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The reasons people migrated to Australia and the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony (ACHASSK109)

Elaborations
  • identifying the reasons why people migrated to Australia in the 1800s (for example, as convicts; assisted passengers; indentured labourers; people seeking a better life such as gold miners; and those dislocated by events such as the Industrial Revolution, the Irish Potato Famine and the Highland Clearances)
  • investigating the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony (for example, Germans in South Australia, Japanese in Broome, Afghan cameleers in the Northern Territory, Chinese at Palmer River, Pacific Islanders in the Torres Strait)
  • connecting (where appropriate) stories of migration to students’ own family histories
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Migration

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