Change to the key elements of the curriculum (rationale, aims, content descriptions or achievement standards) will be recorded with a change to the version number before the point, e.g., from 2.n to 3.n. Updates to the curriculum such as additional information or editorial changes, will be noted by a change to the number after the point. The appropriate version number will also be visible on any documents downloaded and printed from the Australian Curriculum website.
Version 8.4 – 26 October 2018
- Inclusion of new elaborations for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross curriculum priority in the Australian Curriculum: Science Foundation to Year 10
- Updates to the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences – new elaboration in Year 4 and revised content description in Year 7
Version 8.3 – 14 December 2016
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: Languages (Classical and Auslan)
Version 8.2 – 30 June 2016
- Revised identification of General Capability and Cross Curriculum Priority tagging of content descriptions and content elaborations to sub-element level
Version 8.1 – 16 December 2015
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: Languages (Hindi, Turkish and the Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages)
- Parent support materials published
Version 8.0 – 18 October 2015
- Endorsed revised Foundation – Year 10 Australian Curriculum: English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Arts, Technologies and Health and Physical Education
- Endorsed Foundation – Year 10 Australian Curriculum: Languages for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Spanish and Vietnamese
- Endorsed Australian Curriculum: Work Studies, Years 9–10
Version 7.5 – 21 May 2015
- Revised identification of General Capability and Cross Curriculum Priority tagging
Version 7.4 – 31 March 2015
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: Languages (Arabic, German, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Spanish and Vietnamese)
- Inclusion of 20 Illustrations of Primary Curriculum Management
Version 7.3 – 5 January 2015
- Updated Technologies glossary
Version 7.2 – 16 8 October 2014
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: Work studies Years 9-10
- Inclusion of a Humanities and Social Sciences learning statement
- General capability and cross curriculum priority tagging displaying in elaboration view
Version 7.1 – 25 August 2014
- New icons for each general capability and for most cross curriculum priorities
- Revised identification of general capabilities for all subjects and a new presentation of the identification
- Revised cross curriculum priorities in English, mathematics, science, history and a new presentation of the identification
- Collapsible show/hide navigation panel in the Curriculum Browser page
Version 7.0 – 21 July 2014
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: Languages (Chinese, Indonesian, Italian, French)
- Redesign of website, navigation and inclusion of additional functionality
Version 6.0 – 18 February 2014
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: The Arts F-10
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship 3-10
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business 5-10
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: Technologies F-10
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education F-10
Version 5.2 – 16 December 2013
- Revision of Physics Unit 4 – The Standard Model content descriptions
- Minor revisions to Physics glossary terms
- Revised student diversity advice materials and added personal illustrations of learning
Version 5.1 – 5 August 2013
- Inclusion of senior secondary Australian Curriculum (content and achievement standards) for Geography
Version 5.0 – 20 May 2013
- Inclusion of Australian Curriculum : F-10 Geography
Version 4.2 – 13 March 2013
- Glossary entries added for senior secondary subjects
- Examples in context added for senior secondary science subjects
Version 4.1 – 31 January 2013
- General Capabilities
- General Capabilities Learning Continua – Revised and additional levels included
- Overview revised
- Literacy and Numeracy introductions revised to address student diversity
- Title of Ethical behaviour changed to Ethical understanding
- General capabilities identified at element level in learning area content descriptions
- Student Diversity support materials published
Version 4.0 – 10 December 2012
- Inclusion of senior secondary Australian Curriculum (content and achievement standards) for 14 subjects in English, Mathematics, Science and History
- Revised home page to access F-10 curriculum and Senior secondary curriculum
Version 3.0 – 23 January 2012
- Minor changes to content descriptions taking account of feedback that ACARA received in 2011 in
- English in relation to grammar
- History in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples history (in relation to the Stolen Generation) and the use of the terms BC and AD
- General Capabilities
- Revised text to overview, introductions, elements and learning area text
- A learning continuum for each general capability
- Revised identification of general capabilities in learning area content descriptions
- Cross Curriculum Priorities
- Revised text for Sustainability and Asia
- Revised identification of cross-curriculum priorities in learning area content descriptions
- Revised text for student diversity and students with disability
- Revised text on EAL/D
- Modifications to English elaborations
- Modifications to Mathematics elaborations
- Modifications to History elaborations
- List of verbs used in validated achievement standards
- A number of minor editorials
- Updated scope and sequence charts
- Functional enhancements
Version 2.0 – 17 October 2011
- Changes made to content descriptions because of revisions to the achievement standards
- Revised achievement standards (revised standards including the comparison to v1.0)
- Changes made to content elaborations because of revisions to the achievement
Version 1.2 – 8 March 2011
- Minor editorials to content descriptions
- Glossaries: revised for English, mathematics, history and science
- Cross Curriculum Priorities: updated descriptions (general and learning area); additional information of organising principles; revised icons
- Scope and Sequences: PDF scope and sequence charts included for download and print
- ScOT topics: revised topics for to better align with thesaurus for English, mathematics, history and science
- Revised student diversity information sheet
- Additional support document for mathematics glossary
- A number of minor editorials
Version 1.2 – 13 December 2010
- Revision of mathematics glossary
Version 1.0 – 8 December 2010
- Initial release