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Humanities and social sciences / Year 5 / Knowledge and Understanding / History
Curriculum content descriptions
The impact of a significant development or event on an Australian colony (ACHASSK108)
Elaborations
- investigating an event or development and explaining its economic, social and political impact on a colony (for example, the consequences of frontier conflict events such as the Myall Creek Massacre, the Pinjarra Massacre; the impact of South Sea Islanders on sugar farming and the timber industry; the impact of the Eureka Stockade on the development of democracy; the impact of internal exploration and the advent of rail on the expansion of farming)
- creating ‘what if’ scenarios by constructing different outcomes for a key event (for example, ‘What if Peter Lalor had encouraged gold miners to pay rather than resist licence fees?’)
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Revolutions (Conflict), Colonies, Political power, Frontier conflict, Economic growth, Gold rushes, Droughts, Intensive farming, Rail transport