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Migration to Australia in the 1800s

Teacher guide Migration to Australia in the 1800s

TLF ID M021642

This sequence of five activities examines the reasons why people, especially women migrated to Australia. Using the historical inquiry process and primary sources including posters, diary transcripts, a water colour painting and sketches, explore the challenges passengers faced during their voyage to Australia.

Tags: history
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Educational details

Year level

5

Topics Aboriginal history Creating texts Word meanings Migration Maps (Geographic location) Data representation Data collection Free settlers Colonies Information retrieval Oral presentations Torres Strait Islander history Chronological order Primary sources Significant people Historical sources
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • History

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: State Library of NSW
  • Organization: State Library of NSW
  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.sl.nsw.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: State Library of NSW
  • Organization: State Library of NSW
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: State Library of NSW
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
Rights
  • © 2017 State Library of NSW. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.