Recent interactive mapping projects I mentioned
http://orbis.stanford.edu/#
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2313590/The-interactive-map-reveals-Britains-popular-surnames.html

Migration map http://migrationsmap.net
Interactive ‘immigration explorer’ map http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?_r=0
The Human Journey: migration routes https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/human-journey/ and lessons http://education.nationalgeographic.com.au/activity/global-patterns-human-migration/?ar_a=1
Journey of mankind http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/ (http://www.geography.org.uk/cpdevents/onlinecpd/migration/ahistoryofmigration/) Overview at http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/science/The-History-of-Human-Migration.html

Side note: The great human migration -Why humans left their African homeland 80,000 years ago to colonize the world
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/human-migration.html

Potential research partners
@Curtin, spatial sciences and Ric Lowe http://humanities.curtin.edu.au/schools/EDU/staff.cfm/R.K.Lowe
UCL http://makingmaps.net/category/13-multimedia-mapping/
Vis: RMIT http://www.rmit.edu.au/mathsgeo/research/geospatial/cartography
UTAS http://www.utas.edu.au/research/graduate-research/elite/humanities/history–and–classics/from-colonial-cartography-to-digital-mapping-tasmania-c.1780-2010
Unimelb http://www.land-environment.unimelb.edu.au/research/cartographic-and-spatial-services/
SBS http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/cq/about/page/i/3/h/Research/
ACMI http://www.acmi.net.au/research-resources.htm
Museums-National Museum, UWA, Maritime, Immigration, etc
Mapping sciences australia http://www.mappingsciences.org.au/heritage/cartography-foundation
Instotute of Australian Geographers http://www.iag.org.au/publications/geographical-research/
CSIRO http://www.csiro.au/Organisation-Structure/Divisions/Ecosystem-Sciences/GEHES.aspx (Dr Kirsten MacLean http://www.csiro.au/Organisation-Structure/Divisions/Ecosystem-Sciences/KirstenMaclean.aspx(

NB
Australian public datasets http://data.nsw.gov.au/links
Immigration websites http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/american-history/immigration
Europe History Interactive Map http://www.worldology.com/Europe/europe_history_md.htm
Examples for kids http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/imaps/
Global migration map http://www.open.edu/openlearn/society/international-development/international-studies/global-migration-map
Times maps http://www.timemaps.com/history

AUSTRALIA
National museum resources http://www.nma.gov.au/education-kids/classroom_learning/by_subject/australian_history
Typical curriculum lessons http://www.australiancurriculumlessons.com.au/2013/01/18/australian-history-lesson-migration-and-settlement-in-australia/
NSW http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/homepage/
Australian Immigration history http://www.family-getaways-melbourne.com/australia-immigration-history.html
Listen to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history interviews http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/ListentotheForgottenAustralians.html
GOLD! http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/ Explore the impact of the gold rushes on Australia and uncover the stories of the diggers at SBS GOLD! The topics below detail the varied results of the gold rushes on the young colonies of Australia, and use newspapers, diaries and memoirs to uncover the personal experiences of those caught up in the rush.
World atlas Oceania http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/au.htm Multicultural australia http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au
Australia civilisation http://www.michellehenry.fr/civiaus.htm