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The Navigators: Expeditions return home from 'New Holland'

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The Navigators: Expeditions return home from 'New Holland'

SUBJECTS:  History

YEARS:  3–4


Discover what happens when the expeditions of Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin return home.

Both explorers brought back detailed maps and specimens, including live kangaroos and emus, from 'New Holland'. How will each explorer be celebrated and remembered? Watch this clip to find out.


Things to think about

  1. 1.Different people often remember the same event in very different ways. How do you know who to believe? Do history books always get the story right? What does this mean when we are finding out about an historic event?
  2. 2.Baudin and Flinders both made new discoveries on their expeditions. Each man is remembered very differently today. Why is this the case? Listen to what happened in England and France when the expeditions returned home. What are the reasons why each explorer has been judged so differently?
  3. 3.What happened to the amazing collection of live plants and animals from Baudin's expedition? What do you think about this? Why did Flinders hurry to write about his voyage when he returned to England? Why does the commentator (speaker) say that Flinders had 'won the race'? How do you feel about what Peron and Freycinet did to Baudin's records? Would things be any different if Flinders too had died before he wrote the story of his voyage? Why do you think this?
  4. 4.The name of Matthew Flinders has been honoured in almost 100 places in Australia. What do you think about this? How many of these places can you find on a map? Create a slideshow or podcast about Flinders. Include pictures of some of the Australian places that are named after him. Mark the events described in this clip on a timeline. Include as many dates as you can work out from the information in the clip. When events are listed in order of the time they happened, this is called 'chronological' order.

Date of broadcast: 23 Feb 2010


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