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A Failure to Understand: Early Colonialism and the Indigenous Peoples by Margaret McPhee; Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Children's | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
At look at the monumental clash between European colonialism and the Aboriginal peoples, from the first tentative and difficult interactions of the early explorers to the arrival of the First Fleet.Australian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding Australian Curriculum Correl ...Show more
Across the Seas: where our immigrants came from by Adrian Osterley; Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Children's History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
Millions of people from all over the world have come to Australia as immigrants. Learn about the countries and regions they came from, and why they left to make the long trip to Australia.Australian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding Australian Curriculum Correlation: ...Show more
Coming to Australia: post-war immigration by Australian Geographic
Category: Children's | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
In 1946 a great immigration program began. It was encouraged by a desire to rapidly increase the population to lessen the chance of invasion by a future enemy. The other main reason to provide a large base of workers for the nation's expanding factories and ambitious infrastructure projects.Australian C ...Show more
Convicts Of The First Fleet: sent to a new land by Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Education | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
This book takes us back to Britain in 1787 to relate the stories of the convicts selected to be sent to the other side of the world and establish a new penal colony. It tells how they fell foul of the draconian laws of the day, how they fitted into society, and how they were made to pay for their crimes ...Show more
Exploring Australia: European expansion across the continent by Australian Geographic
Category: Children's | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
Australian Geographic History• Introduces students to a uniquely Australian understanding • Designed for students in grades 4-6 • Connects with the ACARA Australian Curriculum for historyAustralian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding Australian Curriculum Correlation: ( ...Show more
Gold Rushes: The New Prosperity by Simone Bradfield; Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Children's History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
The greatest development of 19th-century Australia was the discovery of gold. It transformed the colonies, made instant millionaires and pumped vast sums into the colonial treasuries.Australian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding History - Historical Knowledge And Understand ...Show more
Governors, Squatters and Battlers: people who shaped European settlement by Joel Weston; Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Children's History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
Colonial Australia was influenced by many people, not just the governors who made the policies and enforced the law. Meet some key entrepreneurs, squatters and workers who shaped the nation.
Immigration Since 1901 : How and Why They Came by Barbara Metcalfe; Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Children's History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
Throughout the 20th century Australia received large numbers of immigrants from all over the world, and they made a massive contribution to national development.
Life in Colonial Australia - from First Fleet to Federation by Kerry Davies; Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Australian History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
A new series about early Australian history, written specifically with the new Australian History Curriculum in mind. The story of how people lived, from the convicts to the elite. This is a chronicle of how they worked, fed and clothed themselves and how they spent their time as the Australian colonies ...Show more
Major Events in Colonial History : 1788 to 1900 by Stuart Bremer; Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Children's History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
From settlement to Federation, the character of the colonies was moulded by a series of crucial events, such as the Eureka Stockade. See how these events unfolded and their impact on Australia.Australian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding History - Historical Knowledge And ...Show more
Strangers in the Land: The coming of the Europeans by Joseph Harding; Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Children's History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
Trace the interactions between the Europeans and indigenous people from 1788, from the first visits by European explorers to their eventual expansion throughout the land.Australian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding Australian Curriculum Correlation: (Year 4) ''First C ...Show more
The First Fleet : How and Why It Happened by Kenneth Muir; Australian Geographic Staff
Category: Children's History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser.
A look at the series of decision made by the English government that led to the founding of the colony in New South Wales, and a chronicle of the events that befell the First Fleet on their journey.