Directory of sources of educational materials on studies of Asia
This directory has been produced to assist teachers in finding materials that will support them in incorporating studies of Asia into the curriculum. It is not intended that the directory be seen as an exhaustive or exclusive list of sources of suitable resources. Over time other sources of material will no doubt be found and added to the list. Teachers, publishers, suppliers and other interested people are invited to submit details of sources that they know to be useful. The list has been compiled from recommendations from a variety of people working in the field of studies of Asia and checked for accuracy of current contact details as far as possible.
You can select from the categories below or browse through the whole page.
- Publishers and producers of resources
- Booksellers and bookstores
- Galleries and museums
- Educational materials, units of work and lesson plans
- Some cultural and educational contacts
- Specialist travel agents and Asian government travel offices
Publishers and producers of resources
Allen and Unwin
PO Box 8500, St Leonards NSW 1590
Contact: Academic Marketing Coordinator
Tel: 02 8425 0100
Fax: 02 9906 2218
e-mail: AliceDwyer@allenandunwin.com
Allen and Unwin publishes reference books, fiction and non-fiction texts and textbooks.
Cambridge University Press
477 Williamstown Rd (Private Bag 31), Port Melbourne, VIC 3207
Tel: 03 8671 1400
Fax: 03 9676 9966
e-mail: customerservice@cambridge.edu.au
Cambridge publishes a range of educational materials across the curriculum.
CD-Soft
PO Box 5161, Albany WA 6332
Tel: 1800 634 050
Fax: 1800 111 050
e-mail: info@cdsoft.com.au
CD-Soft carries a range of software in CD-ROMs for language learning and cultural information.
Curriculum Corporation / Asia Education Foundation
Level 5, Casselden Place, 2 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Tel: 03 9207 9600
Fax: 03 9639 1616
e-mail: sales@curriculum.edu.au
Curriculum Corporation produces a comprehensive range of resource material, textbooks, CDs and videos through the Access Asia series, as well as materials with an Asian focus in other subject areas.
Film Australia Ltd
PO Box 46, Lindfield NSW 2070
Contact: Educational Sales Manager
Tel: 02 9413 8734
Fax: 9416 9401
e-mail: jstone@filmaust.com.au
Film Australia produces the Asia Scope series in film as well as other products.
Indooz Language Centre and Gamelan Publishing House
Harbours Edge, 65/1–5 Harwood St, Darling Harbour NSW 2009
Tel: 02 9571 8484
Fax: 02 9890 1915
Indooz has resources for teachers of Indonesian and may, in the future, publish a text for high school students. They publish a bi-monthly magazine called Gamelan which is free, but there is a subscription fee for postage and handling.
Informit (at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
PO Box 12058
A'Beckett St
Melbourne
VIC 8006 Tel: 03 9925 8100
Fax: 9925 8134
e-mail: info@rmitpublishing.com.au
Informit is a subscription-based service to online databases, including ones about Asia, and also provides a range of online text material.
Jacaranda (Schools Division of John Wiley and Sons)
Suite 4a, 113 Wicks Rd, Ryde NSW 2112 / PO Box 175, North Ryde NSW 1670
Tel: 02 9856 0200
Fax: 02 9805 1597
e-mail: jacaranda@johnwiley.com.au
Jacaranda publishes a range of educational materials including atlases and geography texts.
Lonely Planet
Locked Bag 1, Footscray VIC 3011
A comprehensive guide to Asia, Lonely Planet produces regular newsletters.
Macmillan Education Australia
Level 2, St Martin's Tower, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9285 9200
Fax: 02 9285 9290
For information, catalogues, local sales representatives, contact Customer service on 1300 135 113. Macmillan publishes reference books and fiction and non-fiction texts on a variety of subjects.
McGraw Hill Education
4 Barcoo St, Roseville NSW 2069
Tel: 02 9415 9899
Fax: 02 9417 7003
McGraw Hill publishes a range of reference books, fiction and non-fiction texts, including with Asian content and subject matter.
Marcom Projects
PO Box 4215, Loganholme QLD 4129
Tel: 07 3801 5600
Fax: 07 3801 5622
Marcom produces and supplies a range of video, DVD and CD-ROM materials.
Oxford University Press
253 Normanby Rd, Sth Melbourne VIC 3205 / GPO Box 2784Y, Melbourne VIC 3001
Customer service (toll free): 1300 650 616
Tel: 03 9934 9123
Fax: 03 9934 9100
e-mail: cs@oup.com.au
There are schools representatives in NSW who can be contacted for service. OUP publishes reference books, resource lists, fiction and non-fiction texts, including Asian cultural, social, historical and political issues.
Pascal Press
PO Box 250, Glebe NSW 2037
Tel: 02 9557 4844
Fax: 02 8585 4001
Email: contacts@pascalpress.com.au
Pascal Press publishes course books in primary Indonesian and primary to senior secondary Japanese.
Pearson Education (incorporating the former Addison Wesley Longman group)
95 Coventry St, South Melbourne VIC 3205
Tel: 1800 656 685
Fax: 1800 642 270
Email: longman.sales@pearsoned.com.au
The group publishes teacher reference books, fiction and non-fiction texts, and secondary student textbooks.
Random House Australia
20 Alfred St, Milsons Point NSW 2061
Tel: 02 9954 9966
Fax: 02 9954 4562
There is no specific educational list or sales representative, but Random House produces selected fiction and non-fiction texts with Asia-Pacific themes for adults and young adults.
Reed Education Australia covering Rigby, Heinemann, CIS Heinemann and Heinemann Library
22 Salmon St, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
Tel: 03 9245 7111
Fax: 1800 068 136
e-mail: info@hi.com.au for information about the services available from the Resource Centre or a demo CD-ROM.
Rigby and Heinemann are educational publishers in Australia for primary and secondary resources. The web site is for accessing the Education Bookstore (for viewing and purchasing products) and the Resource Centre (for a resource bank of curriculum-based information and interactive data developed specifically for Australian secondary teachers and students in subjects including history and geography).
Spinney Press
PO Box 1469, Rozelle NSW 2039
Tel: 02 9555 9319
Fax: 02 9810 6024
e-mail: enquiries@spinneypress.com.au
Spinney Press produces a newsletter and six new titles, three times per year. The focus is on social issues, including immigration, refugees and a multicultural society. There is a small stock of an earlier series Our Place in Asia.
Booksellers and bookstores
ABC Video Program Sales
GPO Box 9994, Sydney NSW 2001
Tel: 1300 650 587
Fax: 02 9950 3169
Email: progsales@your.abc.net.au
The ABC has a range of videos from programs such as Four Corners, Compass and others that relate to Asia. There is a regular newsletter with details of the videos available.
Austral Ed
2 Downer Ave, Belair SA 5052
Tel: 08 8278 1688
Fax: 08 8278 1033
Email: kateshep@iinet.net.au
Book News and annotated lists of recommended books may be accessed through the web site. Specific requests, for example, for fiction books with Asian themes, will be handled.
Bloomin’ Books
1/153 Denman Ave, Caringbah NSW 2229
Tel: 02 9540 3788
Fax: 02 9540 3110
This bookshop offers a wide range of children’s books, including ones about Asia, and will respond to specific enquiries from teachers about resources.
China Books (Melbourne)
Level 2, 234 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Tel: 03 9663 8822
Fax: 03 9663 8821
e-mail: info@chinabooks.com.au
China Books has a wide range of books and materials pertaining to China, specialising in traditional Chinese medicine.
Global Language Books
PO Box 108, Toongabbie NSW 2146
Tel: 02 9896 5811
Fax: 02 9688 3640
Email: info@globallanguage.com.au
As well as selling dictionaries and bilingual books in nearly 30 languages, Global Language Books is the agent for a number of overseas publishers, and carries a broad range of material for children, parents and teachers, including resources for learning about other cultures.
Kinokuniya Bookstores of Australia
The Galeries Victoria, Level 2, 500 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
(Formerly at Neutral Bay)
Tel: 02 9262 7996
Fax: 02 8251 4520
Email: Public Relations, General Affairs Dept. info@kinokuniya.co.jp
Kinokuniya is the largest bookstore chain in Japan. The Sydney shop carries a large range of books in English, including many titles, fiction and non-fiction, relating to Asia, as well as Japanese language books.
Korean Books of Sydney
7 Campsie Rd, Campsie NSW 2194
Tel: 02 9787 4545
Fax: 02 9718 0100
The shop has some books in English as well as Korean items.
Language Book Centre (a division of Abbey’s Bookshops)
131 York St, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9267 1397
1800 802 432
Fax: 02 9264 8993
Email: language@abbeys.com.au
A specialist language bookshop.
Mackay’s Books
50 Rawson St, Epping NSW 2121
Tel: 02 9876 6332
Fax: 02 9869 8823
Email: mackays@netspace.net.au
Mackay’s is a specialist in educational books and stocks a wide range of books on Asia.
Studies of Asia Bookshop (formerly Nusantara)
72E Maroondah Highway, Croydon VIC 3136 / PO Box 1000, Ringwood VIC 3134
Tel: 1800 242 665 (toll free) or 03 9723 6003 (for Melbourne, mobile and overseas callers)
Fax: 1800 083 331 or 03 9723 8219
Email: info@studiesofasia.com.au
This bookshop specialises in resources about Asia for schools: fiction and non-fiction; teacher reference and teaching resources; CD-ROM, audio and video materials; kits, maps, posters, instruments.
The Language Centre Bookshop
The Old Post Office, 115 Brisbane St, Perth WA 6000
Tel: 08 9328 8965
Fax: 08 9328 6161
Email: language@iinet.net.au
The Language Centre Bookshop has a catalogue of Asian cultural resources, as well as textbooks, cassettes, CD-ROMs, videos, phrasebooks, dictionaries and resources for language study.
Asia Book Room (formerly The Old Bookroom)
Weedon Close, Belconnen ACT 2167
Tel: 02 6251 5191
Fax: 02 6251 5536
Email: books@AsiaBookRoom.com
The Old Bookroom supplies old and new books on Asia and issues regular free email lists on specific topics or countries.
Galleries and museums
The Art Gallery of NSW
Art Gallery Rd, The Domain, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9225 1700
Fax: 02 9221 5129
Details of exhibitions and educational services can be accessed via the web site. Teachers can subscribe to a regular email newsletter. The gallery can organise staff development sessions and provides special programs for primary and secondary schools. One of its productions is an art education kit called Adventures in Asia.
Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2000 / PO Box K346, Haymarket NSW 1238
Tel: 02 9217 0111
Infoline: 02 9217 0444
www.phm.gov.au/schools (for information about education programs)
The Powerhouse Museum is a unique excursion venue. A range of education programs and support materials is available. At any given time there may be an exhibition with an Asian focus, and special teachers’ notes are usually provided for such events.
Australian Museum
6 College Street, Sydney (opposite Hyde Park) NSW 2010
Tel: 02 9320 6000
Fax: 02 9320 6202
Although primarily a natural history museum, there are exhibits and activities from time to time related to Asia, e.g. Chinese Dinosaurs, Chinese Traditional Medicine. The Australian Museum offers a range of services to teachers and students, including school visits, holiday programs and resources. There are downloadable resources for teachers on the web site.
Gallery 4A, Asia Australia Arts Centre
181–187 Hay St, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9212 0380
Fax: 02 9281 0873
Email: info@4A.com.au
This is an initiative of the Asian Australian Artists association Inc to promote living Asian cultures in Australia.
National Gallery of Australia
GPO Box 1150, Canberra ACT 2601
Among various exhibits, the National Gallery holds an extensive collection of Asian textiles.
Educational materials, units of work and lesson plans
Access Asia, NSW
Although the Access Asia program has concluded, going to the Curriculum Support page on this web site will lead to a selection of units of work and teaching materials.
Asia Education Foundation
Level 5, Casselden Place, 2 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000
sales@curriculum.edu.au
The Asia Education Foundation site provides access to material on Asian countries, including classroom resources and units of work. The general catalogue also contains resources relevant to the Studies of Asia in Key Learning Areas, e.g. there is Film Asia which contains lesson plans on selected films for the secondary English classroom.
Asia Education Teachers Association
GPO Box 2393, Sydney NSW 2000
Julie O’Keeffe (president)
Tel: 02 4787 5974
The association produces regular journals (back issues are available) with practical information and resources for teachers.
Association of Independent Schools of NSW
Level 4, 99 York St, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9299 2845
Fax: 02 9290 2274
The AIS NSW has produced several kits of resources and units of work related to Asia for secondary English and history, a kit on China and a resource on student tours to Asia.
Association of Independent Schools of Victoria Inc.
PO Box 2138, Prahran VIC 3181
Tel: 03 9825 7201
Fax: 03 9826 6066
Email: maree.grieve@ais.vic.edu.au
The AIS Victoria has produced a number of kits, videos and sets of teaching units on Asian countries, for primary and secondary schools.
Catholic Education Office, Sydney
The CEO Bookshop, 38–40 Renwick St (PO Box 217), Leichhardt NSW 2040
Tel: 02 9568 8221
Fax: 02 9568 8422
Email: publications@ceo.syd.catholic.edu.au
CEO, Sydney has produced a resource book, Studies of Asia in the Primary Classroom for teachers.
Department of Education and Training, NSW
• www.schools.nsw.edu.au/index.php
• www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/k_6/hsie/clresources.php
• www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/k_6/hsie/distribres.php
Under "Learning and Teaching" on the schools web site, there is access to resources organised by Stages and KLAs. Of relevance to studies of Asia, for example, follow the two lower links to go directly to resources such as, Celebrations and Commemorations, Celebrating Together and Where the Sun Rises.
EdNA Online
Go into "School Education" on this site, then "Key Learning Areas", "Cross Curriculum" and "Studies of Asia" to find an index of resources about each Asian country, as well as general resources for the teaching of Asian Studies, lesson plans and units of instruction, reviews and bibliographies.
ERIC database
This site gives access to the ERIC services. Click on "Lesson Plans" for access to a range of teaching materials.
Languages and Multicultural Education Resources Centre (LMERC)
150 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053
Tel: 03 9349 1418
Fax: 03 9349 1295
LMERC has a list of fiction relating to Asia for schools.
Some cultural and educational contacts
Asian Arts Society of Australia
PO Box 996, Potts Point NSW 2011
Email: taasa@ozonline.com.au
Voicemail for enquiries: 02 9225 1861
The society produces a quarterly journal with excellent articles and photographs, news of exhibitions and events. Member subscriptions can be taken out.
Caritas Australia (the Catholic Agency for overseas aid and development)
19 MacKenzie St, Nth Sydney NSW 2060
Tel: 02 9956 5799 or toll free 1800 024 413
Fax: 02 9956 5782
Email: caritas@caritas.org.au
Caritas Australia has Global Education Advisers who will visit schools and provide information on development and social justice issues overseas, helping young people to better understand issues of poverty, injustice and oppression. The web site offers news of projects in Asian countries and educational resources.
The Consulate-General of Japan in Sydney
The Consulate-General of Japan in Sydney has a web site that provides up-to-date news of interest to teachers and students, including news of Japan and Japan-related events in Sydney. There is a quarterly bulletin called Japan Reports which can be accessed online or sent as hard copy.
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
8 Darwin Ave, Yarralumla ACT 2600
Tel: 02 6250 8626/7
Fax: 02 6273 7348
Education and Cultural Section
Tel: 02 6250 8628
Email: educbr@cyberone.com.au
As part of its Schools Programs, the embassy now offers a range of one-hour workshops on Fridays (bookings are essential) on dance, creative writing (in Indonesian or English), pencak silat, batik, and much more.
The Japan Foundation: Sydney Language Centre and Japan Cultural Centre.
Level 12, 201 Miller St, North Sydney NSW 2060 (The library is on Level 13.)
The Cultural Centre:
Tel: 02 9954 0111
Fax: 02 9954 0777
Email: jcc@jpf.org.au
The Library
Tel: 02 9922 0000
Fax: 02 9957 6313
Email: library@jpf.org.au
The Japan Foundation offers a range of services to teachers, including for example, the newsletter Across the Sea with articles about Japan, and news of events in Australia relating to Japan.
Nan Tien Temple
Berkeley Rd, Berkeley NSW 2506
Tel: 02 4272 0600
Fax: 02 4272 0601
Email: nantien@ozemail.com.au
The Nan Tien Temple offers tours, overnight stays and vegetarian meals. Activities can be arranged to suit groups. For younger students there is a walking tour with emphasis on the story of Buddha. This includes a tour guide to answer questions. Bookings are essential for school groups. There is a museum with changing exhibitions.
Specialist travel agents and Asian government travel offices (with offices in Sydney)
Government of India Tourist Office
Piccadilly Arcade, Pitt St, Sydney 2000
Tel: 02 9264 4855
Fax: 02 9264 4860
Email: Sydney@tourisminindia.com
China National Tourist Office
19th floor, 44 Market St, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9299 4057
Fax: 02 9290 1958
Email: chinainfo@cnto.org.au
Korea National Tourism Organization
Level 17, Tower Building, Australia Square, 264 George Street, Sydney NSW 2001
Tel: 02 9252 4147 or 02 9251 1717
Fax: 9251 2104
Email: visitkorea@knto.org.au
Singapore Tourism Board
Level 11, AWA Building, 47 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9290 2888 or 9290 2882
Fax: 02 92902555
Email: stb-syd@stb-syd.org.au
Helen Wong’s Tours
Level 18, Town Hall House, 465 Kent St, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9267 7833
Fax: 02 9267 7717
Specialists in travel to China.
New Asia Pacific Travel
Suite A, Level 14, 44 Market St, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9290 2119 and 1300 138 198
Fax: 02 9290 2115
Email: sales@napt.com.au
New Asia Pacific Travel offers school study and cultural exchange tours to China.
San Michele Travel
83 York St, Sydney, NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9299 1111
Fax: 02 9262 1882
Email: sanmich@sanmich.com.au
Specialists in travel to Asia.
Intrepid Travel
11 Spring Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Tel: 03 9473 2626 or 1300 360 667
Fax: 03 9419 5878
(Click on "About Us", then "Responsible Travel")
For Community Aid Abroad:
Tel: 08 8223 3405
Fax: 08 8223 3039
Email: margaret@caa.org.au
Oxfam and Community Aid Abroad offer community-based tourism and travel with a focus on responsible and sustainable tourism in connection with Intrepid Travel under the title Oxfam Journeys which in 2003, will go to Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam and in a year or so to Tibet, the Philippines and Indonesia. Intrepid Travel produces a regular electronic newsletter.
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