CBHS Year 5 History
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Key Inquiry Questions
Introductory Tasks
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What is History?
What are Primary and Secondary Resources
Primary Resources
Secondary Resources
Fact or Opinion
Australian settlement patterns over time
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What is a Colony?
Life in Industrial Britain - 18th Century
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Living Conditions in Cities
Working Conditions
Prisons & Gaols
Sentencing for Crimes
Life for the Poor
Life for the Rich
American War of Independance
Industrial Revolution
Early Criminal Case Studies
Why Colonise Australia?
Gov Macquarie; Father of Australia
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Gov Macquarie's contribution to the colony
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Source Analysis 1
Source Analysis 2
Evolution of Australia's borders
Establishment of the Various Colonies
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New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
Van Diemen's Land
South Australia
Norfolk Island
Inland Exploration
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Introductory Activity
Crossing the Blue Mountains
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Activity Sources
Impacts Crossing the Mountains
Own Choice
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Burke and Wills
John McDouall Stuart
Edward John Eyre and Wylie
Bass and Flinders
Charles Sturt
John Oxley
Ludwig Leichhardt
Kennedy & Jackie Jackie
Colonial Impact on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders
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Causes of conflict between Colonists and Aboriginal people
Diverse Relationship between the Aboriginal peoples and the British
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Curiosity and conflict
British-Aboriginal relations: 1788-1820
Civilisation: the missionaries and Macquarie
First Contact & Early Relationships
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Partnership or Prisoner?
Resistance and Conflict
Summative Activity
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Aboriginal Lifestyle before and after British Colonisation
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples prior to British colonisation
Aboriginal Lifestyle after British Colonisation
Capt Cook and Terra Nullius
Environmental change due to settlement
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Introduced Species to Australia
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Fauna
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Indian Myna
Cane Toads
European Rabbit
European Red Fox
Camels
Horses and Donkeys
Pigs
Cats
Goats
Deer
Water Buffalo
Flora
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Prickly Pear
Lantana
Water Hyacinth
Blackberry
Bridal Creeper
Para Grass
Olive Hymenachne
Indigenous ways for caring for the land
Why not Botany Bay?
Colonisation Success and Struggles
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Stuggles within the New Colony
Successes within the New Colony
Opportunities for the New Colony
Threats to the New Colony
Significant People to shape the Australian Colonies
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Daily Life of Early Inhabitants
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Life of a Convict
Australian Migration pre 1900s
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Migrant Workers in Aust
Emigration of Women
Migrant Workers within Aust
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Afghan Cameleers
Japanese Pearl Divers
Chinese Miners
European; Italian, Greek, French
Danish
Lebanese
South Sea Islanders
Significant People who Contributed to the Early Colony
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Matthew Flinders
Ned Kelly
Disclaimer Significant Aboriginal people of colonial Aust
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Significant Aboriginal People of colonial Aust
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Bennelong
Pemulwuy
Arabanoo
Yagan
Bungaree
Trunganini
Fanny Balbuk
Bilin Bilin
Wyndradyne
Musquito
Significant events that shaped Australia
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Significant Event; The Gold Rush
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Source 1
Source 2
Source 3
Source 5
Source 4 (Challenge)
Significant Event; The Eureka Stockade
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Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Summary Activity
Further Information: Eureka Stockade
Significant events of Australia in the 19th century
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Gold Rushes
The Overland Telegraph
The Second Fleet
Myall Creek Massacre
The Rum Rebellion
Chinese Miner Riots
Fight for a 'Fair Go'
Thinker's Keys
The Alphabet Key
The Alternative Key
The BAR Key
The Brainstorming Key
The Brick Wall Key
The Combination Key
The Commonality Key
The Construction Key
The Different Uses Key
The Disadvantages Key
The Forced Relationships Key
The Interpretations Key
The Inventions Key
The Picture Key
The Prediction Key
The Question Key
The Reverse Key
The Ridiculous Key
The Variations Key
The What if.... Key
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Helpful Websites
Source Activity
Choose ONE (1) source from the options below and use the guiding questions on your sheet to think about possible reasons for why explorers crossed the Blue Mountains.
Source 1
Source 2
Gregory Blaxland
Source 3