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The First Fleet
TLF ID A003731
In this unit, students explore the many perspectives surrounding the significance of the 26th of January in Australia. They hear from Traditional Custodians about the laws, protocols and welcoming practices that existed for thousands of years before colonisation, and understand that these practices were not observed nor respected by the British colonists when they arrived on the First Fleet. Students investigate the reasons for British expansion and how the European convicts found themselves to be in Australia, critically reflecting on the many perspectives regarding the Frontier Wars and British invasion.