The Aboriginal Experience of Colonisation

Focus Question: How did colonisation impact on the lives of

Indigenous people in Australia during the 19th century?

Contributing Question 1. What was life like for Indigenous people before colonisation?

Contributing Question 2. How did relations change between the settlers and the Indigenous people?

Contributing Question 3.What were some of the consequences of the British invasion for Aboriginal people?

The Life of a Convict

Focus Question: What is the significance of Hyde Park Barracks to early colonisation in Australia?

Contributing Question 1. Describe the living and working conditions for convicts in the barracks during 1819-1848.

Contributing Question 2. What historical records can we use to discover facts about the Barracks and its occupants?

Contributing Question 3. What are the similarities and differences between the early convict experience of Australia and the current

asylum seeker experience?

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