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For more information about the Australian Experience program, contact:
Mrs Anne Rodgers
Program Advisor (Study Abroad)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Phone: +61 7 5595 2557
Fax: +61 7 5595 2545
Email: anne_rodgers@bond.edu.au
Study Abroad Office
Office of Recruitment and Admissions
Phone: +61 7 5595 1038
Fax: +61 7 5595 4062
Email: studyabroad@bond.edu.au
Australian Experience
Six Week Program
June 7th to July 18th, 2009
The focus of the program will be on learning by experience. Field trips will have seminar and supervised assignment components which will be held in art galleries, museums and other institutions visited as part of this program.
Darwin & the red centre
The program travels to the Northern Territory, flying to Darwin, Australia’s most northerly capital city. Focussing on the environmental and ecological issues, we will explore the city, with classes in the nearby Territory Wildlife Park and Litchfield National Park. Australia’s most famous train - The Ghan - will take us to Alice Springs via Katherine Gorge, one of several beautiful sites we will visit that have spiritual significance for Australia’s Aboriginal people. In the ‘red centre’ of the Territory’s desert regions, we will study the amazing variety of fauna and flora which flourishes here and learn first-hand about the life of indigenous Australians who have inhabited these lands for tens of thousands of years. We will visit Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and Watarrka (Kings Canyon). We then return to classes on the Gold Coast.
Canberra & Sydney
Fly to the national capital, Canberra, and start with a city tour and check out some of the main embassy buildings, including that of the United States. During our week in Canberra, we will attend several presentations and guided tours to the national Parliament buildings, National Museum of Australia, the Australian War memorial and the National Film and Sound Archives. There will also be some time to pursue your own project and assignment work and to socialise with students in residence at the Australian National University.
Travelling through some of the oldest and richest farming country in New South Wales, we head to Sydney for four days in Australia’s oldest City. Our explorations include the historic remains of the early convict era, the Australian art collections in the art gallery of NSW and, of course, the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House
