Inter-Lace : British colonisation

British Colonisation
2010 VISITOR

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The Early Sea Journeys

Zoom Explorers of Australia - Zoom School site which has summaries and detailed information easily identified in alphabetical order.
Early Explorers - from ABC "The Navigators" series - a timeline/summary of early European explorers 1606-1785

Early maps of Australia

Australia - the first inhabitants from Virtual Australia, looks at the Aborigines first encounters with the explorers

Early Explorations of Australia
Early Dutch Explorers 1606-1636 - includes a map
Pacific Explorers Library
Early Explorers of Australia - ABC Learn [Navigators site] - simple timeline with notes
European Discovery & the colonisation of Australia - a potted history of first contact with European mariners from 1606 onwards.

Captain James Cook - biography which includes a map of Cook's voyages from the Mariners Museum in Newport, Virginia.

Captain James Cook - information is well organised on the British Library site. Select Themes for information on his voyages.

Landing List 1606-1814 - from Australian on the Map site
The Early Explorers - from Australian on the Map site

First Fleet

The First Fleet Online - from the University of Wollongong - includes a Database of the First Fleet convicts First Fleet Fellowship - the journey, the ships & the provisions
The Ships of the First Fleet - from the First Fleet Fellowship site
Interactive Map of the Route of the First Fleet - from the University of Wollongong site

People of the Colony

British Settlement from Virtual Australia - gives an overview of the development of the early colony.
Journeys in Time - 1809 to 1822 the Macquarie Era

The Navigators - this site from ABC Learn Online traces the journeys of Matthew Flinders and Nicholas Baudin to complete the mapping of Australia's coastline. Find out about the history, the captains, their interaction with the indigenous people, their ships, the naturalists, navigation, maps & an interactive map of Flinders journey.

Aboriginal People

Indigenous History of the City of Sydney
Significant aboriginal people of Sydney - includes information on Aeabanoo, Bennelong, Pemulwuy.
Pemulwuy - The Rainbow Warrior
Bennelong

Frances Greenaway - "the convict architect" - Biography

Caroline Chisholm - "the emigrant's friend"
Discovering Democracy - Biography
BTN Biography
John Macarthur
Elizabeth Macarthur - BTN Biography

Lachlan Macquarie
Biography
Discovering Democracy - Biography
William Charles Wentworth

The Lives of Convicts - Find out how the convicts lived.

Convict Trail : the Great North Road - this site explores the life and work of convicts on the Great North Road. It focuses on Sydney & the surrounding areas with a range of maps and an extensive history on the building of the road.
Convict Life in NSW   from the Great Northern Road Project
Convict Tales - a collection of convict biographies - an extensive list of short convict stories from the time of the 3rd Fleet 1791.
You've got Buckley's - the story of convict William Buckley (Victoria 1835)
Edward Pugh, Elizabeth Parker and Hannah Smith - Three First Fleeters

William Davis - 2nd Fleet Convict, NSW Corpsman and Farmer - detailed biography

For Teachers

Who Was First? - NSW CAP Online Research Module, Stage 2 HSIE
Voyages of Captain Cook - NSW CAP Online Research Module, Stage 2 HSIE
Convicts of the First Fleet - NSW CAP Online Research Module, Stage 2 HSIE
Discovery - clickable worksheet
British Colonisation of Australia - Clickable worksheet from Lake Munmorah PS

British Colonisation - Cloze Activity
James Cook - Cloze Activity

Project Sheets on Matthew Flinders from The Navigators (ABC Learn Online)
Ships - includes Interactive Games about the Navigators & an Interactive tour of Investigator

This page updated on 05/01/2010