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Colonial Australia
Colonial Australia
1788 -1900
1788 -1900
A. What made us who we are today?
B. How was colonial Australia different from today?
What about colonial Newcastle?
What about colonial Wallsend?
C. What is colonial advocacy?
1901
1901
1896 - 2026
1896 - 2026
Two photos from Hunter Street 1950 & Nobbys headland 1880s
Lesson 1: Colonial Tools
Lesson 1: Colonial Tools
Medical care in early Hobart was very basic and often poor. There were only a few doctors, and their tools were old and sometimes rusty. The first “hospital” was just a tent, and later a small hut. There was not enough medicine, clean water or good sanitation. Waste was sometimes dumped into the same stream people used for drinking water, spreading disease.
Task: Designing a Colonial Tool Prototype (Pair Activity)
Task: Designing a Colonial Tool Prototype (Pair Activity)
Work in pairs and take turns to be the interviewer and the maker.
Work in pairs and take turns to be the interviewer and the maker.
Procedure
Procedure
Choose roles
Decide who will go first. One student is the interviewer and the other is the colonial worker (for example, a baker, blacksmith, farmer or carpenter).Pretend and prepare
The colonial worker chooses a job from colonial times and thinks about the kinds of tools that person would use.Interview your partner
The interviewer asks questions such as:What tools do you use in your job?
Which tool is most important to you?
What does it look like?
What is it made from?
How do you use it?
Listen and sketch
While listening carefully, the interviewer quickly draws an important tool based solely on the description.Make a prototype
Using simple classroom materials, the interviewer creates a quick prototype (model) of the tool.Swap roles
Change roles and repeat the steps so both students have a turn.Share with the class
Show your prototype and drawing to the class. Explain what the tool is, who used it and why it was important.
Between 1855 and 1900, farming tools underwent a major transition from hand-powered implements to horse-drawn and early steam-powered machinery. These tools were used to increase efficiency in cultivating, planting, and harvesting, replacing labour-intensive manual methods with more productive, mechanised, or animal-powered solutions.
A change in farming tools.
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill in 1701 to plant seeds more efficiently than by hand.
The seed drill used a hopper, cylinder, and funnel to plant seeds in neat rows with success.
Tull's seed drill and other inventions helped make farming more scientific, improving yields on his farm.
Why didn't Cook recognise First Nations agricultural practices?
Why didn't Cook recognise First Nations agricultural practices?
List reasons why Cook, and the subsequent colonists, may not have recognised and/or acknowledged Indigenous agricultural practices.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
Front: When this you see think on me
Reverse: T. Burbury Condemned March 24. 1832.
Why are convict tokens used?
1832 T Burbury convict token
In 1832, at just 23 years old, Thomas Burbury, a weaver, was convicted for taking part in riots, machine-breaking and arson during a protest against the industrialisation of weaving in Coventry, England. He was transported to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) on the York. Public interest in his trial led to his wife and baby daughter joining him months later. Assigned to a landowner in Oatlands, Burbury was granted a free pardon in 1839, for his part in capturing sheep stealers and tracking down bushrangers. He began acquiring land, held roles including poundkeeper and racecourse clerk and was elected to the Oatlands municipal council. Over time, Burbury and his family became respected members of their community.
Aboriginal Tools
Aboriginal Tools
Brendon Michell a Marrawarra/Barkindji man
Tools: Boomerangs Ax Napping Rock
What story have we missed learning about Aboriginal people?
-Successful farming techniques
-Rich soil from good land management
-Effective tools
Lesson 2: THEN & NOW
Lesson 2: THEN & NOW
Vocabulary:
Advocacy: to actively support; promote a cause, policy, or the rights and interests of individuals or groups
Advocacy: to actively support; promote a cause, policy, or the rights and interests of individuals or groups
Colonial: relating to or the characteristics of a colony or colonies
Colonial: relating to or the characteristics of a colony or colonies
Industrial revolution: moving from handmade to machine-made
Industrial revolution: moving from handmade to machine-made
Timeline 1855-1900
Timeline 1855-1900
THEN
THEN
What was being bought and sold in colonial Australia in 1850?
NOW
NOW
What makes stuff bought and sold NOW different from colonial times?
Links: Welsh foods: Rural diets
How good are we at predicting the future?
How good are we at predicting the future?
Trams in Australia
Trams in Australia
The first trams in Australia began operating in the 1860s, with different technologies appearing in various cities over the following decades.
Convicts sent to colonies
Convicts sent to colonies
In the 1700s most criminals who were sentenced to transportation were sent to British colonies in America. More than 50,000 criminals had been transported to America by 1775. During the American Revolutionary War (1775–83) transportation was put on hold. When the American colonies officially won their independence from Britain in 1783, America stopped accepting convicts.
Assisted Migration
Assisted Migration
Why would free citizens in Britain come to Australia?
From the 1820s large numbers of free settlers started to arrive from Britain. As colonies expanded, there was a demand for more free settlers who would work as labourers.
Further Reading: National museum of Australia
Australian immigration before 1945: Background information
Lesson 3: Game
Lesson 3: Game
Colonial Contruction
Colonial Contruction
We will play a game to build our own colonial community. More details to come.
Think–Pair–Share Reflection
THINK (quiet thinking time)
THINK (quiet thinking time)
Read each question and think about your own ideas first.
How did Aboriginal communities meet people’s needs without money, banks or factories?
How was Aboriginal trading similar to our game? How was it different?
How did colonisation affect Aboriginal Peoples’ ability to get food, care for Country and live in community?
How can caring for Country help reduce floods, fires and droughts?
What can we learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of living that could help communities today?
PAIR (talk with a partner)
PAIR (talk with a partner)
Share your ideas with a partner.
Take turns speaking
Listen carefully to each other
Add new ideas if your partner thinks of something different
SHARE (class discussion)
SHARE (class discussion)
Be ready to share one idea from your pair.
What did you and your partner agree on?
What was an interesting idea your partner had?
Did your thinking change after talking?
Lesson 4: Artifact
Lesson 4: Artifact
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