Welcome to the "France For Kids in Australia" mini-site. Here you will find information about France, its language, its history and its culture.

There's also a quiz that you can do after you've read all the pages about France!

If you want to read in French, click on the "français" button at the bottom of some pages. C'est cool !
This website was designed and created by Richard Pickett, with the assistance of Dennis Bergmans, — Year 11 students (year 2000) at Mansfield SHS, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
"I have been learning French for four years in Mansfield's French Immersion Program. I really enjoy computers, the Internet, and French, which is a great language and I believe that everyone should take the opportunity to learn it. If you have the chance to do immersion, I suggest you take it because it's the best way to learn a language.
I have also been lucky enough to participate in a school exchange with France. We stayed a week in Paris and went almost everywhere, before spending two weeks in Rouen while staying with a French family and attending school at the lycée Jean-Baptiste de la Salle."
Special thanks go to my French teacher, Mrs L Hudry, for all her hours of help in checking my website, my translations, and for digging up many books about France for me to sort through and find information.
This mini-site incorporates the use of the Macromedia Flash 4 plugin. Flash Player is "the standard for delivering high-impact, low-bandwidth Web sites that attract and engage providing a richer, more compelling Web experience". If you don't have the Flash 4 plugin, you will be prompted to install it. If you want more information about Flash, visit Macromedia's About Flash page. Or you may Download Flash Player 4 here.
To correctly view this mini-site, you will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. If you don't have it, you can download it from the internet.
Also, for optimal viewing, your display size should be set to a resolution of 800 x 600 or greater. This will prevent the horizontal scrollbars from appearing. You can change this on the Settings tab of the Display Properties Control Panel. (Microsoft Windows only)
Last updated:    30 August, 2000