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A Failure to Understand: Early Colonialism and the Indigenous Peoples by Margaret McPhee; Australian Geographic Staff
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04
At look at the monumental clash between European colonialism and the Aboriginal peoples, from the first tentative and difficult interactions of the early explorers to the arrival of the First Fleet.Australian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding Australian Curriculum Correl ...Show more
A Hunger for Land: the early settlement of Australia by Australian Geographic
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 05
Almost from the start the European colonisers ignored the rights of the original inhabitants of Australia. The indigenous peoples' tenure came from a land where property was only for the rich - here it was theirs for the taking. Indigenous resistance failed to stop Europeans securing the finest grazing ...Show more
Across the Seas: where our immigrants came from by Adrian Osterley; Australian Geographic Staff
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 06
Millions of people from all over the world have come to Australia as immigrants. Learn about the countries and regions they came from, and why they left to make the long trip to Australia.Australian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding Australian Curriculum Correlation: ...Show more
Coming to Australia: post-war immigration by Australian Geographic
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 06
In 1946 a great immigration program began. It was encouraged by a desire to rapidly increase the population to lessen the chance of invasion by a future enemy. The other main reason to provide a large base of workers for the nation's expanding factories and ambitious infrastructure projects.Australian C ...Show more
Convicts Of The First Fleet: sent to a new land by Australian Geographic Staff
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04
This book takes us back to Britain in 1787 to relate the stories of the convicts selected to be sent to the other side of the world and establish a new penal colony. It tells how they fell foul of the draconian laws of the day, how they fitted into society, and how they were made to pay for their crimes ...Show more
Creating a Constitution: the making of a nation by Australian Geographic
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04-06
Australian Geographic History• Introduces students to a uniquely Australian understanding • Designed for students in grades 4-6 • Connects with the ACARA Australian Curriculum for historyAustralian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding Australian Curriculum Correlation: ( ...Show more
Exploring Australia: European expansion across the continent by Australian Geographic
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04-06
Australian Geographic History• Introduces students to a uniquely Australian understanding • Designed for students in grades 4-6 • Connects with the ACARA Australian Curriculum for historyAustralian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding Australian Curriculum Correlation: ( ...Show more
Free Settlers: The colonial Immigrants by Australian Geographic
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 05
Free settlers began arriving soon after the First Fleet; however, the real flow of immigrants began in the early 19th century. Some were wealthy, most were impoverished farmers escaping problems in Europe. They drove the development of agriculuture, and later, mining. Colonies such as South Australia we ...Show more
Gold Rushes: The New Prosperity by Simone Bradfield; Australian Geographic Staff
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 05
The greatest development of 19th-century Australia was the discovery of gold. It transformed the colonies, made instant millionaires and pumped vast sums into the colonial treasuries.Australian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding History - Historical Knowledge And Understand ...Show more
Governors, Squatters and Battlers: people who shaped European settlement by Joel Weston; Australian Geographic Staff
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 05
Colonial Australia was influenced by many people, not just the governors who made the policies and enforced the law. Meet some key entrepreneurs, squatters and workers who shaped the nation.
Immigration Since 1901 : How and Why They Came by Barbara Metcalfe; Australian Geographic Staff
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 06
Throughout the 20th century Australia received large numbers of immigrants from all over the world, and they made a massive contribution to national development.
Life in Colonial Australia - from First Fleet to Federation by Kerry Davies; Australian Geographic Staff
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Category: History | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 05
A new series about early Australian history, written specifically with the new Australian History Curriculum in mind. The story of how people lived, from the convicts to the elite. This is a chronicle of how they worked, fed and clothed themselves and how they spent their time as the Australian colonies ...Show more