A theme page about the Colonisation of Australia with lesson plans and materials for intermediate level students (A2.2 -B1), year 8-9 and B1 in Sweden
Related themes:Colonisation of North America, English Conquers the World,Â
Aboriginal People
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Background
BBC Timewatch – Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend – YouTube (57:31)https://youtu.be/-5ApP0jr5Wg
A documentary about Captain Cook
Reading
Viewing
Australian History – Penal Colonies – YouTube (5:59)https://youtu.be/S5qYjm6xRZk
A brief description of the early history of Australia and how it came to be today. – Read the text on the screen. Warning for disturbing background music.
A short colonial history of Australia – YouTube (10:24)https://youtu.be/Sv2fDRF2VOk
An informative video of the first voyages and the settlers
The First Voyage of James Cook – YouTube (5:07)https://youtu.be/WVYueGy0IMQ
Be taken from Botany Bay to an animated journey of Captain James Cook and his crew on the Endeavour.
A Brief History Of Australia – YouTube (5:59)https://youtu.be/PhY9PBceqYY
An animated history of Australia, from European discovery to modern-day Australia. funny, slap-stick humour, with a little satire thrown in.
Captain James Cook returns to Hawaii for Ship Repairs – YouTube (9:13)https://youtu.be/pq95bIDWYmU
Against all advice, including Lt William Bligh, Capt James Cook made a decision to return to a known harbour to perform repairs to the ship’s mast.
Why did Europeans settle in Australia? – Australian History Mysteries (4:18)https://www.australianhistorymysteries.info/casestudies/primary-first-fleet/
In this unit you will find out why England decided to settle Australia and why the First Fleet sailed here in 1788 with more than 1000 convicts and marine guards on board.
History of Convict Australia Documentary – YouTube (1:37:35)https://youtu.be/hBlnDv881rQ
Full documentary, no subtitles available.
Aboriginal people and the colony of NSW – Australian History, Colonisation (0:42)http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/1612/
Aboriginal people and the colony of NSW is an excerpt from the documentary Rites of Passage the second episode of the two-part series entitled Rogue Nation, produced in 2009.
Early encounters between European colonisers and First Australians – ABC Education (4:46)http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/3002316/aftermaths
The arrival of Endeavour on the east coast of Australia was a pivotal moment in the long history of the continent, especially for the First Australians.
A Look Inside the Heartbreaking Story of Australia’s “Stolen Generation.” – YouTube (3:54)https://youtu.be/wikX7V3nXDE
In this episode of A Broad Abroad we hear from direct descendants of Australia’s stolen generation.”
Aborigines
Dreamtime of the Aborigines Ancient Civilizations Low – YouTube (6:16)https://youtu.be/XjVkPivEj14
Instructional video of the Dreamtime of the Aboriginies. Auto-generated subtitles.
Australian Aborigines – YouTube (4:58)https://youtu.be/YqkgKkW8o6E
A brief history of the Aborigines of Australia. I do not own any of the pictures or music used in the making of this video.
The Land Owns Us | Global Oneness Projecthttp://www.globalonenessproject.org/library/films/land-owns-us
The interconnectedness of every living thing is not just an idea but a way of life. In “The Land Owns Us”, we see this important message come to life
Australian History 101 – Darah (Australian Aboriginal Hip-Hop) – YouTube (5:01)https://youtu.be/uCZneDswWS0
The song is something I wanted to get out for a while now. It is a history of the experiences of my people since colonisation.
Interactive
The Voyagehttp://voyage.anmm.gov.au/
Congratulations! You made it by the ‘skin of your teeth’! You took 187 days to make the voyage. That’s a long time but not the worst. Along the way, Billy Williams died of Scurvy.
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