anniversary-bicycle-changed-society/

The Bicycle: Great inventions that changed history (Happy Learning, You Tube)

• Link: https://youtu.be/rNbUS6R64Fk

ELECTRIC TRAMS

Student’s introduction to trams (Sydney Tramway Museum)

sydneytramwaymuseum.com.au/about/students-introduction/

Sydney's tram history celebrated ahead of light rail launch (Nine News Australia)

• Link: https://youtu.be/4YoTaiFETCI

Trams For Kids (Things That Go TV!)

• Link: https://youtu.be/y4_j7uM7Eok

STEAM TRAINS

Australia and the Industrial Revolution – Impact of the first railways (Powerhouse Museum)

www.maas.museum/inside-the-col...

Australia’s first steam operated railways (National Railway Museum)

nrm.org.au/assets/pdfdocs/learn-schools-resources/australias-first-steam-operated-railways.pdf

Building the railways in NSW (Museums of History NSW)
mhnsw.au/stories/general/how-significant-was-arrival-railway-nsw

History of trains for kids (DK Find Out!, You Tube)