This is a fabulous site for children, and a perfect place to start learning all about Australia. Highly recommended.
http://www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/austral.htm

Read this online picture book "Australia for Kids" and learn all about the country 
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/australia/about.htm

Everybody has heard of the Australia’s “flying doctor” – why not learn more about it at this fascinating site? 
http://www.flyingdoctor.net/history.htm

Learn about the bushrangers, Australian outlaws who tend to be regarded as folk heroes despite their lawlessness!
http://www.herbertonss.qld.edu.au/landofoz/bushframe.htm<O:P> </O:P>

A short history of Australia
http://www.acn.net.au/articles/1999/01/australia.htm<O:P> </O:P>

A wonderful site about the Great Barrier Reef
http://www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/barrier.htm<O:P>  </O:P>

Learn about Uluru
http://www.acn.net.au/articles/1999/06/uluru.htm <O:P> </O:P>

Listen to the Australian National Anthem and sing along!
http://www.thenationalanthems.com/country/australia.htm<O:P>  

Colour!

Australian animals to colour in  
http://www.fraynework.com.au/story/colouring/country.pdf

Learn and have fun with Australian animals!

Why are Australian animals so different from animals in the rest of the world? Find out here! 
http://www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/animaust.htm <O:P> </O:P>

Make a platypus out of a brown paper bag! 
http://craftsforkids.about.com/parenting/craftsforkids/library/
projects/blplatipus.htm

Visit the largest koala sanctuary in the world! 
http://www.koala.net/
You’ll find a webcam, a fantastic selection of fact sheets on Australian animals which print out very well (click on the “education” button), some nice colouring pictures and puzzles and instructions for making a koala mask (click on “kids’ corner”). There is also a sweet koala wallpaper to download (“giveaways”).

Fact page about Koalas – very well presented 
http://www.goodnightstories.com/wildlife/mammals/card21.htm

Kangaroo images and video clips 
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~toddjh/kangaroo/

The words and music of the kookaburra song 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/kookaburrasong.htm

These are some super fact-sheets to print out on at risk or endangered species: <O:P> </O:P>

The koala (vulnerable)
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/koala.html<O:P> </O:P>

The blue whale (endangered)
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/blue_whale.html<O:P> </O:P> <O:P> </O:P>

The killer whale (vulnerable)
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/orca.html<O:P>  

A great, child-friendly page about the kangaroo
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/kangpost/kangpost.html

This is super! Four Australian animals write “postcards” which are full of humour – the kids won’t even realise how much they are learning as well! 
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/postcard.htm
And each “postcard” includes a link to another page with more serious facts.

Colouring fact sheets for the animals of Australia and nearby islands
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/Australia.shtml<O:P>  

Colouring page: "K is for Kangaroo" 
http://www.goodnightstories.com/images/alphabet/
kangaroo.htm

A fact page on the Rainbow Lorikeet 
http://www.goodnightstories.com/wildlife/birds/card149.htm<O:P> </O:P>

Two more animal dot to dot pages 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/dots2.htm
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/dots.htm

Read!<O:P> </O:P>

How Kangaroo got his tale
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/kanga.htm<O:P>  

Five aboriginal legends for children
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/text0003.html

Scroll down to sample a selection of poems from "Bonza Poems for Kids" 
http://www.mickleigh.com/book-Bonza-Poems.asp

Read this online picture book "Australia for Kids" and learn all about the country 
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/australia/about.htm</O:P>

Enjoy!<O:P>  

The official Crocodile Hunter website. Learn about Steve and Terri, visit Australia Zoo, and find out about the latest episodes of this wonderful and exciting show. 
http://www.crocodilehunter.com/

Here is a webcam of Sydney harbour 
http://203.42.117.88/index3.htm

This is a great selection of Australian folk songs, with music and words so that you can sing along! 
http://crixa.com/muse/songnet/songs.html

Have you ever seen a “wombat crossing” sign?
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~salmon/wombatcross.jpg <O:P> </O:P>

A page of Aussie slang! 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/aussiewords.htm

Listen to the “Happy Little Vegemite” song! 
http://www.vegemite.com.au/singalong.asp?area=4

Walting Matilda (the second "national anthem" of Australia!) <O:P> </O:P>

Have you ever wondered about the words to Waltzing Matilda? Find out what they mean here, and learn all about Banjo Patterson, who wrote Waltzing Matilda and many other wonderful poems 
http://www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/waltz.htm
Did you know that the poet didn’t particularly like Waltzing Matilda and sold the rights to it, and several other poems, for “five quid”! <O:P>  

There's a wonderful selection of Banjo Patterson poems here 
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/text0011.html

Here you can see Banjo Patterson’s original, hand-written version of Waltzing Matilda! 
http://www.waltzingmatilda.com/wmwords.html

One musical version of Waltzing Matilda (not the most familiar one!) 
http://crixa.com/muse/songnet/094.html

Here is more about Waltzing Matilda and the music to the familiar song. This site includes a useful translation!  
http://www.robbiegibson.co.uk/auswm.htm

Print and make!<O:P> </O:P>

Make a kangaroo and joey out of a toilet roll – this is great for a Valentine’s Day gift as well!
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mhoppy.html<O:P> </O:P>

This is a sweet koala to make with a toilet roll
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mkoala.html<O:P> </O:P>

And why not a crocodile out of a loo roll too!
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mcrocodile.html<O:P>  

Making Friends has added a set of authentic Australian Guide costumes for its paper dolls 
http://www.makingfriends.com/f_scouts.htm

Cook!

Try out some “Aussie tucker”! You will find recipes for damper, fairy bread, pavlova and Anzac biscuits here 
http://www.wicked4kids.com/create/cooking/aussie.shtml

More recipes! This time the famous Aussie meat pie, Lamingtons, and another pavlova! 
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/recipes.htm

Do!

Australian word search 
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/australia/wordsearch.htm

Make!

Make a didgeridoo 
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/didgeridoo.shtml
This activity uses plumbing pipe or wrapping paper tubes to make a pretend didgeridoo. You could study some real ones first to get ideas for replicating aboriginal art. Have a look at a page of didgeridoos here:
http://www.solace.mh.se/~nephilim/gallery.html

Boomerangs!

Did your boomerang come back? Learn how to throw one properly here! 
http://www.boomerangs.org/how.html

Make a boomerang from a cereal box 
http://www.chez.com/amiel/boom/cereal.html

Find here instructions for making an origami boomerang, a bank note boomerang, and others! 
http://www.chez.com/amiel/boom/cardboard.html

Make a boomerang out of old CD Roms 
http://www.chez.com/amiel/boom/cd.html

This site offers a template for making a four-wing boomerang out of file folders, Styrofoam meat trays etc 
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Aeronautics/
Four_Wing_
Boomerang.html

Instructions for another cardboard boomerang 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/trythis/try11.html