Discover Australia’s First Fake News Story

K'gari
Source: SBS

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By SBS Learn, Reconciliation Australia

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17/08/2017 - UPDATED 17/09/2025

This is the accompanying teacher resource for SBS interactive documentary, K’gari. The documentary debunks one of Australia’s first fake news stories about the origins of Fraser Island, by exposing the largely untold Aboriginal version of events. The resource includes:

  • The 10 minute interactive documentary – you will need internet connection and audio on;
  • Discussion questions;
  • Classroom activities;
  • Extension activities.

Caution: SBS Learn would like to advise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that this resource may contain images, audio visual materials and/or the names of people who have died.

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Australian Curriculum

Cross-curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures

General Capabilities
Critical and Creative Thinking
Ethical Understanding
Information and Communication Capability
Intercultural Understanding
Personal and Social Capability

HASS
Year 6: ACHASSK135, ACHASSK137
Year 7: ACHCK053, ACHASSI156
Year 8: ACHCK066, ACHCS069
Year 9: ACDSEH020
Year 10: ACDSEH104, ACDSEH143, ACHHS182

English
Year 7: ACELT1619
Year 8: ACELT1806
Year 9: ACELT1633, ACELY1739