Stage 3 - The Australian Colonies

Stage 3- history

Location

Kamay Botany Bay Environmental Education Centre, Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell

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?

Student will

• Visit Alpha farmhouse to study and sketch its features while learning about artifacts 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.

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

View The Australian Colonies excursion outline