australia 1

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australia 1

Lesson aims

After this lesson you will know about:

The indigenous population
The colonization of Australia and it's penal colony 

The current population
Indigenous art  , instruments and weapons

Australian Languages, currency  and  how policies are divided

Abel Tasman

Willem Janszoon

Who was the first explorer to land on Australia's soil?

1. James Cook
2. Michiel de Ruyter
3. Willem Janszoon
4. William Adams

Botany Bay

1770

James Cook 
HMS Endeavour

The First Fleet

William and his family arrive on which boat of the first fleet?

1. HMS Sirius
2. Lady Penrhyn
3. Prince of Wales
4. Alexander

Penal Colonies

160.000 convicts!

Men, Women and children!

When Sal has to take onwnership of William as a slave, she is...

1. Happy, she is reunited with her husband
2. Outraged, this is her husband not her slave
3. Delighted, he will finally have to do whatever she wants
4. Surprised, she thought he had to work for the marines

'It would not go through a man neat as a needle. It would rip its way in. Pulling it out would rip all over again.'

Old boomerangs

Modern boomerangs

'Look Da' he said, 'some other bugger already digged it up'

Who or what was here before the Thornhills? 

discuss briefly in your group. (1-2 minutes)

languages before colonisation

languages in2013

Language Policy

Australian Curriculum

Australian

Lingo

Wich origin are these words?

Indigenous influences 

• around 500 words 
• Flora and fauna names
• mostly things that were there pre-colonisation

English/Cockney influences

• Influence from colonisation and first white settlers.

Languages today

Authorized by  King Edward VII on May 7th 1908

Authorized by King George V on September 19th 1912

Population

• 25,5 million
•  90% in coastal (urban) areas 
• 30% immigrants
• 3.38 people per km2 
• 3,3% is Aboriginal or Torres Strait 

Immigration waves

• British-colonisers and convicts
• Irish: free settlers
• Italian and Asian: 1850-1860: Gold rush
• European : 1952-1962, refugees and workers

Dollars

Coins are in 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents as well as $1 and $2 dollars

Why is the 50 dollar note special?

1. It has the first woman in parliament on it
2. It has Elizabeth II on it
3. It has the first aboriginal writer on it
4. It has the Flying doctors director on it.

Recap!

What have we learned today!
How Australia was discovered.
The indiginous people and their art
The First Fleet and immigration through penal colonies
The forgotten generation!
Current Australians and their policies