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        Listed under:  Science  >  Earth and space  >  Geographic location  >  Surveying (Geography)  >  Exploration
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        Alexandra Shackleton discusses Ernest Shackleton, 2005

        • TLF-IDR8827

        This is an edited sound recording of the Hon Alexandra Shackleton, grand-daughter of the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. She recounts aspects of his leadership of a 1907-09 expedition to Antarctica, relating how, for the sake of the survival of his team, he abandoned his bid to be the first to reach the geographic ...

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        Impact of European settlement on Aboriginal Tasmanians video

        • TLF-IDM021128

        Aboriginal Tasmanians had inhabited Tasmania for over 40,000 years before the arrival of European settlers. What do you think life was like for Aboriginal Tasmanians before then? Why might have they embarked on a war, called the 'Black War', once settlers began arriving in Tasmania, despite existing relatively peacefully ...

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        The convict voyages

        • TLF-IDM021136

        What do you think it was like for convicts on their voyage from England to Australia? Would you be surprised to discover that their life expectancy on board a convict vessel was actually higher than that of free settlers? Watch this video to discover why this might be, and learn about the convicts themselves.

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