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Artemisia Gentileschi -
Comprehension
Page 15
4en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_art - Women Artists
4www.wendy.com/women/artists.html - Women Artists in History
Page 16 Reflection Tasks
4library.thinkquest.org/J001159/famart.htm - About Famous Artists
4http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/paint/ - Famous Artworks Exhibition
4www.famouspainter.com/ - Famous Painters
Francis Greenway
- Comprehension
Page 20
Page 21 Extension Tasks
4cedir.uow.edu.au/programs/FirstFleet - Database of the First Fleet
4members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/stories.html - Tales of convicts who came to Australia listed under the ship in which they arrived.
4www.convictcreations.com - The hidden story about Australia’s past.
Ernest Shackleton - Comprehension
Page 25
4etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/s/shackleton/ernest/s52s/
Page 26 Extension Tasks
4www.aad.gov.au - Australian Antarctic Division
Elizabeth Kenny - Comprehension
Page 30
4www.time.com/time/ - Time Magazine
4www.adb.online.anu.edu.au - Australian Dictionary of Biography
Page 31 Extension Tasks
4www.infoplease.com/people.html
Maurits Escher - Extension Tasks
Page 37
Matthew Flinders - The Careful
Cartographer
4en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders
Page 41 Comprehension
4www.sl.nsw.gov.au/flinders/archive.html
Page 42 Extension Tasks
4www.windbound.com/MatthewFlinders/introduction.htm
4www.sl.nsw.gov.au/flinders/biographies/trim1.html
Catherine III of Russia - Extension Tasks
Page 47
4en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:New_hermitage_interior.jpg - Hall of the Hermitage Museum
4www.jellesen.dk/webcrea/places/petersburg/cathe.htm - Catherine the Great’s Palace in St Petersburg.
4eng.tzar.ru/catherine - The Catherine Palace Images
Anne Bronte - Comprehension
Page 51
4http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm
Ada Byron King - Extension Tasks
Page 57
4www.time.com/time/ - Time Magazine
4www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm - Australian Dictionary of Biography
References and Bibliography
1. The Dreamer – Leonardo Fibonacci
 | www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibBio.html |
| www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/biograph/199899/biofibo.htm |
2. The Art of Artemisia – Artemisia Gentileschi
3. The Talented Convict – Francis Greenway
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| www.nma.gov.au/advancedSearchResultsItemDetail.jsp?irn=23 |
4. Ernest’s Great Adventure – Ernest Shackleton
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www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/shackleton/shackleton.shtml |
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5. Battle and Victory – Elizabeth Kenny
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www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090570b.htm?hilite=elizabeth%3Bkenny |
6. Escher Unzipped – Maurits Escher
| www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggescher/ggescher-main1.html |
| www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Escher.html |
| library.thinkquest.org/11750/escherlife.shtml |
7. The Careful Cartographer – Matthew Flinders
| www.maritimeworld.net/sn.asp?PageNumber=32 |
| www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/f/flinders.shtml |
| www.abc.net.au/navigators/captains/flinders.htm |
| www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010364b.htm |
8. Catherine was Great – Catherine II of Russia
9. Captive Dove – Anne Bronte
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10. The Countess of Lovelace – Ada Byron King
| www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ifi/ps/AdaBasis/pal_1195/ada/ajpo/pol-hist/history/lady-lov.txt |
| www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/lovelace.html |
| www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/ada-bio.html |
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