Sites (26)

ABC: Frontier Online
This exploration of Aboriginal history is divided into four main sections, moving from the Dreaming through contact history, to massacres and resistance, on to assimilation policies and the politics o

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
There are more than 200 Australian Indigenous languages. This site has annotated links to 180 resources for about 60 languages.

Aboriginal Family Issues
Article by Yolanda Walker about the significance of the family in Aboriginal culture.

Aussie Educator: Australian History
In covering the history of Australia, there are distinct periods and influences. These are indicated through the links below. Each link leads to a new page which covers a period or aspect, sometimes b

Australia - European Settlement
Australia\'s first group of European migrants arrived in January 1788.

Australia Day: Indigenous Australians
Is it Survival Day or Australia Day? Is it a commemoration or celebration? Was it Settlement or Invasion?

Australia: Beyond The Fatal Shore
Exploration of the history of Australia and its people by Robert Hughes. Includes timeline of Australian History.

Australian Dictionary of Biography
Here are over 10,000 scholarly biographies of persons who were significant in Australian history.

Australian Explorers
Information about various Australian explorers. This page was created by Roma Reilly Year 5 teacher Benowa State School.

Australian History
The first settlers are thought to have arrived around 50,000 years ago. This would have most likely been at a time when the sea levels were low, the land was more humid and animals larger.

BOS Resources
List of sites suitable for this unit.

British Colonisation of Australia Links
These pages contain a collection of links to suitable activities to support &enhance classroom teaching and learning and are compiled by Copacabana Public School.

British Colonisation Weblinks
Links to sites about journeys to Australia, people in the early Australian colony and convict life.

Convicts and The British Colonies in Australia
In 1788, the eleven ships of the First Fleet landed their \'cargo\' of around 780 British convicts at Botany Bay in New South Wales.

History Forum: Colonisation or Invasion?
Should the British settlement of Australia be looked upon as being colonisation or invasion?

History of Australia (1788–1850)
The history of Australia from 1788–1850 covers the early colonies period of Australia\'s history, from the first British settlement and penal colony at Port Jackson in 1788 to the establishment of oth

Indigenous Australia - Australian Museum
Includes facts, stories, and background for students and teachers.

Indigenous Australia: Kinship
The system of classes or skins puts everybody in a specific kinship relationship. All of these relationships have roles and responsibilities attached to them.

Kids.net.au - British Empire
Links to sites related to the British Empire.

Minjungbal Aboriginal Culture
This site is created by the Bundjalung people of Northern NSW and contains information about their history and culture.

Pathfinders: Early Explorers of Australia
In a century and a half before James Cook sighted and explored the East Coast of Australia hundreds of European mariners had sighted and mapped Western Australia's coastline.

Picture Australia
See pictures of Australia’s past and present.

Shipwrecks WA
Information about early shipwrecks along the coast of Western Australia.

Speaking Land
Virtual tour of the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery at the South Australian museum.

The Land: Australian Museum
Information on Aboriginal relationships with the land.

Yagan: An Aboriginal Resistance Hero
Story of an Aboriginal resistance fighter from Western Australia.

Lessons (11)

Aboriginal Studies Across the Curriculum
Lessons from Western Australia organised into themes include Sharing the Environment, Water Resources and Communities.

Australian Overland Explorers
What must it have been like to be an Australian Overland Explorer early in the 19th Century?

Australia\'s Early Explorers Powerpoints
Free presentations in powerpoint format.

British Colonisation of Australia
Web-based unit of work based on the British Colonisation of Australia.

British Colonisation Online Worksheet
Click on the links to get the answers and then use the back button to return to this page.

Early White Settlement or Invasion of Australia?
Integrated unit of work where students examine the life of Aboriginal people before colonisation; early white explorers; the First Fleet; and consequences of colonisation for Aboriginal people.

Life of Aboriginal People Before British Colonisation
Work samples and a description of the activity.

Teaching and Learning Proforma - Australian Explorers
Children will discover how significant events in history have shaped Australia to become as we know it today.

Terra Nulius - The Early Years
Students are presented with a range of problem-solving situations that reflect the significant events of the colonisation of Australia.

Webquest: Colonisation of Australia 1606 to 1868
You will start as a young convict man in England about to embark on a dangerous trip on the First Fleet to Botany Bay.

Webquest: Convicts of the First Fleet
You are the Governor of NSW and in charge of the Colony and therefore are able to pardon convicts. You decide to pardon three carefully selected convicts.

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BOS Resources
List of Software suitable for this unit.

Texts (1)

BOS Resources
List of Texts suitable for this unit.

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BOS Resources
List of Videos suitable for this unit.

Teacher References (18)

1421 - The Year China Discovered The World
Did Chinese sailors chart the coast of Australia in 1421? Find the evidence at this site.

Aboriginal Art, Culture and Spirituality
Aboriginal Studies Virtual Library links.

Australian and European Explorers
Useful links to sites related to Australian Explorers.

Australian Exploration Maps and Charts
Images of the early maps of Australia.

Australian Explorers
Links compiled by Jackie Myers.

Australian Explorers, Discoverers and Pioneers
Project Gutenberg Australia provide eBooks relating to Australian Explorers.

Australian History: Australian Explorers
Explorers were encouraged by Governors to map out and find out what the central landscape of Australia was like. Many expeditions were made and great discoveries of new found land were mapped out.

Barani: Indigenous History of Sydney
Barani contains the history, life stories and images of many Indigenous men and women who have made great contributions to their people and their country.

Convict Creations
Convict Creations web site explores those missing links in the Australian story that have been ignored by the official textbooks.

Convict Tales
Colourful accounts of individual convicts listed under the ship on which they arrived.

Convicts Australia
Convict history and genealogy links.

First Fleet Fellowship
An historical society formed in 1984 to provide an association for all those people who have ancestors who arrived in Australia in 1788 on the First Fleet.

History of Australia before 1901
Historical account of Australian History before 1901.

Life In Old Sydney Town
Student website about life in Sydney

National Library of Australia: Maps
Links to many old world and Australian maps.

Pemulwuy: Rasputin meets Ned Kelly
Article about Pemulwuy, resistance fighter from the Sydney region.

Reconciliation Australia
Body established to provide a continuing national focus for reconciliation following the end of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation in December 2000.

Zoom Explorers
Explorers of Australia and nearby islands.