Primary Australian History: Book F - Ages 10-11

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Foreword Primary Australian history is a series of seven books designed to provide students with an awareness of the chronology of major events in the history of Australia and the significance of these events in shaping the nation.

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• Primary Australian history Book A

• Primary Australian history Book B

• Primary Australian history Book C

• Primary Australian history Book D

• Primary Australian history Book E

• Primary Australian history Book F

• Primary Australian history Book G

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Titles in this series include:

Teachers notes.........................................................................................................................................iv – xv How to use this book............................................................................................................................... iv - v

Curriculum links........................................................................................................................................... vi

Useful Australian history resources............................................................................................................... vii

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Time line of major Australian and world events........................................................................................xi - xiv Australian Prime Ministers since Federation.................................................................................................. xv World War I: Gallipoli and Anzac Day............58–61

The first Australians........................................ 2–5

The Great Depression: Employment projects ................................................................. 62–65

Maritime exploration.......................................... 6–9

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The beginning..................................................... 2–5

World War II: The battle that saved Australia ...................................................... ...........66–69

Early settlement.............................................. 10–29

Vietnamese and Cambodian immigration..... 70–73

Norfolk Island............................................. 10–13

People and politics......................................... 74–89

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James Cook: Charting the east coast............... 6–9

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Convict constructions................................. 14–17

The $20 banknote...................................... 74–77

Encounters with Aboriginal Australians......... 18–21

Bob Hawke and Paul Keating...................... 78–81

Hobart and Brisbane settlements................. 22–25

The Korean and Vietnam wars..................... 82–85

William Bligh.............................................. 26–29

CY O’Connor’s pipedream........................... 86–89

Discoveries..................................................... 30–41

Modern Australia.......................................... 90–101

Exploring the interior................................... 30–33

Indigenous Australian politicians.................. 90–93

Gold: The Eureka stockade.......................... 34–37

Sporting heroes.......................................... 94–97

The Australian pearling industry.................. 38–41

Australia’s war against terror..................... 98–101

Progress......................................................... 42–49 The story of Australian wheat...................... 42–45 Trains across the continent......................... 46–49

Quizzes....................................................... 102–116 Quiz questions....................................... 102–114 Quiz answers......................................... 115–116

A new nation................................................... 50–73 Federation: The first Prime Minister............. 50–53 Federation: Changes................................... 54–57

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Teachers notes How to use this book The sections of this book incorporate an introduction to some of the major events to have influenced the course of Australian history. In the early levels, the activities are intended to form a basis for future learning about historical events. The events have been arranged, in part, to follow the chronology of events from the migration of the Australian Aboriginals to the modern day.

Each section contains one or more main historical events. The sections are:

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• Maritime exploration

• Early settlement

• Discoveries

• Progress

• A new nation

• People and politics

• Modern Australia

Topics within the sections follow a similar four-page format of a teachers page followed by three (3) student pages. The three student pages may be about different individual aspects of an historical event or time or three connected activities associated with one historical event.

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• A series of quick multiple choice quizzes for each topic is provided on pages 102–116. All answers are supplied.

• Curriculum links for Society and Environment and English are provided on page vi.

• A list of useful R.I.C. Publications resources for teacher support for each section of the book is printed on page vii.

• An explanation of the five broad historical literacy skills is provided on page viii.

• A list of public holidays relevant to Australia’s history and celebrated by each state is provided on page x.

• For teacher reference a time line of major Australian and world events from 1788 to the present is on pages xi to xiv.

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The teachers page contains the following information:

Indicators state literacy outcomes for reading and comprehending the informational text and outcomes relating to cross-curricular activities on other student pages.

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Worksheet information provides additional information to place the topic in context with events of the time. It also includes specific details about the use of the worksheet, if required.

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The page number for the quiz questions relating to each topic is given.

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The title of the topic indicates the person or event in Australian history being discussed.

Answers are provided where necessary. Open-ended tasks require the teacher to check the answers.

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A time line is included to place events in chronological order and also to indicate similar or significant events occurring during the same time frame elsewhere in Australia or in the rest of the world.

Further exploration activities offer suggestions for developing the knowledge and understanding of the topic or for widening the scope of the knowledge by investigating similar people or events.

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Student pages The student pages follow the following format: • The first student page is an informational text, providing details and dates of key people and/or events and the significance of their role in Australian history.

• The second student page includes a variety of comprehension activities to establish student understanding of the text.

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• The final student page is a cross-curricular activity designed to deepen understanding of the topic or to widen the scope of knowledge.

Student pages

• The title of the topic.

• Informational text about the topic.

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• Comprehension activities to establish understanding.

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• Fact file: An interesting fact is included to extend knowledge.

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• Fact file: An interesting fact is included to extend knowledge.

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Teachers notes

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Curriculum links

Society and Environment

TS3.1, TS3.2, TS3.3 RS3.5, RS3.6 WS3.9, WS3.13

CCS3.1, CCS3.2 CUS3.3, CUS3.4 SSS3.7, SSS3.8

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ENSL0401, ENSL0402, ENSL0404 ENRE0401, ENRE0404 ENWR0401, ENWR0402, ENWR0404

SOHI0401, SOHI0402

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LS 4.1, LS 4.2 V 4.1, V 4.2 R 4.1, R 4.2, R 4.4 W 4.1, W 4.2, W 4.3, W 4.4

ICP 4.2, ICP 4.3, ICP 4.4 C 4.1, C 4.2 TCC 4.1, TCC 4.2, TCC 4.3 NSS 4.1, NSS 4.2, NSS 4.3

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Refer to curriculum documents at http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au

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Useful Australian history resources

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There are a number of R.I.C. Publications’ titles which may be used to extend knowledge and develop a deeper understanding of the history of Australia.

• Aboriginal studies — a three-book series

• Australian Aboriginal culture — a four-book series • Australian studies — a three-book series • Gold in Australia — a single book for upper primary • Anzac Day — a single book for use throughout the primary school • Australian special days — a three-book series

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• Primary Society and Environment — a seven-book series which includes a number of relevant Primary Australian history topics

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• Change in the 20th century — a three-book series

• Australian explorers — a single book for upper primary

• Famous Australians — a three-book series for middle to upper primary

• Australian politics — a single book for upper primary

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• Successful Australians — a single book for upper primary • Australia on the map 1606–2006 — a two-book series for middle to upper primary

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• Australian identity — a single book for upper primary • Democracy – a single book for upper primary

State government websites are a valuable source for information about individual states.

• http://www.nsw.gov.au/ • http://www.vic.gov.au/

• http://www.tas.gov.au/ • http://www.qld.gov.au/ • http://www.wa.gov.au/ • http://www.nt.gov.au/ • http://www.act.gov.au/ • http://www.sa.gov.au/

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Historical literacy skills

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It is not possible for us to know exactly what life was like in a time or place of which we have no direct experience. But we can study evidence of past events and eras to reach some understanding of the past. The more sources we use and the deeper we question their content, the greater our understanding and the more balanced our opinions will be.

It is important to bring the study of people and events of the past alive, kindling a genuine interest in history. This can be achieved by incorporating many learning areas into the investigation of an historical event.

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As events do not occur in isolation, it is necessary for students to appreciate the context as well as the content of an event. To achieve this, students need to develop historical literacy skills which will allow them to demonstrate the depth of their knowledge and understanding of an event.

There are five broad areas of historical literacy skills: 1. Understanding chronology • To understand and use words and phrases linked to the passing of time.

• To appreciate that the past can be divided into different eras between which there are similarities and differences.

• To describe how life today is different from that in any era of the past.

• To order events, people and eras chronologically, using dates and CE (Common Era) and BCE (Before Common Era) conventions.

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2. Understanding continuity and change

• To demonstrate an awareness of people and events beyond living memory.

• To consider reasons why certain events occurred and how decisions made affected the outcome of events.

• To look at events from the viewpoints of all parties involved and consider why some people had more influence than others.

• To compare and contrast characteristics of different eras.

3. Interpreting historical information • To recognise the difference between and the value and reliability of primary * and secondary * sources.

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• To understand the cause and effect of an event using a range of sources and studying it from different aspects.

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• To use literal, inferential and applied questioning techniques to learn about the past from a range of sources.

5. Organising and communicating information

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The level at which each of these skills is practised deepens as students gain confidence and maturity. By studying the past in an effective way, they will recognise processes and be able to predict possible outcomes of similar events as they occur in the present time.

In studying the history of their own country, students will learn how events of the past have shaped the present and how actions taken today will affect life in the future. * Primary sources are usually original documents which contain first-hand information about a topic. Some primary sources are diaries, letters, autobiographies, interviews, original works of art or artefacts, photographs, and surveys. * Secondary sources are second-hand versions. They are edited primary sources or commentary on, or discussion about, primary sources. Some secondary sources are bibliographies, journal articles, reports, biographies, commentaries, newspaper and magazine articles.

For the purposes of this series of books, fictional primary sources have been created.

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Questioning historical information

Interpreting historical information

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Understanding continuity and change

Understanding chronology

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Public holidays

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All states and territories of Australia observe a number of special days each year, most of which are not public holidays. While many of the public holidays celebrated are also observed in other parts of the world, such as Christmas, Easter and the Queen’s Birthday holiday, a number of them celebrate events specific to Australian history.

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Some days are observed on the same date throughout Australia, while others vary among states and territories. Public holidays are listed below.

• Australia Day — 26 January — national public holiday

This day commemorates the founding of the first British settlement at Sydney Cove in 1788, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, by the First Fleet.

• Anzac Day — 25 April — national public holiday

This day commemorates the landing of the ANZAC troops at Gallipoli on this day in 1915, but also serves as a reminder of all who have fought or served in the defence forces for Australia. A holiday on this day is also observed in New Zealand, Tonga and Western Samoa.

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• Labour Day — first Monday in October for NSW, SA and ACT; second Monday in March for Vic. and Tas.; first Monday in May for Qld; first Monday in March for WA­ — national public holiday

This day commemorates the eight-hour working day which was established in 1871.

• Canberra Day — third Monday in March — ACT only

This day celebrates the official naming of Canberra at a ceremony on 12 March 1913 by Lady Denman, wife of Lord Denman, the Governor-General at the time.

• Proclamation Day — 28 December ­— South Australia only This day celebrates the day in 1836 when South Australia was proclaimed a province.

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• Foundation Day — first Monday in June — Western Australia only This day celebrates the foundation of the Swan River Colony on 1 July 1829.

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of major Australian and world events (>60 000 BCE – present day) The beginning – 1799

>60 000 BCE: Aboriginal Australians are thought to have arrived in Australia.

35 000 BCE: Aboriginal Australians are thought to have reached Tasmania.

1300: Marco Polo discusses the possibility of a great unexplored southern land.

1606: Luis Vaez de Torres sails through the Torres Strait.

1606: Willem Janszoon, sailing in Duyfken, makes the first European discovery of Australia.

1616: Dirk Hartog, a Dutch explorer, sails to Western Australia.

1622: Trial is shipwrecked off the coast of Western Australia.

1629: Batavia is shipwrecked off the coast of Western Australia.

1642: Abel Tasman makes the fist European discovery of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania).

1688: William Dampier, English explorer, arrives on the west coast of Australia.

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1701–1714: War of the Spanish Succession occurs.

1708: First accurate map of China is drawn.

1712: First practical steam-powered piston engine is invented.

1713: Britain becomes the dominant force in North America.

1715: France takes control of Mauritius.

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1705: Edmund Halley predicts the return of a comet.

1716–1720: China invades Tibet.

1719: Daniel Defoe writes Robinson Crusoe.

1721: French and English East India companies compete for trade in India.

1722: The Dutch reach the Samoan Islands and Easter Island.

1725: The Gujin Tushu Jicheng encyclopedia is printed in China.

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1728: Danish explorer is the first European to cross the Bering Strait.

1739–1748: The War of Jenkins’ Ear is fought between Britain and Spain in the Caribbean.

1739: Highwayman Dick Turpin is hanged in Britain.

1747: British Royal Navy introduces lime rations to prevent scurvy.

1752: Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar.

1754–1763: The French and Indian War takes place in North America.

1755: Samuel Johnson’s dictionary is first published.

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1756–1763: The first global conflict, the Seven Years War, occurs.

1757: The sextant is invented by John Campbell.

1761: The marine chronometer is invented by John Harrison.

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1762–1796: Catherine the Great begins her reign as Empress of Russia.

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1765: James Watt develops the steam engine.

1766–1769: Frenchman Louis-Antoine de Bougainville circumnavigates the globe.

1769: Napoleon Bonaparte, later to become Emperor of France, is born.

1770: Captain James Cook lands on the more hospitable east coast of Australia and claims it for Britain.

1771: The first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is published.

1775–1783: The American War of Independence occurs.

1779: James Cook is murdered in Hawaii.

1788: The First Fleet, under the command of Arthur Phillip, arrives at Sydney Cove and the NSW colony is founded.

1789: Mutineers on HMS Bounty cast William Bligh adrift in an open boat on the Pacific Ocean.

1789–1799: The French Revolution occurs.

1793: The first free settlers arrive in Australia.

1798: George Bass and Matthew Flinders circumnavigate Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania).

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of major Australian and world events (>60 000 BCE – present day) 1800–1899

1802: the first steamship, Charlotte Dundas, is built.

1804: The first steam rail locomotive is built.

1804: Hobart Town is established in Van Diemen’s Land (now known as Tasmania).

1812: Grimms’ fairy tales, by the German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, is published.

1813: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth locate a path through the Blue Mountains.

1816: Shaka becomes leader of the Zulus.

1818: Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, is published.

1819: Thomas Stamford Raffles founds the British colony of Singapore.

1821: Napoleon Bonaparte dies on St Helena.

1822: Tea is cultivated in India, ending China’s monopoly.

1822: The Rosetta Stone is deciphered by Frenchman Jean Francois Champollion, the ‘Father of Egyptology’.

1823: The game of rugby is invented.

1824: ‘Australia’ is officially adopted as the name for the first colony.

1825: Van Diemen’s Land is proclaimed as a separate colony from New South Wales.

1829: Swan River Colony is founded.

1832: Swan River Colony is renamed Western Australia.

1833: Port Arthur opens as a penal settlement in Van Diemen’s Land.

1836: South Australia is proclaimed as a separate colony from New South Wales.

1837: Queen Victoria begins her reign.

1840: Treaty of Waitangi is signed in New Zealand.

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1845–1848: The Irish potato famine occurs.

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The gold rush begins near Bathurst in New South Wales.

Victoria is proclaimed as a separate colony from New South Wales.

David Livingstone crosses Africa.

1853: Last convict transportation to Van Diemen’s Land.

1853: The railway and telegraph are introduced in India.

1854: The Eureka Rebellion occurs in Victoria.

1856: Van Diemen’s Land is renamed Tasmania.

1859: Queensland is proclaimed a separate colony from New South Wales.

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1861: Archer wins the first Melbourne Cup. 1862: France begins to colonise Vietnam.

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1865: Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s adventures in Wonderland is published.

1866: The Ku Klux Klan movement is begun in the USA.

1868: The last convicts are transported to Australia.

1873: Uluru (Ayers Rock) is sighted by Europeans for the first time.

1873: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the ‘Mounties’, are formed.

1876: Sioux and Cheyenne warriors defeat the American army in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

1880: Ned Kelly is hanged in Melbourne.

1883: The Federal Council of Australasia is formed.

1885: Gold is discovered in the Transvaal (Gauteng).

1887: The Raffles Hotel in Singapore is opened.

1889: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.

1890: Massacre of Native Americans occurs at Wounded Knee.

1894: Rudyard Kipling’s The jungle book is published.

1899–1902: Boer War takes place in South Africa

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of major Australian and world events (>60 000 BCE – present day) 1900–1999

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1901: Lord Hopetoun proclaims the Commonwealth of Australia.

1901: Queen Victoria dies.

1902: The Franchise Act gives non-Indigenous women throughout Australia the right to vote.

1903: Wilbur and Orville Wright make the first powered flight.

1905: British New Guinea is transferred to Australian administration.

1909: Canberra chosen as capital city of Australia.

1911: Northern Territory is transferred from South Australian control to the Commonwealth.

1912: Titanic sinks during her maiden voyage from Britain to the United States.

1914: The Panama Canal in Central America opens, connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans for shipping.

1914–1918: Australian troops fight in World War I.

1915: ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli.

1917: Tsar Nicholas II and his family are assassinated in Russia.

1919: Amritsar Massacre takes place in India.

1920: Qantas is formed as an airline.

1920: Australia takes control of German New Guinea.

1923: Tutankhamen’s tomb is opened.

1923: Vegemite™ is first produced.

1927: The first Federal Parliament is held in Canberra.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is established in Australia.

1929: The Wall Street Crash takes place.

1932: Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.

1932–1933: The ‘Bodyline’ cricket tour of Australia takes place.

1933: Western Australia passes a referendum for secession from the Federation of Australia, but it is rejected by the British Parliament.

1933: Australia Antarctic Territory is established.

1939–1945: Australian troops fight in World War II.

1946: The Cold War between the USA and the USSR begins.

1948: The first all-Australian car is produced—the Holden (FX) 48-215.

1950–1953: Australian troops fight in the Korean War.

1953: Mount Everest is climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

1956: Melbourne hosts the Olympics.

1957: The Soviet Union launches the first artificial satellite, Sputnik.

1959–1975: Australian troops fight in the Vietnam War (from 1965).

1961: Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.

1969: Apollo 11 space mission—Armstrong and Aldrin land on the moon.

1971: Neville Bonner becomes the first Aboriginal Australian federal Member of Parliament.

1973: The Sydney Opera House opens.

1975: The Khmer Rouge take control of government in Cambodia.

1981: Asian immigration into Australia increases.

1983: Australia wins the America’s Cup.

1986: Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster occurs.

1988: Bicentenary of European settlement in Australia. The new Parliament House opens in Canberra.

1989: Tiananmen Square Massacre occurs in Beijing.

1990: Nelson Mandela is freed from captivity in South Africa after 27 years.

1991: The Cold War officially ends with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

1994: Nelson Mandela is elected president of South Africa.

1995: Israeli Prime Minister, Yitznak Rabin, is assassinated.

1996: John Howard is elected Prime Minister.

1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car crash.

Head of Yagan is returned to Australia.

1998: World population reaches six billion.

1999: A massive hailstorm hits Sydney, causing $1.7 billion in damage.

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of major Australian and world events (>60 000 BCE – present day) 2000–2007

2000: John Howard’s Liberal government introduces the goods and services tax (GST).

Sydney hosts the Summer Olympics.

2001: Australia celebrates the centenary of Federation of Australia.

The World Trade Centre towers in New York City are destroyed by terrorists.

2001 Mars Odyssey reaches the orbit of Mars.

2002: The euro is officially launched as the new single currency for 12 of the European Union’s member states.

Terrorist bombings in Bali nightclubs kill 202 people.

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East Timor gains independence from Indonesia.

Brazil wins the Football World Cup for the fifth time.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) spreads around the world.

2002–2003: Athens hosts the Summer Olympics.

2003: US-led coalition force invades Iraq, beginning the Iraq War.

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Space shuttle Columbia disaster occurs.

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Chinese space program launches its first manned space flight, Shenzhou 5 Almost 35 000 people in Europe die as a result of a prolonged heatwave.

Australia wins the Cricket World Cup.

England wins the Rugby World Cup.

2004–2005: The Orange Revolution takes place in Ukraine.

2004: Australia and the USA sign a free trade agreement.

An Indian Ocean earthquake creates a tsunami which kills more than 260 000 people.

The Madrid train terrorist attack claims the lives of 191 people and injures over 1000.

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Hurricanes Charley, Francis, Ivan and Jeanne cause over 3000 deaths as they batter the Caribbean.

2005: Hurricane Katrina causes major destruction along the Gulf Coast of the US, killing almost 2000 people.

An earthquake in Kashmir claims the lives of almost 90 000 Indians and Pakistanis.

The London transport terrorist attack claims the lives of 52 people and injures 700.

A terrorist attack in Delhi on the eve of the festival season kills 61 people and injures almost 200 more.

In cricket, England wins the Ashes by defeating Australia.

American Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France for the seventh time.

2006: North Korea conducts its first nuclear weapons test.

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Pluto is reclassified as a dwarf planet.

Saddam Hussein is executed in Baghdad.

Steve Irwin, the ‘crocodile hunter’, dies after being fatally pierced by a stingray barb.

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Italy wins the Football World Cup.

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Buddhist monks in Burma protest against military rule in the country.

Australia wins the Cricket World Cup.

South Africa wins the Rugby World Cup.

Kevin Rudd (ALP) elected Prime Minister.

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Alfred Deakin

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Chris Watson

27/04/1904 – 18/08/1904

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Andrew Fisher

17/09/1914 – 27/10/1915

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Billy Hughes

27/10/1915 – 09/02/1923

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Stanley Bruce

09/02/1923 – 22/10/1929

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James Scullin

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Joseph Lyons

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Sir Earle Page

07/04/1939 – 26/04/1939

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26/04/1939 – 28/08/1941

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28/08/1941 – 07/10/1941

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07/10/1941 – 05/07/1945

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Frank Forde

05/07/1945 – 13/07/1945

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13/07/1945 – 19/12/1949

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Sir Robert Menzies

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Harold Holt

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Malcolm Fraser

11/11/1975 – 11/03/1983

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Bob Hawke

11/03/1983 – 20/12/1991

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Paul Keating

20/12/1991 – 11/11/1996

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11/11/1996 – 03/12/2007

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The first Australians The beginning

Indicators • Reads text and answers questions to demonstrate an understanding of its content.

Time line About 70 000 BCE

• Researches to find information about important archaeological discoveries which have contributed knowledge about the very first Australians.

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• Prior to this activity, discuss with the students the difference between history and prehistory. The time before European settlement in Australia is referred to as prehistory (as opposed to history) because there are no written records of human events.

First people travelled to Torres Strait Islands.

About 40 000 years BCE

About 10 000 years BCE

Temperature and sea levels rise causing flooding— land bridges disappear.

About 2000 years BCE

• It would be beneficial for students to have access to a world map or globe during the activity to follow migration routes.

• The text used on page 3 is a report. A report is a secondary source. As there were no written records of the migration of the first Australians, information from other secondary sources has been used to create this report.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 102.

Dingoes are brought to Australia by the Macassan people.

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Arab and Chinese visit north of Australia and Torres Strait Islands for trade and fishing.

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1940 Stone tools are discovered to have been used by Aborigines in Keilor, Victoria, which date back 40 000 years.

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2. Storytelling, songs, dance, archaeological discoveries

3. Because during the last ice age, 40 000 years ago, the sea level was 100 metres lower than today, exposing islands and creating land bridges.

4. Strong winds and monsoons took them off course.

Queensland officially annexes the Torres Strait Islands.

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Macassans trade canoes, spears and other goods for trepang (sea cucumbers) with Aboriginal Australians in Arnhem Land.

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5. • Mainland Aboriginal Australians arrived 40 000 years ago whereas Torres Strait Islands may have arrived 70 000 years ago.

• Torres Strait Islands grew crops, unlike mainland Aboriginal Australians.

6. Because there are no written records from this time.

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The last ice age allows people from South-East Asia to walk across land bridges and migrate to Australia.

1. • Devon Downs (SA) Stone and bone tools 4000 years old.

• Lake Mungo (NSW) 43 000-62 000-year-old skeleton found.

• Kow Swamp (Vic.) Human skull showing Aboriginal people lived there from

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15 000 to 9000 years ago.

• Birrigai Rock Shelter (ACT) People used area from 21 000 years ago.

• Koonalda Cave (SA) Engravings found 24 000 years old.

• Devil’s Lair (WA) Aboriginal people lived in area 33 000 years ago.

2. (a) A spear thrower helped hunters to throw a spear harder and to be more accurate. (b) Used to carry water.

Further exploration • Discuss the importance of conserving Aboriginal historical sites. Develop a ‘top five’ list of reasons and present it to the class.

• Paint a story to show Aboriginal people travelling on various watercraft and walking across land bridges.

• Construct a time line to show the history of migrations to Australia (1 cm – 200 years).

Record major events on the time line.

• Create an information poster about the Torres Strait Islands. Include information about their history and a present day ‘fact file’.

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During the last ice age, about 40 000 years ago, a lot of ocean water was held in large polar icecaps. With less water in the oceans, the sea level was possibly 100 metres lower than it is today, creating natural land bridges from one continent to another.

In the past, the world’s continents were shaped differently and some historians and scientists agree that Australia was once joined to Papua New Guinea.

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About 70 000 years ago, when New Guinea was still attached to the Australian continent, the first people began arriving at the Islands. Chinese, Malay and Indonesian people travelled there looking for items to trade, such as pearl shell, canoes and tools. Unlike the Indigenous peoples of mainland Australia, the Torres Strait Islanders grew crops to survive.

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Prehistorians believe Australia’s first Indigenous population travelled here from South-East Asia during this ice age by ‘island-hopping’ across Indonesia’s islands. They may have walked from as far as India until they were forced to make rafts or canoes to travel the last leg of their journey to the north of Australia. Their watercraft were most probably made of bamboo as it is water-resistant, light material in It is believed that rising sea levels flooded the land good supply in Asia. bridges to the islands about 6000 years ago.

This migration would have occurred over a long time and in waves, meaning that there wasn’t just one migration, but many. The Aboriginal people moved in bands, stopping for long periods in different places to fish, hunt and gather other foods. Some may not have actually wished to travel to Australia but their watercraft may have been caught by strong winds or monsoons, most likely arriving at Arnhem Land (Northern Territory), the Kimberley Region (northern History Western Australia) or Cape York Peninsula (Northern Unlike many other cultures, there are no written Queensland). records of Aboriginal Australian history. Instead,

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About 13 000 years ago, the sea levels began to rise and the land bridges between mainland Australia and Tasmania flooded leaving the Tasmanian Aboriginal people isolated.

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1. Use the Internet and other resources to make notes about the archaeological artefacts and discoveries made at these sites across Australia.

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Lake Mungo (NSW)

Koonalda Cave, Nullarbor Plain (SA)

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An Aboriginal painting has been discovered in a cave near Kakadu, Northern Territory, that is possibly 60 000 years old!

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Time line Prior to European settlement

• Reads text and answers questions to demonstrate an understanding of its content.

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The area which will become known as Sydney Cove is occupied by the Eora people.

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Endeavour leaves Plymouth, England.

1769

• The text used on page 7 is a series of fictional journal entries. Discuss with the students that this genre (if authentic) is a primary source. Discuss how journal entries from a crew member on the ship may vary greatly from this document. James Cook’s Endeavour journals (1768 to 1771) were acquired by the National Library of Australia in 1923.

Sections can be read online at:

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• At the time of Endeavour’s expedition to the south seas, James Cook held the actual rank of lieutenant. However, as captain of the ship, he was entitled to be called Captain Cook.

3 June

Cook observes transit of Venus across the sun.

James Cook in Endeavour circumnavigates New Zealand.

Sections from the botanist Joseph Bank’s Endeavour journal can also be read online at:

Endeavour strikes coral on the Great Barrier Reef.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 102.

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James Cook claims the eastern coast of New Holland (Australia) for Great Britain.

1771

1. (a) record and monitor the transit of Venus across the Sun (b) the man who first spotted the land, Lieutenant Hicks (c) collected and documented new species of plants

12 July

Endeavour arrives back in Britain.

1773

(d) deciding to submerge an old sail under the boat to plug the holes 2. Removed sail

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Discarded heavy items, pumped out water Tried pulling ship free in morning—no luck Waited until high tide and pulled ship free Submerged old sail under ship to plug leaks

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3. Possible answer—To prevent news leaking to other countries wishing to claim it for themselves (i.e. French/Dutch).

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The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay.

26 January

The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove and the new colony is proclaimed.

4. 2. Approximately 22 months, 19 days

Two French ships, Astrolabe and Boussole, arrive in Botany Bay on a scientific expedition.

6. Answers will vary. Possible answer—for ships of future voyages to find the landmarks and to locate Port Jackson for the future settlement (Sydney Cove).

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James Cook returns to Hawaii after failing to pass through the Bering Strait. He is murdered during a violent skirmish.

5. Answers will vary

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• Create an information poster about the first Endeavour in space, the command module of Apollo 15. Include: – What part of the original ship was taken on the space flight?

– How was it returned?

• As early navigation techniques were very inaccurate compared to today, research to find information about the astrolabe, hand measurement, sextant and the cross-staff.

• View the replica of Endeavour which is now based at the National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney, at: <http://www.anmm.gov.au> • With a partner, research and re-enact the tragic events that occurred at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, on 14 February 1779.

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Having seen only ocean for the three long weeks since leaving New Zealand, it was a joyous occasion today to hear cries of ‘Land!’ from Lieutenant Zacharay Hicks. I shall name this part of the coast Point Hicks after its discoverer!

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Cook learned of his final mission of the expedition in secret instructions only to be opened once the Endeavour had departed Plymouth. He was to search for the vast southern continent and claim it for Britain. Cook, who had been sceptical about the existence of this new continent, succeeded in discovering and accurately charting the east coast of Australia.

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I note the similarities between aspect of this land and the rolling hills and large trees of the south of Wales in Britain. From these observations, I have decided to call this great landmass New South Wales.

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We have stumbled upon a magnificent sheltered harbour which I have named Port Jackson. I feel this would be a very suitable area for a settlement.

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Rounding the north of this great land, we have anchored at a small island which I have called Possession Island.

On this day we have held a flag-raising ceremony and I have claimed New South Wales and Possession Island in the name of King George III. We can now set sail for home.

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2. In order, list the main events that occurred on the dramatic day of 11 June.

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4. HMB Endeavour returned to Britain, arriving on 13 July 1771. Calculate the length of James Cook’s journey to the south seas.

5. List words to describe how you think the crew of Endeavour were feeling: (a) when the ship was stuck on the reef. (b) on the day the flag ceremony was held.

6. On the back of this sheet, explain why you think Cook was asked to accurately and carefully chart the coast of New South Wales.

A cannon which was thrown overboard to help extract Endeavour from the reef was discovered in 1969 and is on display at the James Cook Historical Museum in Cooktown.

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Cook had seen the Aboriginal Australians but still went ahead with claiming the east coast of Australia for Britain.

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(b) Why do you think Cook chose to claim the land without asking the ‘natives’ first?

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The bay Cook named Stingaree (Stingray) Bay would later be changed to Botanist Bay and then Botany Bay after the unique specimens discovered there by the botanist, Joseph Banks.

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Norfolk Island‘Hell of the Pacific’ Early settlement

Time line 1788

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• Reads text and answers questions to demonstrate an understanding of its content.

• Uses historical information from a website to create a speech.

A group of settlers, led by Lieutenant Philip Gidley King, arrives at Norfolk Island from Botany Bay to establish a penal colony.

Lord Howe Island is discovered and named after Richard Howe, First Lord of the Admiralty.

1814

The first convict settlement at Norfolk Island is abandoned.

1825

The second convict settlement at Norfolk Island is established.

1855

The Pitcairn Islanders settle on Norfolk Island.

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• Norfolk Island is situated in the south Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia. Its land area is about 35 square kilometres. It became an Australian territory in 1914 and is currently administered under the Norfolk Island Act 1979.

• Less than two months after the First Fleet landed at Botany Bay, Lieutenant Philip Gidley King and 22 settlers, including 15 convicts, landed at Norfolk Island (at what would later become the township of Kingston) to set up a penal colony. The convicts in this party were chosen for their good behaviour.

• Other penal colonies were established in Australia during the time of the first and second settlements on Norfolk Island, including Port Arthur and Moreton Bay. One of the reasons Norfolk Island was abandoned as a penal colony in the late 1840s was that Port Arthur was seen as a less costly alternative.

• The text used on page 11 is a tourist brochure—a secondary source. For the activity on page 13, students will require access to the Internet. Alternatively, teachers could print out the appropriate information from the website for the students to use. They should use note form on the worksheet and can then write their speeches out in full on a separate sheet of paper. They should be encouraged to organise their notes into chronological order for their speeches. The speeches could then be presented to the class, perhaps with appropriate visual aids.

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1. 1788 – a group of British settlers arrives at Norfolk Island to establish a penal colony.

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1790 – 300 marines and convicts arrive at Norfolk Island from Botany Bay.

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The Coral Sea Islands come under Australian administration.

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Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean comes under Australian administration.

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1814 – Norfolk Island is abandoned by the British.

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands become an Australian territory.

2. During the second settlement of the island; because of the harsh conditions experienced by the convicts.

3. Teacher check

4. First settlement: It was failing to be self-supporting and Botany Bay no longer needed to import food from the island.

Second settlement: Maintaining the settlement was too expensive and visitors to the island, horrified by the conditions of the convicts, called for its abandonment.

5. They wanted to stop the island from being colonised by the French; they wanted to establish an industry to make ship masts and sails from the pine trees and flax that grew on the island; the island was to provide foods for the struggling Botany Bay colony.

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Dear hotel guest Welcome to Norfolk Island! Below are some facts about its history.

Early inhabitants The first people to live on Norfolk Island were East Polynesian seafarers, possibly from New Zealand or other Pacific islands. These people lived on Norfolk Island some time between the 1000s and the 1700s.

Soon after the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay to establish a penal colony, Governor Arthur Phillip ordered Lieutenant Philip Gidley King to take a group of settlers to colonise Norfolk Island. There were a few reasons for this.

First, the British wanted to stop the island from being colonised by their rivals, the French.

They also wanted to establish an industry to make ship masts and sails from the pine trees and flax that grew on the island. The island was also supposed to provide foods like wheat, potatoes and fruit for the struggling Botany Bay colony.

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from Botany Bay. Norfolk Island’s population reached 1100 by the early 1800s. However, by 1814, the island was abandoned—the settlement was failing to be self-supporting and Botany Bay no longer needed to import food from the island. All buildings were destroyed and people were shipped back to Australia.

Second British settlement (1825 – 1855)

In 1825, the British decided to turn Norfolk island into a penal settlement for the worst convicts from New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land. Norfolk Island was deemed a suitable place due to its remote location. During this second settlement, the convict population peaked at around 2000.

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In the late 1840s, however, the settlement began to be wound down. Maintaining the settlement was becoming too expensive, and people who visited the island were horrified by the conditions and called for it to be abandoned. In the following years, the King and his party—nine male convicts, six convicts were transported back to Australia and by female convicts and seven free men—landed at 1855, the island was once more uninhabited.

Norfolk island on 6 March 1788. The settlers found The Pitcairners (1856 – ) life difficult at first. Although the soil was fertile, In 1856, Pitcairn Islanders settled on the island clearing the rainforest was tough work. The crops with the permission of the British government, who were also damaged by rats and parrots. But soon established it as a separate colony from New South the settlement began to grow, particularly after Wales. Today, the island is an Australian territory with 1790, when 300 marines and convicts arrived limited self-government. www.ricpublications.com.au

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2. When and why was Norfolk Island called ‘Hell of the Pacific’?

3. Which of the punishments described in the text do you think would be the worst? Explain.

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Time line 1810s

• Plans and writes an emotive poem from the point of view of a convict.

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Male convict labour begins to be used for construction in Australia.

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Richmond Bridge, Tasmania, is completed by convicts after 17 months of labour.

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Convicts from NSW are sent to King George Sound, WA to establish a settlement.

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Convicts build the Windmill, known as the ‘tower of torture’, in Brisbane.

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The Old Great North Road, NSW, is completed by convicts after 10 years of labour.

Construction work begins on Ross Bridge and the Red Bridge in Campbell Town, Tasmania.

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• After about 1810, convict labour was used as a convenient way to develop the infrastructure of the colonies. Hard physical labour was also thought to help reform convicts. In the 1820s and 1830s, more convicts were assigned to work for private settlers—although the work and conditions were not necessarily any better.

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Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney is built by convicts to house convicts.

• Early convicts in Australia were usually employed according to their skills or former jobs under a system founded by Governor Arthur Phillip. This included jobs such as carpentry, nursing, farming or record-keeping (for educated convicts). Female convicts commonly worked as domestic servants or were quickly married off to free settlers.

5. Convicts could be forced to work hard and the government didn’t have to pay them.

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• Write a list of Australian heritage sites that were built by convicts.

• Find out if any convict constructions are near to where you live; if so, visit them, take photographs and use them to make a book.

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From the early 1800s, male convict labour was used to construct public buildings, roads, bridges and other facilities. Using convicts for such work provided the perfect solution for developing the expanding colonies quickly and cheaply—not only could convicts be forced to work hard, the government didn’t have to pay them! For the convicts, working in construction meant tough working conditions, often in isolated areas—it wasn’t a job any convict would choose to do. In fact, being assigned to construction jobs or ‘road gangs’ was a common punishment for convicts who had committed further crimes after they had arrived in Australia. These men were forced to wear heavy leg irons and collars and were chained to other convicts while they worked. Their accommodation was usually small huts or even portable wooden boxes. They also had to survive on meagre food rations.

sandstone. The bridge connected the Tasman and Fleurieu peninsulas and caused the rapid development of the town of Richmond. The bridge was so skillfully constructed that it has survived with few changes over its life.

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In the late 1700s, British jails were overcrowded.

As part of the solution to this problem, the British government decided to establish a penal colony in Australia, which explorers had partially mapped.

The first convicts arrived in Sydney Cove in 1788.

By the early 1800s, convicts were also being sent to other penal colonies in Australia. As part of their punishment, convicts were expected to work. Some were employed according to their former jobs or trades, such as carpentry, nursing or farming. Female convicts usually worked as domestic servants or in ‘female factories’ where they did work such as sewing, rope-making or laundry.

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The 260-kilometre Old Great North Road links Sydney with the Hunter Valley and was built by convict road gangs between 1826 and 1836. The road gangs worked on the road for months at time in isolated bushland. The Old Great North Road was vital for providing transport and communication between Sydney and other settlements in New South Wales.

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and 1859 and was used as a prison up until 1991.

Today, it is a major tourist attraction. The prison was originally built to house the first convicts to arrive in Fremantle in 1850. Up until the prison was completed, these convicts were accommodated in a warehouse. By 1855, enough of the prison had been completed to allow the convicts to be transferred.

By 1859, the prison buildings included a main cell block, a hospital, perimeter walls, a gatehouse and Many convict constructions are still standing today workshops. and are listed as national heritage sites in Australia.

These include Richmond Bridge in Tasmania, the Old Great North Road in New South Wales and Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.

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5. Why was convict labour used for construction?

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1. Imagine you are a convict who has been working in construction for the past three months. Today is your last day of working on a particular project. Use the information on page 15 and your imagination to help you write colourful words and phrases to describe your situation and feelings in the space below.

What kind of project have you been assigned to constructing?

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2. Use your notes to help you write your poem on a separate sheet of paper. It does not need to rhyme.

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• Considers historical events from the point of view of an Aboriginal warrior.

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Pemulwuy begins to lead raids on British colonists in New South Wales.

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Open warfare between British government troops and Aboriginal Australians breaks out along the Hawkesbury River.

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Pemulwuy leads the George’s River and Parramatta groups on an offensive against the Toongabbie settlement. Pemulwuy is injured and caught but later escapes.

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• Early governors from Britain had been instructed to develop positive relationships with the Aboriginal people and defend and protect them wherever necessary. Some governors followed these instructions, but most did not. The majority of the new colonists looked down on the Aboriginal people as an inferior race who had no rights to the land they had occupied for thousands of years. Some even went as far as to poison their food or shoot them. The Aboriginal people began to retaliate by attacking the invaders and burning their farms. It didn’t take long for the traditional customs and lifestyle of the Aboriginal people to be broken down by the colonists as they began to fish, fell trees, farm land and shoot kangaroos. The colonists also introduced the local inhabitants to diseases such as smallpox, influenza and measles, often with fatal results.

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Pemulwuy, an Aboriginal warrior, spears and kills British colonist John Macintyre in retaliation for him killing some of his (Pemulwuy’s) people. An unsuccessful expedition to find and kill Pemulwuy and his people is organised.

• Pemulwuy was of the Bidjigal people. He led a 10-year military guerilla fight against the British from 1792 to 1802. After his death, Governor King wrote that although Pemulwuy was ‘a terrible pest to the colony, he was a brave and independent character’.

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Pemulwuy is shot and killed by British colonists in New South Wales. His son, Tedbury, continues the resistance against the settlers.

• The text used on page 19 is a letter—a primary source. The letter is written from the point of view of a British colonist, who has some compassion for the Aboriginal people, but still also expresses comments with a negative bias. The activity on page 21 allows the students to explore an opposite point of view: how the Aboriginal people might have felt about the British invasion of their land and lifestyle. They will need to work with a partner for this activity. Note form may be used.

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Homesteads on the edge of Sydney are attacked by Aboriginal people. Governor Macquarie orders Captain James Wallis to find and arrest the perpetrators. The soldiers attack a camp at Appin and 14 Aborigines are killed.

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Colebee and Nurrangingy are given land to farm in Blacktown, west of Sydney.

– Shot by angry settlers.

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1802 – Shot and killed by settlers

January At Vinegar Hill, between 60 and 70 Aborigines are killed by mounted police.

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The ‘Faithful Massacre’ occurs.

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– Escaped from hospital.

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5. Answers should reflect that the settlers were killing their food sources and destroying land where food sources would grow or live.

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• Research and write about other significant Aboriginal Australians at the time of British colonisation, such as Arabanoo.

• In small groups, research, prepare and present a role-play based on initial contact between British colonists and local Aboriginal people.

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3 January 1803 Dear William I must tell you all about one of the remarkable native* warriors here in New South Wales. His name is Pemulwuy. But to give you a complete picture of him, I need to tell you about our relationship with the natives since our arrival from England in 1788.

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r o e t s Botheir distance. Many of the settlers r Back then, the natives appeared toe be wary and fearful of us and kept p ohowever. They appear to have thought of them as primitive and barbaric. I still do not believe this to be so,k u the intelligence to live S in this harsh land quite comfortably. However, it is true that the natives have not developed or cultivated the land at all, which I find curious.

Things began to change once we started to fish, fell trees, plant crops, shoot kangaroos and graze our livestock. I think the natives realised then we were not just visiting, but were here to stay. Our changes to the land also caused them to suffer from starvation. Governor Phillip, who was following strict instructions from the government to defend and protect the natives, tried to help by inviting them into the town to eat with us but they refused. I and a few of the other settlers felt sorry for them and persuaded them to accept food, blankets and clothing from time to time. Most of the other settlers, however, thought this was ridiculous. It pains me to report that some of them have given poisoned food to the natives.

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certainly very fierce and determined! One of these is Pemulwuy. In June 1790, he speared and killed Governor Phillip’s gamekeeper, John Macintyre. We believe this was because Macintyre killed some natives. An expedition was organised to kill Pemulwuy and some of his people, but was abandoned because they could not be found.

From 1792 up until last year, Pemulwuy led raids against us from Parramatta to the Hawkesbury River, stealing food and cattle, attacking homesteads and burning buildings. Then, in 1797, he led a raid on the government farm at Toongabbie. Rightly angry, the settlers from this area tracked him to the outskirts of Parramatta, where he was shot several times. He was taken to hospital, but once he had recovered he escaped—amazingly enough, wearing leg irons! A legend then began that he could not be killed by bullets.

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Then just last year, he was shot dead by settlers. He was beheaded and his head was pickled in a jar and sent to England. Some people believe this is justice, as he has killed at least 30 settlers over the years.

However, I myself feel that pickling his head was barbaric. I also have an amount of admiration for the bravery of this man, although his actions were clearly wrong.

I will write more next time about our continuing struggles in the colony.

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British colonisation of Australia caused a sharp decline in the Aboriginal population and the extinction of many language groups. Many traditional Aboriginal societies collapsed.

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1. The letter on page 19 is written from the point of view of one of the early British colonists in New South Wales. Consider the events described in the letter from Pemulwuy’s point of view. Remember that Aboriginal Australians had been living in the New South Wales area for thousands of years before the British arrived. If you were Pemulwuy, how do you think you would feel about the following?

• The British taking your food supplies, chopping down trees and taking over your land by planting crops and grazing livestock.

• Realising the British were making your land their permanent home.

• Being offered food, blankets and clothing by some settlers.

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Do you think you would have taken the actions Pemulwuy did? If not, what would you have done instead? Give reasons for your answer.

3. Share your answers to Questions 1 and 2 with the class.

Pemulwuy is often considered to be the first Aboriginal resistance leader and is an heroic figure for many Aboriginal Australians.

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• Reads text and answers questions to demonstrate an understanding of its content.

• Uses an atlas to mark and label physical features of historical significance.

Lieutenant John Bowen establishes a settlement at Risdon Cove which is soon abandoned.

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Brisbane is settled by the British as a penal colony.

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Port Essington is settled by Europeans.

1827

Major Edmund Lockyer establishes a settlement at King George Sound, later renamed Albany.

• Settlement officially occurred in Tasmania on 12 September 1803, when Bowen and his party landed at Risdon Cove.

• The text used on page 23 is a report—a secondary source. For the activity on page 25, the students will require an atlas or other resources that show Hobart and Brisbane in some detail.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 104.

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Swan River Colony is officially proclaimed.

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• Settlement officially occurred in Queensland on 14 September 1824 when Miller, Oxley and their party landed at Redcliffe.

• Hobart was named after Lord Robert Hobart, the Colonial Secretary; Brisbane was named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of New South Wales.

Van Diemen’s Land is proclaimed a colony.

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• The first Europeans on record to sight Tasmania and Queensland were the Dutch in the 1600s. Between the 1770s and 1790s, Tasmania was also visited by French and British explorers. During this time, the British also mapped part of the Queensland coast.

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1. They wanted another penal colony for Sydney’s tougher convicts and they were concerned that French explorers would try to establish a colony there.

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Brisbane becomes the capital of the new colony of Queensland.

• Write biographies of people significant to the establishment of Brisbane and Hobart; e.g.

John Oxley, John Bowen.

1869

• Compare pictures and photographs of early Hobart and Brisbane with those of today.

Darwin, formally known as Palmerston, is established.

1875 Hobart Town is renamed Hobart.

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Redcliffe, about 30 kilometres north of today’s Brisbane city, was chosen as the site of the new settlement. In 1824, under the direction of Lieutenant Henry Miller and Surveyor-General John Oxley, a party of about 14 soldiers and 30 convicts arrived from Sydney to establish the settlement. Within the same year, it was moved to the site of today’s Brisbane city, on the Brisbane river. The new site had a better water supply, its location was more difficult for convicts to escape from and the Indigenous people around Redcliffe, the Jagera and Turrba, had been hostile to the colonists. Aboriginal attacks had begun when some Aboriginal people stole an axe from convicts and soldiers, resulting in one

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In the late 1790s, the British decided to establish a penal colony in Tasmania (then called Van Diemen’s Land) for Sydney’s tougher convicts. Tasmania was chosen because the British were concerned that French explorers would establish a colony there.

In 1803, the Governor of New South Wales sent Lieutenant John Bowen with a party of about 50 people, including around 30 convicts, to establish a settlement on the Derwent River. The site chosen was Risdon Cove. However, the cove soon proved to be unsuitable because it lacked fresh water and was a difficult place to land boats. So a year later, the settlement moved across the Derwent River to Sullivan’s Cove, the present site of Hobart.

The arrival of the British had a devastating effect on the original inhabitants of the Hobart area, the Mouheneer people. Violent encounters between them and the British, as well as diseases to which they had no immunity, forced them away from their land.

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Time line 1754 Birth of William Bligh.

1761 Bligh signs up with the Royal Navy.

Bligh joins Royal Navy.

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Bligh is sailing master on Cook’s ship HMS Resolution.

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Bligh joins the merchant navy after declaration of peace.

1. (a) over 6000 km (b) 41 days (c) some food and water, a sextant and a pocket watch

2. (a) Bligh was collecting breadfruit plants to take to the Caribbean. (b) The seedlings needed to grow bigger to survive the journey. (c) The crew had shore leave, got to know the locals and had fun.

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Bligh becomes commander of HMAV Bounty.

3. (a) The crew was reluctant to leave. (b) the Caribbean (c) They were taking breadfruit there. (d) No. The crew mutinied and didn’t continue to the Caribbean.

Bounty sails from Tahiti—mutiny occurs.

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4. Teacher check.

Answers may include that he was a skilled navigator and cartographer, was concerned for his crew’s health, used little corporal punishment, was well educated and interested in botany.

Bligh and 11 crew reach England.

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Bligh makes a successful second breadfruit voyage to Tahiti.

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Bligh is elected Fellow of the Royal Society for services to botany and navigation.

Bligh is appointed Governor of NSW. 1808 Rum rebellion occurs.

• Write a report about scurvy. Include information about the cause, symptoms and treatment.

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Bligh commands a ship in the battle of Copenhagen with Lord Nelson.

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Bligh is awarded the Society of Arts medal for navigation.

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Bligh is promoted to Lieutenant.

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• Bligh’s voyage to Tahiti had been a very long and difficult one in a small ship. Storms forced him to take the longer route around the Cape of Good Hope instead of around Cape Horn. He was the only officer on board. He gave added responsibility to Fletcher Christian, who later led the mutiny against him. There was insufficient space in the sevenmetre launch for all of the crew who remained loyal to Bligh and four had to remain on the ship. Bligh was not given any charts and only four cutlasses were provided for their defence. He showed great courage, navigational skill, leadership and resourcefulness.

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• Completes a report card on Bligh.

• Write a letter from Bligh to his wife telling her about his voyage with Captain Cook.

• Bligh was an exceptional navigator. With only a sextant he found his way to Timor. Draw a diagram of a sextant and write notes about it.

1810 Bligh returns to London.

1811 Bligh is promoted to Rear Admiral.

1814 Bligh is promoted to Vice Admiral.

1817 Death of Bligh

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William Bligh is remembered as such a harsh captain that the crew of Bounty mutinied against him. They put him and 18 loyal crew members in a seven-metre boat with limited food and water, a sextant and watch and left them in the middle of the ocean. Bligh managed to save their lives by navigating over 6000 kilometres to Timor. This amazing achievement took them 41 days.

But, was Bligh really a terrible tyrant? Read more and make up your own mind.

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In 1787 Bligh was given command of Bounty. He was the ship’s only officer and his mission was to sail to Tahiti to collect breadfruit plants and take them to the Caribbean to plant as food for slaves. Bligh was reported to be well-educated, interested in science and very concerned about the health of his crew. They had a very long, difficult voyage. When they finally arrived in Tahiti, they had to wait for six months for the seedlings to be big enough to transport. The crew, on shore leave, made friends with the Tahitians, had a wonderful time and by 1789 were reluctant to leave. This may have been a factor in their mutiny. Not long after leaving Tahiti, Bligh was seized and bound in a surprise attack while he was sleeping.

There was no bloodshed, but 19 men were forced to leave the ship.

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Bligh was born in 1754 near the port of Plymouth. Although he didn’t join the navy until 1770, he was signed up when he was only seven. By 1776, he was considered to be an excellent cartographer and was selected

by Captain Cook as master on his third and fatal voyage to Tahiti.

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When Bligh returned to London in 1790, after his epic voyage, the navy found he had done nothing wrong and put him in command of a bigger ship. It was reported that on his ships he had been slow to impose corporal punishment, made his men wash, wear clean clothes, exercise and eat limes and sauerkraut to avoid scurvy.

He did, however, have a legendary temper, but he usually verbally abused his men rather than whipping them.

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by John Macarthur, they staged what became known as the Rum Rebellion. They arrested Bligh and confined him. The rebels were eventually tried in London in 1810. Although he was promoted to Rear and later Vice Admiral, Bligh’s reputation was damaged by the affair.

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7. Why do you think Bligh was chosen as the fourth governor of New South Wales?

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Exploring the interior Discoveries Indicators • Reads text and answers questions about the exploration of the interior.

• Demonstrates understanding of events by summarising, illustrating and predicting.

Time line 1815 Birth of Stuart.

1821 1834

Birth of Wills.

• Victoria and South Australia competed to have a proposed telegraph line built in their states because it would provide Australia’s future link to the rest of the world through Java.

• In Melbourne there was great excitement and enthusiasm for Burke’s expedition and over 15 000 people are believed to have farewelled them. Victoria was a gold-rich state and the expedition was well equipped, but they lost three wagons in the first days. Burke, a tempestuous leader, argued with his second in command and smashed the bottles of rum Landells was taking to give to the camels he had purchased from overseas. He resigned, as did the doctor.

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Stuart joins Sturt on his expedition to locate the centre of Australia.

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Stuart’s first expedition—discovers good grazing land.

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• Victoria mourned the loss of its heroes with its first ever state funeral and a half-day public holiday on the very day Adelaide was feting its heroes. The diaries recovered with their remains attested to their courage and determination.

• Stuart received the reward of £2000 pounds but was in poor health and returned to London, where he died.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 105.

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1. (a) Answers may indicate that they wanted to find grazing land, an inland sea and a route for a future telegraph and railway.

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Burke reaches Gulf of Carpentaria.

2. (a) a highway

3. (a) (b) Teacher check

1861 Stuart reaches coast.

4. (a) He buried it in the box under the ‘dig’ tree.

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State funeral for Burke and Wills.

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5. (a) He lived with the Yantruwanta people.

King is rescued.

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• Discuss the question, ‘Were the deaths of Burke, Wills and Grey more due to bad luck or bad management?’ This could be the topic for a debate.

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Exploring the interior – 1 In 1859 the South Australian government offered a prize for the first expedition to cross the continent from south to north. They wanted to establish a possible route for a railway and a telegraph line to link Australia with the rest of the world, find out if there was an inland sea and open up new grazing land. Two groups accepted the challenge. One was led by Charles Stuart from South Australia and the other by Robert Burke from Melbourne.

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that they were going along the creek towards South Australia and buried it under the tree again.

But when two men came back to check they didn’t realise Burke had returned so they didn’t dig up their note. Burke, Wills and King were sick and starving.

Burke didn’t trust the Aboriginal people who tried to help them. He and Wills died in July 1861. King was cared for by the Yantruwanta people and survived.

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Cooper Creek to establish a base camp. He waited at Cooper Creek for five weeks for the others to catch up, but when they didn’t arrive he set out for the coast with Wills, King, Grey, six camels, one horse and supplies for three months. He told those he left to wait at Cooper Creek for only three months.

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The railway, telegraph and Stuart Highway quite closely followed his route.

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Exploring the interior – 2 Answer the questions about the text on page 31.

1. (a) Why did the South Australian government want someone to find a way across the continent?

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Mount Sturt was renamed in 1862. In 1871, Charles Ross, a surveyor who was working on the telegraph line near Mount Stuart, climbed to the top. He found a note in a bottle left there by Stuart describing how he had raised the Union Jack there in 1860.

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3. Imagine that your idea was successful and that the two men who came back found your note. What do you think would have happened?

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Gold: The Eureka Stockade Discoveries Indicators • Reads text and answers questions about the Eureka Stockade.

• Researches to find further information about the Eureka Stockade.

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Australia’s first uprising occurs, the Battle of Vinegar Hill at Parramatta.

1851

Gold is discovered at Clunes and Buninyong.

• Although the events surrounding the Eureka Stockade rebellion are said to have precipitated great democratic reform in 19th Century Australia, students should be encouraged to question whether it would have happened anyway. What was happening in the United Kingdom and the rest of Australia at the time?

• After the excitement of the attack on the Eureka Stockade, calm returned to the goldfields as the charged men were acquitted and the demands of the charter were met.

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16 May

Robert Rede becomes Gold Commissioner in Ballarat.

22 June

Sir Charles Hotham, the new governor, arrives in Victoria.

7 October

James Scobie is murdered at the Eureka Hotel.

10 October

The servant of Father Patrick Smyth is assaulted by Constable Lord.

12 October

James Bentley is acquitted of the murder of James Scobie.

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Eureka Hotel is destroyed by fire.

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The colony of Victoria is proclaimed.

• The Eureka Stockade rebellion is one of only two uprisings against the state that have occurred in the history of Australia, the first being the convict rebellion which led to the1804 Battle of Vinegar Hill.

• The exact site of the Eureka Stockade is today under question, but the event is commemorated in Ballarat by a park in which the monument erected in 1884 now stands.

• The Eureka Centre, also in Ballarat, tells the story of the rebellion in a series of realistic displays.

• The tattered remnants of the original Southern Cross Eureka flag are on display at the Ballarat Fine Art Museum.

• A ballad of Eureka, written in 1901 by Victor Daley (1858–1905), gives an insight into the hearts and minds of the diggers at Eureka.

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Soldiers and police attack the Eureka Stockade.

2. Sunday 3 December 1854

More than 100 men are arrested, 13 of whom are charged with high treason.

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3. They incurred a hefty fee which had to be paid each month—whether gold was found or not.

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5. Teacher check – suggestions: (a) diplomatic, reasonable (b) autocratic, corrupt (c) belligerent, angry

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A general amnesty is declared for all those connected with the Eureka Stockade rebellion.

27 March

The final report on the Gold Fields Commission is submitted to the Governor of Victoria.

All those charged with high treason are found not guilty.

• The Ballarat Reform League made a number of demands for change. Research to find out what these were, whether they were met and what effect if any, they had on the development of democracy in Australia.

• The diggers from the Eureka Stockade came from many different nations. Research to find out what these countries were and what were the similarities and differences between life in those countries and life in Australia at that time.

• Research to find out what the images on the Southern Cross Eureka flag represent and when it has been used since 1854.

10 November Peter Lalor and JB Humffray are elected to the Legislative Council.

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Gold: The Eureka Stockade – 1 The attack on the Eureka Stockade is one of Australia’s enduring legends. It is believed by some to be the catalyst that produced the reforms which paved the way for the democratic society we live in today in Australia.

The two sides in the conflict were the miners from the Victorian goldfields and the Gold Fields Commission, supported by a contingent of police and a military garrison. The Commission was established to ensure law and order on the goldfields.

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At a meeting held for the first time under the blue ‘Southern Cross’ flag, the miners voted to burn their licences and resist arrest for being unlicensed. The following day, a licence hunt was conducted in which the military used force to quell the rebellious miners.

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To create revenue for the government, miners were obliged to hold licences to dig their small claim of land.

A fee for these licences had to be paid each month whether the miner struck gold or not. Officers from the Gold Commission conducted frequent licence hunts to make sure no miner was digging illegally.

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development of the Ballarat Reform League Charter which was a series of demands from the miners, including the right to vote and the abolition of the hated licences. Throughout November, the League, led by JB Humffray, attempted to negotiate the demands of the charter with the Gold Commission.

The miners’ requests fell upon deaf ears as Rede and the Lieutenant Governor, Charles Hotham, refused to acknowledge their demands. For the miners, there was only one thing to do.

Another meeting at Bakery Hill followed in which all diplomacy was set aside. Under the rebel leadership of Peter Lalor the crowd swore allegiance to the blue flag and a council of war was created. At the Eureka diggings, the stockade was built in which the miners barricaded themselves against licence arrests and any other offence for which the authorities would attempt to arrest them.

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The Commissioner knew of the stockade but he did not take action immediately, The miners hated these raids, which added to the preferring to prepare his troops and make a surprise misery of living in the squalor of the goldfields. They attack when the time was right. He did not have to were also feeling frustrated by the small rewards they wait long. were getting in return for each day’s labour. A scent of The initial excitement of rebellion began to fade when mutiny was in the air. there was no response from the Commissioner. On In October 1854 in the Ballarat goldfields, the servant the night of Saturday 2 December, many of the rebels of a Roman Catholic priest was wrongfully arrested returned to their tents, leaving only a few hundred at and later convicted for assaulting an officer during a the stockade. licence raid. A second spark to kindle the fire of rebellion was the acquittal of James Bentley, the owner of the At dawn the next day, Sunday 3 December 1854, the Eureka Hotel, who had been charged with murdering one-sided battle began. Taken by surprise, the miners a miner, James Scobie. In protest at Bentley’s release, were swiftly defeated by the overpowering military. an enraged crowd of miners burned the hotel to the Thirty miners and six militia were killed and a total of ground. Gold Commissioner Robert Rede decided to twenty-four were injured. use his troops to restore law and order in Ballarat.

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1. Name the two sides involved in the conflict that resulted in the attack on the Eureka Stockade.

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The story of the build up to the attack on the Eureka Stockade and what followed is one of a struggle by the masses, who had no voting rights, against the injustices of a governing body which was run by an all-powerful minority.

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The Australian pearling industry Discoveries Indicators • Reads text and answers questions about the Australian pearling industry.

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• Makes notes to show an understanding of the pearl culturing process and how the industry has changed over time.

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Roebuck Bay is named in honour of William Dampier’s visit in 1699 on board HMS Roebuck.

1860s

The giant north-west pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, is discovered.

1868

Pearl shell and pearls are first harvested from the Torres Strait.

1872 Cossack is declared a town site. Settlers begin collecting pearl shells.

1881 Modern pearling and the history of Broome begins.

1884

• Settlers first came to the north-west as sheep farmers but were plagued by the devastating effect of drought. They soon learned that pearling was a far more profitable business.

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Commercial pearling begins in Shark Bay, Western Australia.

1861

• Australia’s pearling industry began before European settlement. Indigenous Australians had been harvesting pearl shells from the shallow waters of the north-west for hundreds of years. They traded their pearls and shells within the country and with Macassan trepangers who had been visiting and trading along the northern coastline since the 17th century.

• Before the outbreak of World War I, which signalled the demise of the industry, 80% of the world’s mother of pearl was supplied by Broome. With lugger crews from Japan, China and Malaya, Broome was the most cosmopolitan town in Australia.

• Many of the white settlers who owned luggers did not go out with their boats but remained on shore and became known as ‘veranda pearlers’.

• Although shells were collected for their inner layers, some were found to have pearls in them, most notable being the ‘Southern Cross’ and the ‘Star of the West’.

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Copper helmet diving suit is introduced.

A cyclone strikes a pearling fleet, destroying 18 luggers and killing 140 people.

1890s

First Australian cultured pearls are grown in Roebuck Bay, Broome.

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1. (a) Shark Bay, WA (b) A larger species of oyster was found.

2. Teacher check—include dangers of diving and difficulty of searching for shells hidden on the ocean floor.

3. (a) luggers (b) no (c) They had to watch for tugs on the divers’ breast ropes and air pipes. The divers’ lives depended on them.

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5. the 1930s Depression, the 1935 cyclone, the Second World War.

Broome’s most destructive cyclone wrecks 34 pearling luggers.

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6. Teacher check—include internment of all Japanese in Australia during the war and attitudes towards them afterwards.

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• Research to investigate the strength of the Australian pearling industry against other nations. Use graphs and tables to clarify information.

• Research different types of cultured pearls and their place in the market. Use graphs and tables to clarify information.

1950s The plastic button is invented.

Australian government and pearl cultivators work together to maximise potential of the pearling industry.

1956 Kuri Bay pearling farm is established.

1980s Wooden luggers are replaced with more efficient steel/ aluminium luggers.

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The shells were first found by settlers at Shark Bay in Western Australia in the 1850s. The industry later spread northwards as a larger species of oyster, Pinctada maxima, was discovered. In Queensland, pearl shells were first harvested in 1868. In 1884, pearl shell was harvested in Darwin Harbour in the Northern Territory.

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As the depth to the shell beds increased, the divers were more at risk from drowning and the ‘bends’, which occurred if the divers The inside layers of oyster shells are made of nacre came up from deep water too rapidly. The or mother of pearl, a strong, resilient, iridescent number of deaths caused by the bends was substance. It was a highly dramatically reduced prized material with many when the relationship uses, from buttons to between water depth decorative architecture. and the time taken to Finding a shell was a surface was understood. triumph, finding a pearl Danger also came from within it was a bonus. above as cyclones could completely destroy a Initially, the shells were fleet of pearling luggers. plentiful in shallow water and were easily collected By 1910, the town of at low tide. But as stocks diminished, it was Broome was the pearling capital of the world, necessary to wade into deeper water and surface but the 1930s Depression, the disastrous dive for the shells. Eventually, people dived from cyclone of 1935 and the Second World War, boats called luggers. all had a devastating effect on Australia’s

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The Australian pearling industry – 2 Use the text on page 39 to answer the questions.

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When the pearling industry began, it was the nacre coating on the inside of the oyster shell that provided the wealth. The pearls found were highly prized but, on their own, they were not in sufficient numbers to keep the industry buoyant. As the demand for mother of pearl diminished, the process of cultivating pearls was perfected, breathing new life into the industry.

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Time line 1779

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• Compares modern farms with those of the past.

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• In more recent times, sophisticated machinery and technology have reduced the number of workers needed on wheat farms while allowing them to be larger. Chemicals are more effectively controlling diseases and weeds but drought remains a major concern. The CSIRO continues to work on the development of more drought-tolerant and water-efficient crop varieties. The latest of these is known as Drysdale. This work is of increasing importance given the anticipation of future climate change.

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South Australia offers prize for the first harvesting machine.

First Ridley’s stripper is produced.

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Railways begin to be built.

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A cargo of 24 rabbits is introduced to Australia and released into the wild.

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• Global markets are another area over which farmers have virtually no control. This was demonstrated during World War II when shipping difficulties caused the Australian government to acquire all of the country’s wheat and distribute the proceeds of any sales to farmers. A subsidy to reduce the surplus wheat by feeding it to hens and pigs was also provided. On a more positive note, demand from China and USSR caused the price to double between 1973 and 1980 and resulted by 1984 in a 30% increase in the area sown.

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1. (a) James Ruse (b) near Parramatta (c) Teacher check

Inland railway expands, opening up more land for wheat farming.

Perhaps he was a trusted convict or an ex-farmer.

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Australia exports first wheat to England.

Answers may indicate that Australia has a small population and large areas for cultivation.

(c) Ridley stripper

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4. (a) stump jump plough (b) South Australia (c) mallee forests could be cleared for cultivation because it went over the mallee roots and didn’t get stuck.

William Farrer begins development of new strains of wheat, resulting in the ‘Federation’ strain in 1901.

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William Farrer releases Federation wheat.

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• Explain the work a farmer needs to do throughout the year to produce wheat.

The first petrol engine tractor is produced.

• Write a newspaper article about an Australian drought.

1915 The ‘wet wheat pickler’ is developed by Alf Hannaford.

1920 Cliff Howard invents the rotary hoe.

1950 The rabbit virus causing myxomatosis is successfully introduced, transmitted via mosquitos and devastating rabbit populations.

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This plough was often used after a scrub roller had cleared light bush country.

By 1883, thanks to these two South Australian inventions, Australia was producing sufficient grain for the first wheat to be exported to England. Grain silos were built beside railway lines and river ports from where grain was taken to sea ports and exported. Horse-or bullock-drawn carts were used to transport grain to silos.

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Government-sponsored exploration led to the discovery of more good land. Farmers and squatters moved in and farms were established.

Slowly, as land was cleared and crops were planted and harvested, the colony began to feed itself. By 1850, railways were being built, making outlying settlements more accessible. Wheat harvesting was slow, hard work and many people were needed for the task, but there was a shortage of labour. In 1843, South Australia offered a prize for the first person to design a machine capable of harvesting wheat faster than by hand. There was no winner, but there was a lot of interest in a design by a Mr Bull. Later that year, a similar, improved machine known as the Ridley stripper, was developed. It was horse-drawn and although it couldn’t strip the grain from the chaff, it saved a great deal of time. By 1880, improved Ridley strippers were produced in South Australia and used throughout Australia and the world.

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1. (a) Who was Australia’s first successful wheat farmer?

(b) Where was his first farm?

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(b) Think of one reason why Australia produces enough wheat to export.

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(d) How did farmers take their wheat to the wheat silos? (e) Why were wheat silos built beside railway lines?

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Trains across the continent Progress

Indicators • Reads text and answers questions to demonstrate an understanding of its content.

• Works with a partner to produce a promotional pamphlet containing historical detail.

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Sydney Railway Company begins work on the first railway track in NSW between Sydney and Parramatta.

1854

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1856 The first railway carrying steam-powered trains between Adelaide and Port Adelaide opens.

1875 Brisbane is connected to Ipswich and Grandchester by rail.

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• Work on the transcontinental railway began in 1912, proceeding eastwards from Kalgoorlie and westwards from Port Augusta, until the two halves of the line met on 17 October 1917.

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• The first trains, covering only a few kilometres, began operation in Australian cities in 1854. The very first, in South Australia, was a horse-drawn line, but the rest were powered by steam. Diesel trains took over in the 1950s until they were succeeded by electric trains. Australian railways quickly expanded into country areas. One reason for this was to transport farm and mining products to cities.

• Today, the Ghan, Overland and Indian Pacific are run by Great Southern Railways (GSR).

• The texts used on page 47 are a newspaper article (a primary source) and a report (a secondary source). For the activity on page 77, students will need to work in pairs to produce a four-page pamphlet (this can be made by simply folding an A4 sheet of paper or card in half). The students will need scrap paper to draft their pamphlets. They will need to think carefully about the history of the Overland when writing the text and creating suitable images for the pamphlets. A class discussion prior to the students beginning their drafts would be useful.

Construction of the train line between Adelaide and Darwin begins.

1879

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Rail line opens between Geraldton and Northampton in WA. 1880s

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1881

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• 1887 – The Intercolonial Express begins operation.

• 1929 – The Ghan train line reaches Alice Springs.

• 1970 – The Indian Pacific begins operation.

• 2004 – The Ghan train line reaches Darwin.

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1968 The standard gauge rail link between Perth and Kalgoorlie is completed.

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Steam locomotives are withdrawn from general operation, leaving only those used for tourist trips.

1970

The Indian Pacific begins operation between Perth and Sydney.

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5. The transcontinental railway, connecting Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie was completed.

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• Write a creative narrative that is set on board an Australian train.

• Draw a map showing major towns between Kalgoorlie and Port Augusta today. Write interesting facts about some of them.

State and territory capitals are connected with single gauge track.

2004 The Adelaide to Darwin train line is completed.

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18 October 1917 another by New South Wales and the third by Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and the rest of South Australia. In addition, equipment and operating procedures were not compatible. This meant passengers often had to change trains many times when travelling between the colonies.

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Although the railways expanded quickly, there was a major problem; different colonies used different-sized ‘gauges’ (track width) for their railway lines. There were three different gauges used—one

by Victoria and parts of South Australia,

In 1878, construction of a line to link Adelaide to Darwin began, but had only reached Oodnadatta by 1891. This is still the end of the line today and no-one knows for sure when it will be completed. Another leap forward for long-distance rail travel came in 1887 when the ‘Intercolonial Express’ service commenced between Melbourne and Adelaide. This service still runs today.

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The Indian Pacific service runs between Perth and Sydney and began operation in 1970. The route is 4352 kilometres long.

The Overland runs between Adelaide and Melbourne and was the first inter-capital train. It began operation in 1887 as the Intercolonial Express, changing its name to the Overland in 1926. This name refers to the ‘Overlanders’, the name for the horsemen who once travelled the route. The route is 828 kilometres long.

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(a) It took too long for the Ghan train line to reach Alice Springs.

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Imagine that the company which runs the historic Overland is considering stopping its operation due to a lack of passengers. It seems people are preferring to travel between Melbourne and Adelaide by air as it is faster and cheaper.

You and your partner are members of an historic railway club. You are horrified that the Overland may no longer run. You decide to hand out pamphlets at Melbourne airport to encourage travellers to take the train to Adelaide instead.

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Write why you think people should support the Overland.

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Time line 1788 New South Wales colony founded.

1825 Van Diemen’s Land proclaimed.

Swan River Colony declared for Britain.

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• Sir Henry Parkes first shared his idea of a federation at a conference among the colonies in 1867.

• The Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, selected William Lyne (Premier of NSW) as Australia’s first Prime Minister. The cabinet disagreed with his choice and stood by Edmund Barton, who was then appointed to the position.

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• Reads text and answers questions to demonstrate an understanding of its content.

• Alfred Deakin became Australia’s second Prime Minister and played a major role in the campaign for a federated Australia.

• During the 1880s, Australians began developing a sense of national pride, and it was at this time that the movement towards Federation became serious. It led to an improvement in transportation and communication within Australia.

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The colony of South Australia proclaimed.

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Van Diemen’s Land changes name to Tasmania.

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Henry Parkes dies.

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States support Federation referendums: SA (April); NSW (June); Vic. and Tas. (July); and Qld (September).

2. (a) 9 May 1901 (b) 1d (c) The son and heir of the King of England (d) referendums (or referenda) (e) Melbourne

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5. Teacher check; Henry Parkes was like a mentor to Barton; Barton followed Parkes’s ideas and supported him.

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Australia becomes federated.

Federal Capital Territory created within NSW. Northern Territory divided from South Australia.

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• Australia’s road to Federation was influenced by other federated countries, such as the United States, Canada and Switzerland. Select one country and research to find out about their road to Federation.

1927

• Western Australia was the last state to agree to Federation. Find out why.

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Australian Parliament first meets—Canberra.

1938 The Federal Capital Territory renamed Australian Capital Territory.

1988 New Parliament House open.

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King Edward VII of England sent his son and heir, the Duke of York, as his representative to open the first Commonwealth Parliament. The Duke was driven along the streets of Melbourne, lined with cheering crowds, to the Exhibition Building where members of parliament were waiting. The spectacular event was the culmination of many years of intensive campaigning on the part of Henry Parkes (1889 – 27 April 1896), Alfred Deakin, Edmund Barton and the Federation Movement.

in the Legislative Assembly.

This was his first political appointment and would be the beginning of his career.

He rose quickly within politics and became the speaker of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales in 1883.

He was a key supporter of free trade within Australia to reduce taxes on items transported among the various colonies.

This fuelled his support for Henry Parkes and his idea for a Federated Australia.

He worked with Parkes to draft the first Constitution in 1891 and followed this with a great deal of personal effort to publicise the cause and gain public interest and support. Between 1893 and 1897, Barton devoted much of his time to the Federation

Movement and to the final drafting of the Constitution.

He worked tirelessly to take the concept of Federation to two referendums in June 1898 and June 1899, where it was finally supported by New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia and, more recently, Western Australia.

The final step in the process was completed last year when the Constitution was approved by the British Parliament.

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On 9 May 1927 Parliament met in Canberra for the first time in the original Parliament House located on Capital Hill. It wasn’t long before government outgrew the building and construction of the current or New Parliament House was started, opening 22 August 1988.

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Federation: Changes A new nation Indicators • Reads text and answers questions to demonstrate an understanding of its content.

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• Reviews past policies relating to free trade, immigration and industrial arbitration and offers suggestions for improvements on the policies.

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A public competition is held to design the Australian flag. There are five winners.

Tariffs abolished on articles being transported between colonies.

Arbitration Act introduced to regulate working hours and wages for all Australians.

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The Franchise Act gives voting rights to most women.

It excludes Indigenous Australians, and people of Asian, African and Pacific Island heritage.

Immigration Restriction Act established to stop nonEuropean immigrants entering the country.

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• In many ways, Australia was and still is a leader. It was one of the first countries to civilise working hours and conditions and one of the first nations to give women the right to vote and stand for parliament.

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Australian government is made responsible for banking and currency.

• The various acts brought in by the Commonwealth government soon after Federation were the policies by which Australians were expected to live. Over the years, these policies have been added to and refined to incorporate changes within the global environment.

• Students may require some assistance to complete the student activity on page 57.

Library, internet, government bodies and historical resources will provide necessary information to research the policies. Students are expected to use the knowledge gained to develop their own opinions and express them succinctly and clearly.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 108.

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Australian Notes Act passed.

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Australian silver coins issued.

• Research to identify other policies that were brought in by the Australian government at the time of Federation. What was the purpose of each policy?

Conscription is introduced to increase numbers in the army.

The Royal Australian Navy is established.

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• Considers the feelings of different people attending an historical event.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, triggering the Great War.

The volunteer Australian Imperial Force (AIF) is formed.

ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli 25 April.

Troops are evacuated from Gallipoli in December.

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The first anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli was commemorated in Australia, New Zealand, Britain and by troops in Egypt.

Australian forces fight on the Western Front: Somme, Fromelles, Pozieres.

• Credit for the origin of the Anzac Day dawn service goes to both Captain George Harrington and the Reverend Arthur White. In Toowoomba, Qld, on the morning of Anzac Day in 1919, Harrington and some of his friends placed flowers on the headstones of men who had been killed in action during World War I. In the two years following, they did the same thing, but afterwards, a bugler played the ‘Last post’ and the ‘Reveille’. White was the first to recite the words ‘As the sun rises and goeth down, we will remember them’ at a small Anzac dawn remembrance ceremony he arranged on 25 April 1923 at King George Sound, WA. He also suggested that a dawn service should be held each year on Anzac Day at King George Sound (the last sight of land the Anzacs had upon leaving Australia).

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• By the end of the Gallipoli campaign, there were over 26 000 Australian casualties; more than 8000 of those were killed. About 2500 New Zealand troops were killed; India lost 1700 troops; the French approximately 10 000 and the British about 25 000. The official figure for Turkish losses is 87 000, but there is speculation that the actual figure was much higher.

The Imperial War Graves Commission is established.

• The text used on page 59 is a report—a secondary source. For the activity on page 61, students will require scrap paper. Encourage them to think carefully about each character and how each might feel about war and the Gallipoli campaign based on factors such as age and experience of war. Also ask them to consider how attending the service might change the character’s mind. When the students have completed the page, answers could be shared with the class and any similarities or differences noted.

The second referendum on conscription is rejected.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 109.

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The first referendum on conscription is rejected.

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Armistice is signed to end fighting at 11 am, 11 November.

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1919 The Treaty of Versailles is signed, which officially ends hostilities between nations.

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The first Anzac Day dawn service is held in Sydney.

2. (a) This was the time of the first landing at Gallipoli Peninsula. (b) Because the Turkish forces had the higher ground.

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The Menin Gate memorial to soldiers who fought and died for the British Empire but who have no known grave is opened.

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• Research to find out about some of the symbols of Anzac Day (e.g. rosemary, red poppies, the slouch hat). Draw each and write about its historical significance.

• Compare the uniforms of Australian soldiers in the 1900s to those of today.

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Gallipoli Despite the hardships of the Gallipoli campaign, the Anzacs ‘stuck together’, helped each other and courageously continued to fight until all the troops were evacuated. This attitude became known as the ‘spirit of Anzac’ and is still recognised today.

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On 25 April 1915, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps troops were landed on the peninsula.

Unfortunately, where they landed was not the planned site, and they faced the wildest and steepest terrain on the peninsula. They faced devastating fire from Turkish forces as well—whose army was many times their size. At the end of the first day, the Anzacs were ordered to dig in and hold the land they had taken—about 5.5 square kilometres—for which they had paid with over 2000 lives.

On 25 April 1916, the first anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli was commemorated in Australia, New Zealand, Britain and by troops in Egypt. Later that year, 25 April was officially called Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand. By the late 1920s, Anzac Day was a public holiday in all Australian states and ceremonies and parades were held on the day each year. The first official dawn service, still an important part of Anzac Day, was held in Sydney in 1927. The dawn service traditionally commences at 4.28 am, the time of the first landings in Gallipoli.

While there is no set form for the Dawn service, it generally includes the playing of the ‘Last post’ and the ‘Reveille’ or the ‘Rouse’ by a bugler, a short prayer, a hymn, a one-minute silence, a reading of ‘The ode’ and the laying of floral wreaths at the base of a war memorial. Today, Anzac Day is a time for recognition and remembrance of the sacrifices made by all those who have served Australia in time of conflict or who currently serve in the defence forces.

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In 1914, World War I began in Europe. When Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914, Australians were asked to volunteer to fight, as Australia was part of the British Empire. Because people were keen to show their loyalty to Britain, 52 000 men enlisted within a few months. Most of these were sent to Egypt. Then, along with soldiers from New Zealand, France and Britain, they travelled by ship to the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey to fight against Turkish troops. The landing at Gallipoli was an attempt by Britain to gain control of the Dardenelles in Turkey.

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(b) The Anzacs were vulnerable to artillery and machine gun fire from the Turkish troops.

(c) So many Australians enlisted within a few months of Britain declaring war on Germany.

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The ‘Last post’, the piece of music played at Anzac Day services, originally meant the end of the soldier’s day. It was the signal for ‘lights out’. Now it also signifies the end of a soldier’s mortal ‘day’, a farewell to the warrior.

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The younger brother/sister of an Anzac who died at Gallipoli. He was just 18 years old. He was shot while trying to help a fellow soldier who was injured. The soldier survived, thanks to your brother.

An Anzac who fought at Gallipoli.

You lost many friends during the campaign and narrowly escaped being killed yourself.

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Wall Street stock market crashes in New York.

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Beginning of the Great Depression in Australia.

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Bank of England representative Sir Otto Niemeyer arrives in Australia to establish the ‘Melbourne Agreement’.

Clashes between police and the unemployed occur in Sydney.

Don Bradman scores 452 not out in one cricket innings.

• Many families survived the great hardships of the Depression by relying on employment projects and public works projects funded by federal and state governments. After the crash of Wall Street, the federal government distributed more than two million pounds in instalments to the states to create work for the unemployed. Much of this money was used for roadworks. The Provisions of Public Service Act gave preference to returned soldiers (who were unionists).

• Australia recovered slowly from the Great Depression by manufacturing more goods locally, which also helped in other areas of the economy. Unemployment was reduced to 10% by 1939.

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• The text used on page 63 is a report, which is a secondary source. Facts, dates and statistics from primary sources of information are used to compile reports.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 109.

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The basic wage cut by 10%.

Unemployment in Tasmania reaches 27%.

The Premier of Tasmania, Albert Ogilvie, initiates the building of a road from the Springs to the Mount Wellington summit to ease unemployment.

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The Commonwealth Government provides full-time employment for 55 000 jobless (from a total of 300 ​000).

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(b) They needed to pay the rent and feed their families.

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• Research and present a brief oral report describing why the nickname for the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction was the ‘Iron Lung’.

Australia enters the Second World War.

• View a video clip of the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge at:

Victoria devastated by the Black Friday bushfires.

http://dl.filmaust.com.au/module/869/ • Add the Great Ocean Road to a blank map of Australia. Include the main towns it passes through.

• Find out the average weekly wage today and compare it to the wages earned in employment projects during the Great Depression.

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Men who lost their jobs had to find a way to feed their families and pay the rent. Some managed to survive by working on government projects created to make work for the unemployed. Most of this work was hard manual labour and paid less than the award wage. Soldiers who had returned home to Australia from fighting in the First World War were usually offered employment before other men.

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Construction began on the Pinnacle Road to the summit of Mt Wellington in 1931, when Tasmania’s unemployment was at a staggering 27%. Many of the workers had little experience with tough manual labour but endured the harsh conditions to feed their families. For over two years, thousands of men were employed in this ‘work for the dole’ scheme. The 7.3-kilometre road was officially opened on 23 January 1937.

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To help nearly 3000 unemployed returned soldiers, the government created a project to build a road linking coastal towns in the south-east of Australia.

Building of the bridge began in 1923 when business in Australia was booming. However, during the final two years of construction, the country was in a depression, with many families struggling to survive. Fortunately, some men gained work on the bridge and were paid an average wage of four pounds per week.

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Many workers were unaccustomed to such hard manual labour and so stayed only for a short time.

Some were injured and a few even killed during the construction of the road. The men lived in bush camps alongside the road and received 10 shillings and sixpence ($1.05) for an eight-hour day.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge was officially opened on 19 March 1932.

The 263-kilometre long Great Ocean Road was officially opened on 26 November 1932. It is a memorial to honour the people who died during the First World War.

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Germany invades Poland.

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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Australia enters the war in Europe to aid Great Britain.

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Australian troops fight in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Australian troops help capture Bardia and Tobruk in Libya.

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Menzies resigns as prime minister.

October

Curtin becomes prime minister.

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Japan attacks Pearl Harbour.

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• Although the newspaper article states a victory to the allies, today it is generally thought that the battle was a strategic victory for the allies because the invasion of Port Moresby had been prevented and also because it was the first time in the history of the war that the Japanese had retreated from a battle. Tactically, it is believed that the victory went to the Japanese as they lost one small carrier compared to the Americans’ loss of a large carrier.

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• While reading the text, explain to the students that the ‘allied’ forces (or allies) in this article refers to the Americans and Australians. The opposing countries were called the ‘axis’.

• The damage which occurred in this battle affected the ships available for the conflict one month later, known as the Battle of Midway. The Japanese carriers Shõkaku and Zuikaka were still under repair, whereas the damaged US Yorktown had been repaired in 72 hours and was ready for battle.

• Historians continue to debate if Australia was ever at threat of invasion by the Japanese.

Today it is generally thought that the allies’ victory in the Coral Sea did prevent Japan’s aim of isolating Australia and severing its links to the US.

• The text on page 67 is a fictional newspaper article. Newspaper articles which report on an event firsthand are valuable primary sources of information. View the front page of the 10 May 1942, Sunday Telegraph newspaper at:

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• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 110.

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The Battle of the Coral Sea: 543 allies killed or wounded; 1074 Japanese killed or wounded.

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Townsville and its airfield bombed by the Japanese.

1945 Nuclear bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

World War II ends.

6. Disclosing further allied losses at this time would give Japan valuable information.

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• Choose an attack on Australia by the Japanese to research further.

- 31 May 1942 Sydney Harbour Submarines enter Sydney Harbour firing torpedoes at HMAS Kuttabul–19 Australian casualties.

- 26 July 1942

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Townsville and its airfield bombed.

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• Learn the names and sizes of the different naval ships (carriers, cruisers, battleships etc.) by playing a game of Battleships.

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HMAS Australia, HMAS Hobart, and aircraft flown from bases in Queensland, joined two US aircraft carriers, cruisers and planes to successfully force the Imperial Japanese Navy to terminate its plans to capture Port Moresby, New Guinea, and to withdraw from the battle.

On 7 May, after two days of searching the sea for each other’s carriers, the allied planes discovered the Japanese aircraft carrier, Shõhõ, and destroyed it. Their two larger carriers were also damaged and four more ships sunk. Seventy-seven aircraft were annihilated.

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(f) The Coral Sea is near the Australian state of Victoria.

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7. On the back of this sheet, write sentences describing how the families of men stationed on HMAS Australia and Hobart might be feeling after reading the article.

Having lost one carrier, the Japanese had to make room on the remaining carrier, Zuikaku, for pilots to land their aircraft, so empty planes on the carrier were pushed overboard!

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• Marine from HMAS Australia

• American pilot

• Japanese naval officer

• Relative of a casualty of the battle • Prime Minister of Australia (John Curtin)

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For a short time during the Japanese bombing on the Australian ships at Port Moresby, some American bomber planes joined in the attack, mistaking the ships for Japanese aircraft carriers!

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• Creates a ‘multicultural Australia’ collage.

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Note: Refugees are people who leave their own country because of hardship or persecution.

White Australia policy dropped.

Racial Discrimination Act introduced, banning discrimination on the basis of colour, race or nationality.

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Khmer Rouge political party rules Cambodia under the brutal leadership of Pol Pot. 1978

Vietnamese government nationalises private trade and manufacturing.

18-metre fishing boat arrives in Darwin with five Vietnamese people on board trying to escape political persecution.

Australian immigration officers select refugees with relatives in Australia, useful skills and who can speak English.

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• Today, the Australian government practises a policy of mandatory detention for what it deems to be illegal immigrants.

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• As images of starving Vietnamese fleeing their country in crowded boats made their way to Australia, a large portion of the population sympathised with their plight and felt Australia should be caring for these victims. Opposition to the White Australia policy was at its peak. With the country’s economy growing, Australians also became less fearful that immigrants would take their jobs and so by 1975 the White Australia policy was scrapped and the Racial Discrimination Act was introduced.

• The text used on page 71 is a report which is a secondary source. Facts, dates and statistics from primary sources of information are used to compile reports.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 110.

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Number in Australia prior to influx Reason(s) for being in country Year(s) of first ‘wave’ of immigration to Australia Reasons why fled own country

Number of population in Australia

Population of Vietnamese-born people in Australia 124 800.

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1996 Pol Pot dissolves the Khmer Rouge.

1998 Amnesty International condemns mandatory detention as a breach of international human rights.

Pol Pot dies, never having been put on trial for his crimes against humanity.

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Khmer Rouge murdering and starving people by 1996: 21 000

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• Imagine you are a child waiting with your family in an Australian detention centre (such as the one in Woomera, South Australia). Write a letter to a relative back home describing how you escaped Cambodia/Vietnam and travelled on a boat to Australia. Describe what life is like for you now.

• Write a poem describing your feelings as you arrive on Australia’s shores.

• Talk to a person born in Vietnam or Cambodia about their lives before coming to Australia.

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Read about two ‘waves’ of immigration to Australia.

Cambodian immigration

Before 1975, Vietnamese people arriving in Australia were mainly wives of Australian soldiers, university students or children orphaned as a result of the Vietnam War. At this time there were about 2000 Vietnamese-born people in Australia.

Statistics show that only 36 Cambodian-born people were living in Australia before 1975.

They were students who had travelled to study.

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In the mid-1970s, a terrible group known as the Khmer Rouge held power in Cambodia. They used this power to murder millions of their own people while others died from starvation or forced labour. Many Cambodians fled the chaos, spending years waiting in refugee camps in South-East Asia, hoping to find a safe home for their families.

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By 1996, the Cambodian-born population in Australia numbered 21 000.

It is estimated that 90 000 Vietnamese people immigrated to Australia between 1975 and 1985. Today, many shops, restaurants and business in Australia are run by Vietnamese families.

Today, many Cambodian-born Australians work as labourers, in factories or in transport. Some are in detention waiting for a decision to be made.

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(b) Is there a different solution? On the back of this sheet, write your thoughts and ideas.

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• Plans and creates a banknote design that incorporates relevant historical detail.

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Mary (Molly) Haydock arrives in Sydney as a 14-yearold English convict.

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– a clear window with a compass printed in it and an embossed ‘20’ – a seven-pointed star in a circle and an image of the Australian Coat of Arms, both of which can be seen when the note is held up to the light – the microprinted words ‘TWENTY DOLLARS’

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Thomas Reibey dies, leaving his wife to take over the business and raise their seven daughters.

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– multicoloured patterns and images – a serial number printed twice on the back of each note.

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.• The text used on page 75 is a mixture of description and biography—secondary sources. For the activity on page 77, the students will require scrap paper. They may make their designs whatever colour(s) they choose—they do not need to be orange like the current $20 note.

Once they have drawn their final designs, the students will need to draw arrows from the main features of their banknotes and write corresponding labels in the surrounding blank space.

John Flynn is born in country Victoria.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 111.

Mary Reibey is appointed one of the governors of the Free Grammar School in Sydney.

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Mary Reibey dies.

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John Flynn enters the University of Melbourne to study Divinity.

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John Flynn is ordained a minister.

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The Australian Aerial Medical Service is renamed the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

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Australia changes from the pound to decimal currency.

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• 1911 – He began working in a mission in South Australia • 1912 – He became superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission

• 1926 – He had finished coordinating the building of 10 nursing hostels • 1928 – The first Flying Doctor mission flew out of Queensland • 1934 – The Australian Aerial Medical service was established • 1951 – Flynn’s death

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4. People in the Outback were dying because they couldn’t get to nursing hostels quickly enough.

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• Research to find out how Australian banknotes have changed throughout history.

• Research to design a tour of Sydney that visits places relevant to the life of Mary Reibey.

• Compile a list of statistics about the Royal Flying Doctor Service today.

Australia issues the world’s first polymer banknote – a $10 note that commemorates Australia’s bicentenary.

1994 October The current Australian $20 note is issued.

2006 The federal seat of Flynn in Queensland is created by the Australian Electoral Commission.

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One year later, the church appointed him as superintendent of its newly-established Australian Inland Mission, which helped people living in the Outback who needed medical attention. By 1926, Flynn had coordinated the building of 10 nursing hostels. But he decided this wasn’t enough—people were dying because they couldn’t get to these hostels quickly. So he came up with the idea of a medical service that used aeroplanes and radios. After much work, his dream was realised in 1928 when the air ambulance Victory flew the first Flying Doctor mission out of Cloncurry, Queensland. Flynn’s continued efforts saw the establishment of the Australian Aerial Medical Service in 1934, which was renamed the Royal Flying Doctor Service in 1955.

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She arrived in Sydney in 1792 but didn’t complete her sentence because she married Thomas Reibey (who later became the premier of Tasmania) in 1794. Reibey was a clever businesswoman who had interests in land and shipping. She was also actively involved in community and charity activities, including work in the church and education. She was made a Governor of the Free Grammar School in 1825. Mary died a wealthy woman.

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(d) Mary Reibey was seven years old when she was arrested. (e) The current Australian $20 note was issued in 1994.

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Read the information on page 75 and view the current $20 note to help you plan your design below.

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• Reads text and answers questions to demonstrate an understanding of its content.

• Considers social and political issues important to Australia based on historical information.

1983

The Hawke government comes to power in Australia.

Australia wins the America’s Cup yacht race.

1984

The Medicare health scheme is introduced by the Hawke government.

Don Bradman’s 35-year-old record falls to Greg Chappell, who becomes the first Australian to reach 7000 runs in Test cricket.

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• The Australian Labor Party (ALP) was founded in 1901 as a federal party. Prior to this, there were separate ‘labour’ parties in the colonies, which were strongly influenced by the trade union movement. The first ALP government took office in 1904 and remained in power for about four months. The ALP’s policies are largely based on equality. A particular concern is promoting workers and the socially disadvantaged.

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• Other ALP Prime Ministers have included Andrew Fisher, James Scullin, Ben Chifley, Billy Hughes and Gough Whitlam.

• Bob Hawke was Prime Minister from 11 March 1983 until 20 December 1991. He was a former trade union leader who believed in government by consensus.

• Paul Keating was Prime Minister from 20 December 1991 until 11 March 1996. He had formerly acted as the ALP’s Treasurer for eight years. Keating’s interests included Australian republicanism, Indigenous land rights and education and training reform.

Melbourne celebrates its 150th anniversary.

1986

Lindy Chamberlain is freed from jail, having served over three years for the murder of her baby, Azaria.

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1987

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The Queen signs the Australia Act, ending British legal power over Australia. Bob Hawke countersigns the proclamation.

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(d) a state in which the head of government is an elected president rather than a monarch.

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• Write and present political speeches that support a particular party’s policies.

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The Native Title Act 1993 is introduced by the Keating government.

• Read about other past Australian governments and list their achievements and failures.

• Write biographies of Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.

Sydney wins the bid to host the 2000 Olympics.

1996 Paul Keating is defeated as Prime Minister at the federal election by John Howard.

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Bob Hawke – 1983–1991

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In December 1991, Hawke resigned as Prime Minister and Treasurer Paul Keating took over.

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• Researches to find specific information about an event.

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The Democratic Republic of Vietnam under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh is established and supported by the People’s Republic of China and the USSR. Prime Minister Robert Menzies agrees to support for South Vietnam.

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The first Australian troops arrive in Vietnam.

1963

The president of the United States, John F Kennedy, is assassinated. Lyndon B Johnson is the new US president.

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Australia increases its troops in Vietnam as conscription by ‘birthday ballot’ comes into force.

• The first Indochina war between the communist Viet Minh and the French-proclaimed state of Vietnam, ran from September 1946 until May 1954. Following the Geneva Accords of July 1954 to end hostilities in the area, Vietnam was temporarily divided at the 17th parallel. The north was ruled by the Communists, backed by the USSR, while the nonCommunist south was backed by the USA. Elections were to be held after two years to determine unification of the country but these were hijacked by North Vietnamese forces and Communist guerrillas, who waged a war of terror on the government and people of South Vietnam.

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• Since the closing stages of World War II, Korea, which had been occupied by Japan, had been in a state of political unrest. It had been agreed that joint responsibility for the country would be taken by the Soviet Union and the United States of America. North Korea followed the USSR and developed a communist regime north of the border while South Korea followed the republican model of the USA.

The USA provided funds for the South Vietnamese government and agreed to train the army. In September 1957, Australia confirmed its support for South Vietnam and in August 1962, the first contingent of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrived in South Vietnam.

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Prime Minister Harold Holt demonstrates Australian support for US involvement in Vietnam, adopting the slogan, ‘All the way with LBJ’.

Battle of Long Tan. Robert Menzies retires from office.

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3. (a) In response to the United Nations Security Council’s appeal—Australia being a member of the United Nations.

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(b) To help halt the spread of Communism in South-East Asia and prevent a possible invasion of Australia.

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4. (a) Teacher check – suggestion: The armistice ended the war which had done nothing to resolve the problem between the opposing sides. It was a stalemate.

Rayene Stewart Simpson and Keith Payne are awarded the Victoria Cross.

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(b) The Communist north won the war and unified the country under a Communist regime.

Three large anti-war rallies are held in Australia.

5. Teacher check

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Gough Whitlam is elected Labor Prime Minister and withdraws Australian troops from Vietnam.

• Research the Battle of Long Tan. Choose how to represent the information you have found.

• There was a lot of opposition in Australia to the Vietnam War. Collect information to represent both answers to the question, ‘Should Australia have been involved in the Vietnam War?’ • Create a table to show who were the leaders of each country involved in the Korean (1950 – 1953) and Vietnam (1959 – 1975) wars and any significant actions each took during the war periods.

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Since the end of World War II, Australia has been involved in a number of conflicts, most recently in Iraq and East Timor. But between 1950 and 1972, the two wars which had a major effect on the Australian nation were those in Korea and in Vietnam.

In 1950, tension between North and South Korea had reached crisis point with each side protecting its border territory with a strong military presence. On 25 June, the army of North Korea crossed over the 38th parallel, invading the Republic of Korea. They took the capital, Seoul, which fell within a few days, before continuing south to the strategically positioned port of Pusan.

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After a year of heavy fighting between the two sides, the frontline was established in the border region. Here, soldiers endured two years of trench warfare reminiscent of that which their grandfathers would have experienced in World War I. Meanwhile, at Panmunjom, a village on the border, politicians negotiated for an end to hostilities. This finally came when the armistice was signed at Panmunjom on 27 July 1953. While the armistice promised peace, there was no resolution to the war.

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During the three years of the Korean War, the United Nations forces included about 17 000 Australians of whom 1555 were wounded, 339 fatally. Forty of the dead lie in unknown graves.

by the USSR, while the non-Communist south was backed by the USA.

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1. In both conflicts, which region of each country: (a) was governed by a Communist regime? (b) was supported by Australia?

2. (a) Complete the table.

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During the Vietnam War, there were many anti-war protests throughout the western world. A series of three rallies was organised in Australia to convince the government to withdraw Australian troops from Vietnam.

1. Find out about these rallies (moratoriums) and make notes to complete the information chart.

On which dates were the three rallies held?

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Do you believe the rallies were a good way to show the government how the people felt? Explain your answer.

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Time line 1843 Birth of Charles Yelverton O’Connor.

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• Reads text and answers questions about the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme.

• Plans and write a newspaper article and a letter to the editor.

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• CY O’Connor was a brilliant engineer whose water pipeline between Perth and Kalgoorlie is still considered a major technological achievement and one that has withstood the test of time. The goldfields pipeline still supplies the goldfields and the agricultural industry east of Perth. It has continued to support the ongoing development of both of these areas.

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• O‘Connor’s statue dominates the entrance to Victoria Quay in Fremantle, which was named after Queen Victoria in her diamond jubilee year. There is also one of him and his horse in the water south of Fremantle where he died. The suburb of O’Connor and Lake O’Connor at Mundaring were also named in his honour.

1892

Goldrush begins in Coolgardie.

Work begins on Victoria Quay in Fremantle.

1893

Goldrush begins in Kalgoorlie.

1896

Parliament passes bill to borrow money for the pipeline.

• It was unfortunate that Forrest, his greatest supporter, had left the state at a time when O’Connor was being so severely criticised and his abilities questioned so publicly. It was significant that Forrest conducted the opening ceremonies at which he referred to O’Connor as ‘the great builder of this work’. His faith in the engineer had been further demonstrated in 1901 when, as Minister for Defence, he asked O’Connor to plan the vital railway link between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie.

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2. The goldrush caused a population explosion in the goldfields, putting pressure on an area where there was already a serious water shortage.

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(c) Hundreds of people died.

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(d) He was accused of wasting public money, being foolhardy, impractical and corrupt. (e) The pipeline did work and was finished on time and within his estimated cost.

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• In pairs, role-play a newspaper interview with CY O’Connor shortly before he died. Think about the kind of questions he may have been asked and how he may have replied.

• Write a report on the construction of the steel pipes used in the pipeline.

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One of what is considered to be the greatest hydraulic engineering works in the world was built in Western Australia between 1897 and 1902. It was the world’s longest uphill pipeline, stretching about 550 kilometres from near Perth (the capital city) to Kalgoorlie, a mining town in the dry, barren centre of the state. Water from a specially designed and constructed reservoir at Mundaring near Perth was lifted up 340 metres by eight steam-driven pumping stations situated along the huge length of steel pipe, 760 mm in diameter.

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The man responsible for the design and construction of the pipeline was an Irish engineer, Charles Yelverton O’Connor. He had worked in New Zealand in railways, gold and water. In 1891, he was appointed the inaugural Engineer-in-Chief of the Western Australian Public Works Department. His first major task was the construction of the harbour in the capital city’s port of Fremantle. Work began in 1892 and the first overseas passenger vessel used the harbour in 1897. Named Victoria Quay, it is still serving the state after well over one hundred years.

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As a result, the public became concerned and many of them feared that the dam at Mundaring would break and Perth would be flooded. O’Connor was also accused of foolhardiness, impracticality, wasting public money and even of corruption. It became too much for him and in 1902, while riding his horse at the beach south of Fremantle, he shot himself and died. He left a note with final instructions about the pipeline which was completed later that year on time and within the estimated cost.

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(b) It was constructed to take water from Perth to

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3. (a) Where was the typhoid epidemic?

4. (a) Where was CY O’Connor born?

(b) What was the cause of the typhoid epidemic?

(b) When did he come to Western Australia?

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(e) How were his critics proved to be wrong?

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1. (a) Complete the plan for a newspaper account of the opening of the goldfields pipeline at Mount Charlotte Reservoir in Kalgoorlie by Sir John Forrest, in January 1903.

• Think of an appropriate headline and photo (to draw) of the occasion.

• Plan a suitable caption to be written under your photo.

(b) Write your article on a separate sheet of paper and draw the photo.

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1902 Commonwealth Franchise Act excludes Aboriginal people from the right to vote.

June 1936 Charles Perkins born in Alice Springs.

1957 Carol Martin born.

Charles Perkins is invited to train with English soccer team Liverpool FC. 1960 Neville Bonner joins the board of directors of the One People Australia League (OPAL).

1961 Charles Perkins attends the Aboriginal Advancement in Brisbane.

• Invents a political party and creates a poster to promote that party.

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March 1922 Neville Bonner born at Ukerebagh Island on the Tweed River in northern New South Wales.

• Reads a text and answers questions to demonstrate an understanding of its content.

• The Freedom Ride was a bus tour by activists protesting at discrimination against Aboriginal people in rural New South Wales. When a group, including Charles Perkins, tried to enter the public swimming pool at Moree, where local Aborigines had never been able to swim, they were pelted with eggs and tomatoes. His activism in the Freedom Ride aimed at raising awareness of discrimination against Aboriginal people and tried to redress it.

• A significant turning point for Indigenous people was in 1967, when a Federal Referendum voted to remove clauses from the Australian Constitution that discriminated against Indigenous Australians. After this time Indigenous people were allowed to vote.

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1962 Indigenous people are given the right to vote in all states except Queensland.

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1965 Indigenous Australians in Queensland gain the right to vote.

Charles Perkins graduates from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Freedom Ride highlights discrimination in rural areas of NSW.

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Neville Bonner joins the Liberal Party.

4. The struggles and stories of her people deeply influenced her.

1971 Neville Bonner becomes the first Aboriginal to become a member of parliament, following the resignation of Liberal Senator Annabelle Rankin.

6. In 1967 there was a Federal Referendum in which Australians voted to remove clauses from the Constitution that discriminated against Indigenous Australians.

1972 Neville Bonner is elected to Senate by Queensland voters, becoming the first Indigenous person to be elected to any Australian parliament.

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1999 Neville Bonner dies.

7. Teacher check

• Research discrimination in other countries, such as under apartheid in South Africa, where people who were classified by the government as ‘non-white’ were considered second-class citizens, and how political activism changed the situation.

• Find out what other groups represent Indigenous Australians, such as the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), which aims to strengthen the role of Indigenous people and their communities, and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.

• August 9 is International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. Decide with the students how to best celebrate this day at school.

2000 Charles Perkins dies.

2001 Carol Martin wins seat of Kimberley, WA.

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When Europeans first came to Australia, they believed the Australian Aboriginals were ‘primitives’ who had no rights to the land. Following these first beliefs, for the next 150 years after European settlement, Indigenous Australians were given very few rights and were not allowed to vote or become part of the Australian government. A long struggle for equal rights and citizenship resulted in a referendum in 1967, in which Australians voted to remove clauses from the Constitution that discriminated against Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians were given the right to vote and have a choice in governments, run for parliament, have citizenship and be counted in the census. Since then a number of Aboriginal Australian people have become involved in politics as a means to improve the lives of their people.

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Neville Bonner. He was passionate about Aboriginal rights and joined the Liberal Party soon after the 1967 referendum. In August 1971, he became Australia’s first Aboriginal Senator after another Liberal senator resigned. He stayed in Federal parliament until 1983. Throughout his political career Senator Bonner fought strongly against racial discrimination, and ‘crossed the floor’ several times to vote against his own party with the Labor opposition on Aboriginal issues. In 1979, Bonner was Australian of the Year. He died in February 1999.

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Charles Perkins was ‘removed’ from his family at the age of ten to be educated at a Christian college. He played soccer professionally first before becoming interested in politics as a way to improve the lives of Indigenous people. In 1961, he helped organise a bus trip for students in New South Wales to highlight and protest against the discrimination towards Indigenous people in the towns. This trip became known as the Freedom Ride and helped Australians see the discrimination in rural towns. He started working in Canberra in the Office of Aboriginal Affairs a few years later. By 1984 he was Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, the first Aboriginal Australian to hold such a position.

He died in October 2000.

o c . cCarol e heMartin r is the first Indigenous woman to be elected to any o t r r Australians Federal, state or s territory Parliament. Before being elected, up e Carol had been working as a social worker and counsellor in the Kimberley, Western Australia. The struggles and stories of her people deeply influenced her. She entered politics with the Australian Labor Party and was elected to the Parliament of Western Australia in 2001.

Carol faced racism throughout her life but refused to accept it, and remains passionate about fighting racism and making the future a better and safer place for all children.

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1. What was Carol Martin’s: (a) first job? (b) first year in Parliament? (c) main passion?

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(c) was chosen as ‘Australian of the Year’? (d) works in Western Australia? (e) worked in Canberra?

3. Answer True or False.

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(d) Charles Perkins became a member of Parliament.

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7. Which of these Indigenous politicians do you think has done the most to promote Indigenous rights? Explain your answer.

Perkins was often controversial. He asked the then Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh BjelkePetersen, to change English names for towns to traditional Aboriginal ones. BjelkePetersen suggested in return that Perkins change his name to ‘Mr Witchetty Grub’.

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The slogan of your party

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• Reads text and answers questions about Sir Donald Bradman and Dawn Fraser.

• Identifies similarities and plans and writes a character profile.

1908 Birth of Donald Bradman.

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1914 First World War. World War I ends.

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• Bradman, the boy from Bowral, excelled at tennis and cricket but was forced to make a choice when his boss would only give him one not two weeks off when he was selected for Country Week. His cricket success lifted people’s spirits and made him a national hero at a time when unemployment was high and Australia was sliding into a depression.

• While in England Bradman developed peritonitis as a result of appendicitis and because antibiotics were not readily available at that time, he was not expected to overcome the infection. The reaction of the English public to the call for blood donations reflected Bradman’s high profile and the respect he was accorded by those who saw him play.

Even King George asked to be kept informed of his progress. It is interesting that his wife, who left Australia as soon as possible, took one month to complete her journey.

1930

Australia wins Ashes in England.

1932

Bradman marries.

Bodyline tour of Australia begins.

• The bodyline controversy had caused such a problem between the two countries that even trade was affected and politicians intervened. But things were different after the war.

When the Australian team arrived in England they took 17 000 food parcels with them.

They were gifts to the people of England, who had been on strict food rations, from the people of Victoria.

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Birth of Dawn Fraser.

World War II begins.

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• Dawn Fraser continues to live in Sydney in the house where she grew up and has maintained a high profile in Australia and overseas. She has continued her interest in swimming, has worked in business and has been involved in politics.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 113.

Invincibles tour of England.

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Bradman knighted.

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1. (a) asthma (b) her brother (c) Sydney (d) Teacher check

Dawn Fraser wins two gold medals and one silver at Melbourne Olympics.

2. (a) 27 (b) 10 years

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Tokyo Olympics, Dawn Fraser wins gold medal.

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(c) She had marched, worn the wrong swimsuit and was accused of taking a flag.

3. (a) 1948 Australian test team (b) They didn’t lose a match

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5. (a) His test average was so close to 100.

(b) He didn’t get a run and was out on the second ball he faced.

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1967 Dawn Fraser awarded British Empire Medal.

1988

Dawn Fraser made Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and named Australia’s Greatest Female Athlete.

1999 Dawn Fraser named the World’s Greatest Living Water Sports Champion.

• Research Dawn Fraser’s Olympic and Commonwealth Games medals and display the information in a table.

• Create a time line of Sir Don Bradman’s life.

• The Australians believed the bodyline attack was both vicious and unsporting but the English believed the Australians were just being bad losers. Collect further information and complete a for and against chart.

2000 Dawn Fraser is First Lady of Sydney Olympics.

2001 Death of Bradman.

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Sporting heroes – 1 There have been many great Australian sporting heroes in individual and team sports, but Sir Donald Bradman (cricket) and Dawn Fraser (swimming) are two of the most famous.

Sir Donald Bradman (1908–2001)

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The Don, as he was known, has been described as the greatest batsman of all time and some of the batting records he set still stand. Bradman was a dynamic batsman with an unorthodox style, but off the field he was quiet and spent a lot of his time writing. He was popular with cricket fans and record numbers came to see him play, but his popularity embarrassed him and interfered with his relationship with other team members. He was so popular in 1932 that crowds of uninvited guests attended his wedding and the invited ones couldn’t find a seat or even see the ceremony.

Australia’s traditional sports rival, England, was frustrated by the number of runs he’d scored during the Australians’ successful tour in 1930 and by how difficult it was to get him out. They knew their bowlers would need a special strategy and set about planning one for their 1932 tour of Australia.

Their fast leg theory, or bodyline as it was later called, injured players and caused such an uproar that the relationship between the two counties was seriously affected.

The team Bradman took to England in 1948, called the Invincibles, lived up to its name, not losing a game. Bradman’s career test batting average was 99.94. He started his final test innings expecting to retire with over 100, but was out second ball for a duck!

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Dawn broke and held 41 world records and was never beaten in her favourite event, the 100 metres freestyle. She was the first person to ever win a gold medal for the same event in three successive Olympics, in 1956, 1960 and 1964. In 1962, Dawn became the first female to swim 100 metres freestyle in under one minute and held the world record for 15 years.

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Dawn has been honoured in many ways. She was named Australian of the Year in 1964, Australia’s Greatest Female Athlete and given an Order of Australia in 1988 and named The World’s Greatest Living Female Water Sports Champion in 1999. At the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 she was honoured as one of the seven greatest athletes of all time.

As First Lady of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, she was the partner of the President of the International Olympic Committee.

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1. (a) Why did Dawn Fraser start swimming? (b) Who encouraged her by taking her to the pool? (c) Where did they live?

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1. Think about the heroes you read about on page 95. Although there were obvious differences, there were also many ways in which these two sporting heroes were alike.

Write your ideas in the table below.

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• Reads and comprehends information about Australia’s experiences of terrorism.

• Writes arguments for a debate about immigration and border security.

1988

21 December A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

World Trade Centre is bombed, killing six people and injuring over 1000.

1998

7 August

US embassies are bombed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya, killing 225 people and injuring more than 4000. Al-Qaeda claims responsibility.

1999

20 April

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 students and a teacher and wound 24 others at Columbine High School.

21 July

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• Three bombs—a backpack carried by a suicide bomber, a car bomb and a smaller bomb—exploded in the nightclub district of Bali, Indonesia, and outside the US consulate in Denpasar. Over 200 people, including Indonesian citizens, were killed and hundreds more were injured. Members of an Islamic group (Jemaah Islamiyah) were convicted of the crime.

• Terrorist acts have increased racial and religious tension around the world.

• Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 114.

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• 11 September 2001

• 12 October 2002

• 4 hijacked planes — 2 crashed into the two towers of the World Trade Centre, one caused damage to the Pentagon and another crashed into a field in Pennsylvania

• bomb exploded in nightclub in Kuta • 202 people killed — 88 Australians • young members of football team killed and injured

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• terrorist attacks

• buildings may collapse • thousands killed

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• On 31 March 2007, strict cabin luggage restrictions on international flights to and from Australia came into force.

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• The events of 11 September 2001 led to dramatic changes in airline security, border security, immigration and the operations of law enforcement and intelligence agencies throughout the world. They directly led to a international military force against the Taliban regime harbouring al-Quaeda.

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11 September Hijacked airliners crash into the World Trade Centre (New York) and the Pentagon (Virginia). A fourth plane crashes in Pennsylvania, after a revolt against the hijackers by the passengers.

Instrumented by Al-Qaeda, the attacks result in nearly 3000 deaths and an unknown number of injured.

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• The suicide terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 have become known as ‘9/11’. Nearly 3000 people died, including over 200 people on the aircraft, 19 terrorists and people on the ground below the buildings including firefighters, paramedics, police and ambulance officers, as well as those in the buildings.

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Seung-Hui Cho kills 33 people, including himself, at Virginia Tech—the worst case of mass murder in US history since 11 September 2001.

A car rams the terminal at Glasgow Airport causing injuries and starting a fire (explosives fail to detonate).

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• Debate the topic ‘Terrorist suspects should be detained for questioning no matter how trivial the evidence against them seems’.

• Discuss what Australia may be like in the future regarding aspects such as transport, architecture, the environment, communications, water conservation issues, terrorism etc.

27 December Pakistan Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Rawalpindi.

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Terrorism is defined as the use of methods to cause terror, especially violence to achieve political ends.

These are two diary entries written by people following two major terrorist attacks in the 21st century.

11 September 2001 Morning

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Two tall buildings were billowing smoke. I thought I recognised the city as New York as there were lots of skyscrapers. The news presenter came back on the screen and started to talk.

‘If you have just joined us, you may be mistaken for thinking that you are looking at a scene from a movie — a horror movie. Believe me this is the real thing! This morning, two hijacked commercial airliners have crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre. The south tower has already collapsed. Thousands of workers are believed to have been killed.

There are also unconfirmed reports that another plane has crashed into the Pentagon and another into a field in Pensylvania.

Terrorists are believed responsible.’

13 October 2002

I arrived at school at 8.30 today to teach a Year 3 class as the regular teacher was sick.

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As I watched the news report in the peace of my home here in Sydney, I could hardly believe my eyes. I thought I was imagining what I was seeing. Scenes of devastation and grief.

When I walked into the staff room to say ‘Hi!’, I was expecting a cheerful reply but everyone was so quiet.

‘What is it? What’s wrong? What’s happened?’, I whispered to the nearest teacher.

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‘Yes! Of course I remember! Jane was saying how Molly, his sister, complained that she should be able to go away with her friends too!

Jane even worried that he was too young to go away. He is 18 after all — the same age as my daughter.’

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The awful thing is, you just don’t know when it might happen. It could be anywhere at anytime.

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‘Last night, a bomb exploded near the nightclub in Kuta where they were having a drink. Two hundred and two people were killed — eightyeight of them were Australians! Kyle was killed!

Kyle’s dead!’

I dropped down on the nearest chair in shock.

What a waste! A young man with so much going for him was dead! Someone the same age as my daughter! It could have been her!

How could someone do something like this!

Poor Jane! She must be devastated!

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1. Write details about the two terrorist events including a date and a description of the event.

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2. Describe the character relating each event and his/her reaction to the event. (a) 11 September 2001

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On 13 February 1978, a bomb exploded outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney where the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting was taking place. Three people died and eleven more were injured.

No-one claimed responsibility for the bombing.

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Are we too secure?

Following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, fears about the same thing happening in Australia resulted in stricter restrictions and regulations regarding immigration. Tighter border controls were set in place to combat illegal immigrants, including ‘boat people’, and careful monitoring of refugees accepted for humanitarian reasons was instigated, often with public disapproval.

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No-one should be allowed to enter Australia except through the correct legal channels.

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1. During the last ice age, great amounts of water were stored in polar ice caps causing the sea level to be ...?

4. The Torres Strait Islands are part of which Australian state?

(a) Queensland

(a) higher than today.

(c) New South Wales

(b) the same as today.

(c) lower than today.

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(c) Malaysia

3. For how many years is it believed Indigenous Australians have lived on mainland Australia?

(a) 70 000

(b) 50 000

(c) 40 000

(a) 10 000

(b) 8000

(c) 6000

6. What is one way we have learnt about Aboriginal Australian history?

(a) Storytelling and songs

(b) Personal diaries (c) Newspaper articles

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(b) Western Australia

7. People may have migrated to Australia in watercraft made from what?

(a) Timber

(c) Bamboo

(b) Grasses and reeds

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(b) Tahiti

(c) New Zealand

4. Who was the botanist on board Endeavour?

(a) Lieutenant Zachary Hicks (b) Joseph Banks

(c) Midshipman Munkhouse

5. Which area did Cook believe would be suitable for a settlement?

(a) Port Jackson

(b) Point Hicks

(c) Stingray Bay

6. To lighten Endeavour so it would float off the reef, items discarded were:

(a) all food rations

(b) sails

(c) guns and ballast

7. Cook claimed Possession Island and New South Wales in the name of:

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1. What was the name of the British lieutenant who took a group of settlers to colonise Norfolk Island?

(a) Philip Gidley King

(b) Arthur Phillip

(c) Gidley Pitcairn

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(a) solitary confinement

(b) working in the kitchen (c) no water

5. What did the British want to make from the pine trees and flax that grew on Norfolk Island?

(a) 1780 – 1801

(a) boats and clothing (b) furniture and flags

(c) 1825 – 1855

(c) ship masts and sails

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(a) first settlement (b) second settlement

(c) third settlement

6. What destroyed the settlers’ crops on Norfolk Island?

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(a) drought (b) rats and parrots (c) convicts

7. Which group of islanders settled in Norfolk Island in 1856?

(a) Pitcairners (b) Polynesians (c) Norfolkers

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(b) building qualifications

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(c) iron

3. Some convicts working in road gangs had to wear:

(c) shown good behaviour in Australia

6. Fremantle prison was built by convicts in the:

(a) 1790s

(b) 1820s

(c) 1850s

(a) leg irons (b) arm irons

7. Male convict labour was used for construction in Australia from the:

(c) foot irons

(a) early 1800s

(c) late 1800s

4. The convict-built Old Great North Road is found in:

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1. After his death, Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy’s head was pickled and:

(a) sent to England

(b) returned to his people (c) buried

2. One place Pemulwuy led raids on was:

(a) Perth

(b) Parramatta

(c) Phillip

3. British colonists referred to Aboriginal Australians as:

(a) Aussies

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4. Pemulwuy’s escape from hospital was so amazing because he:

(a) was wearing leg irons

(b) could not see

(c) only had one leg

(a) 1788

(b) 1797

(c) 1802

6. Some colonists tried to harm Aboriginal Australians by feeding them:

(a) fresh meat

(b) rotten fruit

(c) poisoned food

7. In 1801, Governor King offered a reward for Pemulwuy’s:

(a) photograph

(b) death or capture

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(a) 1864

(b) 1824

(c) 1804

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(b) Sullivan

(c) Derwent

4. Free settlers weren’t allowed to live in Brisbane until which year?

(a) 1842

(b) 1822

(c) 1812

5. Approximately how many convicts were first brought to Hobart?

(a) 30

(b) 75

(c) 100

6. In which year did Brisbane become the capital of Queensland?

(a) 1823

(b) 1859

(c) 1900

7. Who were the original inhabitants of the Brisbane area?

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1. The number of men in the boat Bligh sailed to Timor was:

(a) 19

(b) 16

(c) 18

2. Cook chose Bligh to be his sailing master because he was:

(a) his friend

(b) a good cartographer

(c) harsh

3. Bligh had to sail to Tahiti to collect:

(a) breadfruit

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(c) water

4. The Bounty crew stayed in Tahiti to:

(a) have a good time

(b) get to know the Tahitians

(c) wait for plants to grow

(a) stay in Tahiti

(b) go to the Caribbean

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(c) go home

6. Bligh was a good captain because he:

(a) whipped his crew

(b) sailed to Timor

(c) kept his crew healthy

(b) the governor

(c) convicts

7. The rum trade was run by:

(a) soldiers

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1. One reason for seeking a transcontinental route from south to north was to: (a) build cities

(b) build a telegraph line

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(a) the rest of their party

(b) a message on a tree

(c) camels

4. King survived because he:

(a) trusted Indigenous people (b) found water

(c) was the strongest

5. Stuart had been on an expedition with:

(a) Burke

(b) Wills

(c) Sturt

6. A place that is almost at the geographical centre of Australia is called:

(a) Central Mount Stuart

(b) Central Mount Sturt

(c) Uluru

7. Stuart succeeded in crossing the continent on his:

(a) first attempt

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1. The Eureka Stockade rebellion took place in which state?

(a) New South Wales

(b) Tasmania

(c) Victoria

2. In which year did the Eureka Stockade uprising occur?

(a) 1854

(b) 1845

(c) 1885

3. On which goldfield did the Eureka Stockade rebellion occur?

(a) Ballarat

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S (b) Bendigo

(c) Castlemaine

4. The diggers were obliged to pay a licence fee each:

(a) week

(b) month

(c) year

(a) Eureka Hotel

(b) Gold Hill

(c) Bakery Hill

6. The Governor of Victoria at the time was:

(a) Robert Rede

(b) Charles Hotham

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5. What was the name of the location where the miners held their meetings?

(c) James Bentley

7. How many of the diggers were in the stockade at the time of the attack?

(a) all of them

(b) none of them

(c) a few hundred

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(a) snail

(b) oyster

(c) squid

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(a) strong and iridescent

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(c) coarse and brittle

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(a) dredgers

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(b) luggers

(c) dreadnoughts

4. Divers wearing suits were called:

(a) harpoon divers

(b) hammer divers

(c) helmet divers

5. The bends occurred if a diver in deep water surfaced:

(a) too quickly

(b) too slowly

(c) after his air ran out

6. Which nation perfected the art of culturing pearls?

(a) Australia

(b) China

(c) Japan

7. Which town is the centre of the Australian pearling industry?

(a) Darwin

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(c) Brisbane

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1. Which inhabited continent is the world’s driest?

(a) Asia

(b) Antarctica

(c) Australia

2. James Ruse is remembered because he:

(a) was a convict

(b) grew wheat

(c) came to Australia

3. Harvesting machines were needed in Australia because:

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(b) people were lazy

(c) the land was dry

4. The stump jump plough was important because:

(a) more land was cleared

(b) it jumped over roots

(c) horses pulled it

(a) 1899

(b) 1900

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(c) 1901

6. William Farrer wanted to develop wheat that:

(a) grew quickly

(b) didn’t need lots of water

(c) was whiter

7. Other countries like Australian wheat because it:

(a) is cheap

(b) is clean, dry and insect free (c) tastes good

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2. When did the Indian Pacific begin service?

(a) 1870

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(c) 1970

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(a) electricity

(b) diesel

(c) steam

4. What was the former name for the Overland?

(a) Intercolonial Express

(b) Transland Express

(c) Landover Express

5. How many different railway gauges have been used in Australia?

(a) one

(b) two

(c) three

6. The transcontinental railway connects which two places?

(a) Port Augusta and Adelaide (b) Perth and Kalgoorlie

(c) Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie

7. ‘Ghan’ is short for:

(a) Ghanian Express

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Minis ter

1. Edmund Barton’s first political appointment was in:

5. The referendums for Federation were held in:

(a) June 1898 and June 1899

(b) June 1998 and June 1999

(c) June 1893 and June 1898

(a) 1879

(b) 1897

(c) 1901

2. Australia’s first Prime Minister was:

(a) Henry Parkes (b) Alfred Deakin

(c) Edmund Barton

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6. The Duke of York was:

3. In order for Australia to become a Federation, support needed to be gained from the:

(a) the King of England’s brother

(b) the King of England

(c) the King of England’s son

(b) Australian public, Australian government officials and the British parliament

(c) British parliament and the Australian public

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(a) never agreed to Federation

(a) transportation of items between colonies

(b) the number of items allowed to be transported between colonies

(b) was the last colony to agree to Federation

(c) was the main initiator of Federation

(c) the taxes on items being transported between colonies

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pages 54–57

(a) 70 hours per week

(a) they were lazy

(b) 48 hours per week

(b) of the oppressive climate

(c) 40 hours per week

(c) they wanted to spend more time with their family

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(a) one

(b) three

(c)

five

3. The first Australian notes were printed in:

(a) Australia

(c) Spain

(b) Britain

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6. The Immigration Restriction Act was designed to:

(a) reduce the number of immigrants coming into Australia

(b) stop work on the sugar plantations

(c) keep Australia as British as possible

7. The Defence Act was responsible for:

4. The first Australian note ever printed was:

(a) uniting the defence forces of each colony to a federal system

(a) ten shillings

(c) twelve pence

(b) recommending changes to the Australian government

(c) the safety of all military personnel

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World War I: Gallo poli and Anzac Day

1. In which country is the Gallipoli peninsula found?

(a) Turkey

(b) India

(c) New Zealand

2. On which date did the Anzacs land on the Gallipoli Peninsula?

(a) 25 April 1916

(b) 25 April 1915

(c) 20 December 1915

3. By which decade had Anzac Day become a public holiday in all Australian states?

(a) 1910s

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S (b) 1920s

(c) 1930s

4. Which is the name of one piece of music played at the Anzac Day dawn service?

(a) ‘The ode’

(b) ‘Anzac’

(c) ‘Last post’

(a) several weeks

(b) several days

(c) several hours

6. Approximately how many Australians were killed at Gallipoli?

(a) 80

(b) 800

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5. How long did it take to withdraw the Anzacs from Gallipoli?

(c) 8000

7. What was wrong with the site where the Anzacs landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula?

(a) it had wild and steep terrain

(b) it was muddy

(c) it was too windy

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pages 62–65

1. Which employment project was in Tasmania? (a) The Pinnacle Road

(b) The Great Ocean Road

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(a) The Pinnacle Road

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(c) Sydney Harbour Bridge

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3. Who funded the employment projects during the depression years?

(a) Private businesses

(b) The government

(c) The workers

4. Which project did 3000 returned soldiers from World War I work to construct?

(a) The Pinnacle Road

(b) The Great Ocean Road

(c) Sydney Harbour Bridge

5. All three employment projects were officially opened in which decade?

(a) The 1930s

(b) The 1940s

(c) The 1950s

6. Albert G Olgilvie was the premier of which state?

(a) Tasmania

(b) Victoria

(c) New South Wales

7. How much did men average per week working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge?

(a) Two pounds

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1. Which two allied forces were involved in the Battle of the Coral Sea?

(a) America and Japan

(b) Australia and America (c) Japan and Australia

2. In which year was the Battle of the Coral Sea?

(a) 1940

(b) 1941

(c) 1942

3. The battle occurred off the shores of which Australian state?

(a) Victoria

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S (b) New South Wales

(c) Queensland

4. What type of navy ship can have aircraft land and refuel on it?

(a) Aircraft carrier

(b) Cruiser

(c) Battleship

(a) Coral Bay

(b) New Guinea

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5. The allied forces were trying to defend which town from a Japanese invasion? (c) Port Moresby

6. HMAS Australia was joined by which other Royal Australian Navy ship?

(a) HMAS Canberra

(b) HMAS Hobart

(c) HMAS Brisbane

7. The Americans knew of the intended invasion by Japan because of:

(a) a leaked newspaper article (b) ships being spotted

(c) secret codes being deciphered

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(b) 1972

(c) 1982

2. When did a new Communist government take control of Vietnam?

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(c) Vietnam

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6. The Woomera Detention Centre can be found in this Australian state.

(b) During the Vietnam War

(a) Western Australia

(c) After the Vietnam War

(b) South Australia

3. The first Cambodians came to Australia:

(c) Victoria

(a) to study

(b) with their Australian husbands

7. The number of Cambodian-born people in Victoria by 1986 was:

(c) as orphaned children

4. The first boat of refugees from Vietnam reached Australian shores in which year?

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(b) between 2000 and 4000

(c) more than 4000

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1. In which year was the current Australian $20 note issued?

(a) 2005

(b) 1994

(c) 1966

2. For which crime was Mary Reibey transported to Australia?

(a) forgery

(b) murder

(c) horse stealing

3. What was Royal Flying Doctor Service founder John Flynn’s occupation?

(a) doctor

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(c) religious minister

4. Which of these is a security feature of the $20 note?

(a) a portrait of Mary Reibey

(b) raised printing

(c) its bright colour

(a) Victory

(b) Flynn

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5. What was the name of the aeroplane that flew the first Flying Doctor mission? (c) Outback

6. Which of these images related to Mary Reibey appear on the $20 note?

(a) her husband

(b) a schooner she owned (c) a church

7. Which of these images related to John Flynn appear on the $20 note?

(a) his portrait

(b) a doctor

(c) a stethoscope

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1. What was one of Bob Hawke’s election slogans? (a) ‘Economy comes first’

(b) ‘Workers unite!’

(c) ‘Bringing Australia together’

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(a) Federal Treasurer

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(c) Minister for Education

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(a) John Howard

(b) Paul Keating

(c) Bob Hawke

4. To which political party did both Hawke and Keating belong?

(a) Australian Labor Party

(b) National Party

(c) Liberal Party

5. Which of these world events did not occur during the time of the Hawke government?

(a) September 11

(b) New York stock market crash

(c) Gulf War

6. One of Keating’s goals as Prime Minister was to promote the idea of Australia as a …?

(a) monarchy

(b) dictatorship

(c) republic

7. The Hawke government was responsible for establishing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …? (a) Authority (b) Commission (c) Organisation www.ricpublications.com.au

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1. The Korean War took place between:

(a) 1950 and 1973

(b) 1954 and 1959

(c) 1950 and 1953

2. The North Vietnamese allies were:

(a) Australia and France

(b) USSR and China

(c) USSR and USA

3. The north/south border in Korea occurs at the:

(a) 38th parallel

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(c) 37th parallel

4. Selective conscription in Australia for the Vietnam War was enforced using a/an:

(a) age ballot

(b) birthday ballot

(c) name ballot

(a) Vietnam War

(b) Boer War

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5. The Battle of Long Tan took place during the:

(c) Korean War

6. The prime minister at the start of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was:

(a) Gough Whitlam

(b) Harold Holt

(c) Robert Menzies

7. The armistice to end the war in Korea was signed in:

(a) Australia

(b) the United States

(c) Korea

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(a) Western Australia

(b) England

(c) Ireland

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(a) Perth to Mundaring

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(a) 590 km

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(b) 760 km

(c) 550 km

4. O’Connor had his plans checked by engineers in:

(a) England

(b) Sydney

(c) Ireland

5. Many of the people in Perth were concerned:

(a) the dam would break

(b) they’d run out of water (c) O’Connor would go

6. The pipeline was completed:

(a) before O’Connor died

(b) after O’Connor died

(c) in 1901

(b) less than anticipated

(c) what they’d anticipated

7. The pipeline cost:

(a) more than anticipated

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1. The first Indigenous Australian to be elected to Parliament was:

(a) Ernie Dingo

(b)

Neville Bonner

(c) Charles Perkins

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(c) ping-pong

2. Charles Perkins enjoyed playing:

(a) netball

(b)

3. When Neville Bonner ‘crossed the floor’, he voted against:

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(a) his own political party

(b)

the Labor Party

(c) the Prime Minister

4. A referendum in 1967 gave Indigenous Australians:

(a) the right to vote

(b)

the right to discriminate (c) land rights

(a) Indigenous food

(b)

Indigenous rights

6. Carol Martin was faced throughout her life with:

(a) politics

(b)

protests

7. The Freedom Ride travelled through rural:

(a) New South Wales

(b)

Victoria

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5. Neville Bonner and other Indigenous politicians have worked for:

(c) boomerangs (c) racism

(c) Queensland

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1. Sir Donald Bradman was known as: (b) The Don (b) was noisy

2. He wasn’t always popular with other players because he:

(a) was the centre of attention

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(c) the Australians

(b) bodyline cricket

(c) in 1948

4. The Invincibles played:

(a) in Australia

5. Dawn Fraser was the first woman to win gold:

(a) in three successive Olympics

(b) for Australia

(c) in 1956

6. Dawn Fraser held a world swimming record for:

(a) freestyle

(b) breaststroke

(c) backstroke

7. She was banned from swimming in:

(a) 1960 in Rome

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1. The terrorist attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Centre took place on:

(a) 11 September 2001

(b) 1 September 2006

(c) 13 October 2002

2. The damage to the twin towers of the World Trade Centre was caused by:

(a) explosives

(b) hijacked planes flown into the buildings

(c) postal bombs

(d) missiles fired from aircraft

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3. The planes involved were:

(a) military aircraft

(b) private planes

(c) commercial airliners

4. The bombings in the Kuta nightclub area of Bali took place on: (a) 13 October 2002

(b) 12 October 2002

(c) 11 September 2001

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5. Most of the people killed in the Bali bombings were:

(a) Australian tourists

(b) Indonesian citizens

(c) American citizens

6. Some of the people killed in Bali in 2002 were members of a:

(a) hockey team

(b) football team

(c) basketball team

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Exploring the interior......................... 105 1. (b) build a telegraph line 2. (a) learnt of Stuart’s plans 3. (b) a message on a tree 4. (a) trusted Indigenous people 5. (c) Sturt 6. (a) Central Mount Stuart 7. (c) third attempt

Federation: Changes.......................... 108 1. (b) 48 hours per week 2. (c) five 3. (a) Australia 4. (a) ten shillings 5. (b) of the oppressive climate 6. (c) keep Australia as British as possible 7. (a) uniting the defence forces of each colony to a federal system

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Norfolk Island — ‘Hell of the Pacific’ .......................................................... 103 1. (a) Philip Gidley King 2. (b) 1788–1814 3. (b) second settlement 4. (a) solitary confinement 5. (c) ship masts and sails 6. (b) rats and parrots 7. (a) Pitcairners

Gold: The Eureka Stockade................ 106 1. (c) Victoria 2. (a) 1854 3. (a) Ballarat 4. (b) month 5. (c) Bakery Hill 6. (b) Charles Hotham 7. (c) a few hundred

The Australian pearling industry .......................................................... 106 1. (b) oyster 2. (a) strong and iridescent 3. (b) luggers 4. (c) helmet divers 5. (a) too quickly 6. (c) Japan 7. (b) Broome

World War I: Gallipoli and Anzac Day .......................................................... 109 1. (a) Turkey 2. (b) 25 April 1915 3. (b) 1920s 4. (c) ‘Last post’ 5. (a) several weeks 6. (c) 8000 7. (a) It had wild and steep terrain.

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James Cook: Charting the east coast .......................................................... 102 1. (b) 1768 2. (a) Venus 3. (c) New Zealand 4. (b) Joseph Banks 5. (a) Port Jackson 6. (c) guns and ballast 7. (c) King George III

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The Great Depression: Employment projects.............................................. 109 1. (a) The Pinnacle Road 2. (c) Sydney Harbour Bridge 3. (b) The government 4. (b) The Great Ocean Road 5. (a) The 1930s 6. (a) Tasmania 7. (c) Four pounds

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Encounters with Aboriginal Australians .......................................................... 104 1. (a) sent to England 2. (b) Parramatta 3. (b) natives 4. (a) was wearing leg irons 5. (c) 1802 6. (c) poisoned food 7. (b) death or capture

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Trains across the continent............... 107 1. (b) the Ghan 2. (c) 1970 3. (c) steam 4. (a) Intercolonial Express 5. (c) three 6. (c) Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie 7. (b) Afghan Express

World War II: The battle that saved Australia............................................ 110 1. (b) Australia and America 2. (c) 1942 3. (c) Queensland 4. (a) aircraft carrier 5. (c) Port Moresby 6. (b) HMAS Hobart 7. (c) secret codes being deciphered

Vietnamese and Cambodian immigration .......................................................... 110 1. (b) 1972 2. (c) After the Vietnam War 3. (a) to study 4. (c) 1976 5. (b) South-East Asia 6. (b) South Australia 7. (c) More than 4000

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Hobart and Brisbane settlements .......................................................... 104 1. (c) 1804 2. (b) Redcliffe 3. (c) Derwent 4. (a) 1842 5. (a) 30 6. (b) 1859 7. (c) Jagera and Turrba people William Bligh...................................... 105 1. (a) 19 2. (b) he was a good cartographer 3. (a) breadfruit 4. (c) wait for plants to grow 5. (a) stay in Tahiti

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The story of Australian wheat............ 107 1. (c) Australia 2. (b) grew wheat 3. (a) people were too slow 4. (a) more land was cleared 5. (c) 1901 6. (b) didn’t need lots of water 7. (b) clean, dry and insect free

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Convict constructions........................ 103 1. (c) domestic servants 2. (b) sandstone 3. (a) leg irons 4. (b) NSW 5. (a) committed crimes in Australia 6. (c) 1850s 7. (a) early 1800s

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Federation: The first Prime Minister .......................................................... 108 1. (a) 1879 2. (c) Edmund Barton 3. (b) Australian public, Australian government officials and the British parliament 4. (c) the taxes on items being transported between colonies 5. (a) June 1898 and June 1899 6. (c) the King of England’s son 7. (b) was the last colony to agree to Federation

The $20 banknote.............................. 111 1. (b) 1994 2. (c) horse stealing 3. (c) religious minister 4. (b) raised printing 5. (a) Victory 6. (b) a schooner she owned 7. (a) his portrait Bob Hawke and Paul Keating............ 111 1. (c) ‘Bringing Australia together’ 2. (a) Federal Treasurer 3. (b) Paul Keating

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The Korean and Vietnam Wars........... 112 1. (c) 1950 and 1953 2. (b) USSR and China 3. (a) 38th parallel 4. (b) birthday ballot 5. (a) Vietnam War 6. (c) Robert Menzies 7. (c) Korea

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CY O’Connor’s pipedream.................. 112 1. (c) Ireland 2. (b) Mundaring to Kalgoorlie 3. (c) 550 km 4. (a) England 5. (a) the dam would break 6. (b) after he died 7. (c) what they’d anticipated Indigenous Australian politicians....... 113 1. (c) Charles Perkins 2. (b) soccer 3. (a) his own political party 4. (a) the right to vote 5. (b) Indigenous rights 6. (c) racism 7. (a) New South Wales

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Sporting heroes................................. 113 1. (b) the Don 2. (a) was the centre of attention 3. (c) the Australians 4. (c) 1948 5. (a) in three successive Olympics 6. (a) freestyle 7. (c) 1964 in Tokyo Australia’s war against terror............ 114 1. (a) 11 September 2001 2. (b) hijacked planes flown into the buildings 3. (c) commercial airliners 4. (b) 12 October 2002 5. (a) Australian tourists 6. (b) football team

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