The Australian Colonies
Stage 3
Location
Kamay Botany Bay EEC - Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell
Overview
Students will use a variety of sources to investigate significant developments, events, and their impact on Australian colonies. They will utilise historical artefacts, photographs and other resources which will provide a window into the past. This will help clarify the factors that influenced settlement patterns in Australia, with a particular focus on Kamay Botany Bay National Park.
Key syllabus outcomes
- HT3-1 describes and explains the significance of people, groups, places and events to the development of Australia
- HT3-2 describes and explains different experiences of people living in Australia over time
- HT3-5 applies a variety of skills of historical inquiry and communication
Key inquiry questions
- What do we know about the lives of people in Australia's colonial past and how do we know?
- How did an Australian colony develop over time and why?
- How did colonial settlement change the environment?
Learning across the curriculum content
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Sustainability
- Critical and creative thinking
- Information and communication technology capability
- Personal and social capability
Suggested timetable
| 9:45-10:00 | Introduction |
| 10:00-10:30 | Toilets and fruit break |
| 10:30-11:25 | Alpha farm sketching |
| 11:25-12:30 | Foreshore bridge to Landing Point mapping activity |
| 12:30-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:50 | Rock platform walk looking at the whale sculpture |
| 1:50-2:00 | Feedback, reflection, toilets and depart |
Students will:
- Visit Alpha farmhouse to study and sketch its features while learning about artefacts that give us clues about how people lived in the past.
- Consider and question the impact of settlement on Aboriginal people and their environment.
- Explore the rock platform food resources.
- Study the sculptures and learn about totems through the whale dreaming story.
- Use a range of sources to collect historical facts/perspectives.