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Webinar History Journal.pdfWebinar History Journal
Webinar History Journal
Use the My Rocks History Journal as you follow the webinar, to tick off, or draw, the mystery items as you find them.
Website History Journal.pdfWebinar History Journal
Webinar History Journal
Use the full Website History Journal to further explore the Topic The Australian Colonies In The Rocks.
Use the Aboriginal Symbols sheets from the Crackerjack Education website to complete activity 4 on your Website History Journal
Video links
Video links
The Gadigal Aboriginals
The First Flag Raising Monument
1808 Sydney Mosaic Map
Cadmans Cottage
William dawes and Patyegarang
The Chinese and The Gold Rush
Robert Campbell
Source: A series of six videos on Child Convicts of Australia Australia produced by ABC Education and Sydney Living Museums.
A series of six videos on Child Convicts of Australia Australia produced by ABC Education and Sydney Living Museums.
Dids you know Sydney was a British penal colony between 1788 and 1868, and over 160,000 convicts were transported here to serve their sentence.
Did you know that some of these convicts were children, punished for crimes like theft? Learn about these child convicts, why they were transported, how they lived in the colony and what became of them.
Resources about 'The Australian Colonies' and 'The Rocks'
Resources about 'The Australian Colonies' and 'The Rocks'
On this website you will find rich educational material to support primary and lower-secondary teachers using the My Place TV series in the classroom. Explore background information, aligned with the My Place stories, on events and people significant to Australia's history. Download clips and stills from the TV series, as well as teaching activities and student activity sheets that relate to current themes. Go behind the scenes with production information and interviews.
Barani is an Aboriginal word of the Sydney language that means ‘yesterday’.
The Barani website provides histories of people, places and events in the City of Sydney local government area that are associated with the histories of Sydney’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Aboriginal people have an unbroken and ongoing connection with the City of Sydney. The Barani website reveals some of these associations, their histories and their cultures.
Links to City of Sydney's 'Barani' website
Until 1782, English convicts were transported to America. However, in 1783 the American War of Independence ended. America refused to accept any more convicts so England had to find somewhere else to send their prisoners. Transportation to New South Wales was the solution.
Find out more about why convicts were transported to Australia.
Links to Sydney Living Museums
Source: Sydney Living Museums.
Find out what life was like for convict in the colonial period in Sydney Town
Links to Sydney Living Museums.
Is there a convict in your family? Visit a single searchable database containing certificates of freedom; bank accounts; deaths; exemptions from Government Labor; pardons; tickets of leave; and, tickets of leave passports. There are 140,000+ entries to search.
Links to NSW State Archives and Records
A website exploring convicts in the early colony of Sydney
Links to Sydney Living Museums
A blog from the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, the former place managers of The Rocks.
Links to Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
Between 1788 and 1868 more than 162,000 convicts were transported to Australia. Of these, about 7000 arrived in 1833 alone.. Find out more about convict transportation to Australia.
Links to National Museum of Australia
The Big Dig site, between Cumberland and Gloucester Streets in The Rocks, is an area of land containing archaeological remains from the late 18th century, the time of Australia’s first European settlement.
Links to The Big Dig Archaeology Centre
Most family historians in Australia regard a convict in their ancestry as enormously desirable. "Convicts to Australia" is intended to guide, inform and entertain those just starting the hunt as well as the more experienced researcher. The site is a 'work in progress' and data is being added regularly. We hope your convict research is made easier by our efforts and above all we hope you have FUN.
Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre - NSW Department of Education
© State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2019.
This website has lots of good information about the S3 History topic The Australian Colonies.
Other 'Australian Colonies' Resources
Other 'Australian Colonies' Resources
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