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The extension of settlement, including the effects of contact (intended and unintended) between European settlers in Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACDSEH020)

Elaborations
  • explaining the effects of contact (for example, the massacres of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; their killing of sheep; the spread of European diseases) and categorising these effects as either intended or unintended
  • investigating the forcible removal of children from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in the late nineteenth century/early twentieth century (leading to the Stolen Generations), such as the motivations for the removal of children, the practices and laws that were in place, and experiences of separation.
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Aboriginal history,  Torres Strait Islander history,  Cultural interaction,  Invasion,  Colonies,  Human settlements

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'Discussing the site at Tumut', 1902

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Anticonscription demonstration, Melbourne, c1916

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The 'West Australian' polling board for the Federation referendum, 1900

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Visit of Australian cricketers to the USA, 1913

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The 1864 eight-hour day demonstration

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The 'Southern Cross' reaches Sydney, 1928

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The 'Dig' tree in 1878

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'A ship's boat attacking a whale', c1813

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Twofold Bay whaling, early 20th century

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An exhibition home made of fibrolite, c1930s

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