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First Fleet Entering Port Jackson, 27.01.1788, wash drawing from Journal 'A Voyage to New South Wales' by William Bradley, State Library of New South Wales
Activity 1: Mapping then and now
Activity 1: Mapping then and now
In 1788 when the First Fleet arrived in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), William Bradley, an officer on board, was asked to map the coastline. Look at the 3 maps provided below and answer the questions.
Part of map by William Bradley 1788
Google street map, 2020
Google satellite map, 2020
Do you think the place names in William Bradley’s map above are the original names given to the land by the local people? Or are they names that William Bradley might have chosen himself?
Compare the map from William Bradley with the Google maps. Fill in the worksheet below with the place names we use now. Are they the same or different to the place names used by William Bradley?
Look at the Google Satellite map above. Do you think the land would have looked the same when the First Fleet arrived? If it is different what do you think has changed?
Activity 2: Traditional place names around Sydney Cove
Activity 2: Traditional place names around Sydney Cove
British people name places after people that are important to them (for example Sydney is named after Lord Sydney who was a British member of Parliament at the time of the First Fleet). Do you think the Aboriginal people do the same? Look at the worksheet above for a clue!
Which famous landmark is built on Bennelong Point?
Who was Bennelong? (you might need to research this on another website)
Activity 3: The first settlement
Activity 3: The first settlement
Look at the mosaic map of Sydney Cove in 1808.
Find the Tank Stream. How do you think the land around the Tank Stream has changed in the 20 years of settlement?
The rich people had their homes on one side of the tank stream and the poorer (convicts and working class) people lived on the other side. Which side do you think the rich were living on? Why?
The Tank Stream changed from a clean healthy water resource to a dirty drain very quickly. Why do you think this was? What might the settlers have been doing to make the stream dirty?
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