ONE PEOPLE! ONE DESTINY!
Pathways to Australian Federation

• Code A9
• DVD Video (90 minutes: 3 x 30 minute sections)
• 24 page worksheet booklet designed for class use that reinforces many of the concepts raised in the video
• Suitable ages 14+
• Produced by Astarte Resources © 2000

This video traces the growth of Australian democracy from the first European settlement in 1788 to the declaration of Federation on January 1, 1901.

Divided into three, thirty minute parts, this video will provide your students with the background they need to understand how and why Australia federated.

Using a mixture of on-screen presentation, archival photographs and visits to historical sites where the events being narrated actually occurred, this video will be a refreshing addition to students' studies of this important period of our history.

The video is ideal for students aged 14 and older and can be either used to provide a background to studies in nineteenth century Australian history, or as a detailed examination for studies of Australian federation. In the NSW history syllabus the video is a useful resource to bring students up to date before they embark on studies involving Civics or Federation and 20th century Australian history.

One People! One Destiny! is narrated by Karina Kelly.

Worksheet Booklet

Included with the video is a 24 page worksheet booklet with a range of activities that reinforce the issues raised by the video.

The worksheet booklet will allow teachers to structure their lessons so that the video becomes a self-contained unit of study that will take students several lessons to complete.

• To view a sample of the worksheet booklet: Click Here.

To view this sample, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.

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The DVD in Detail

Part 1: Self-Government 1788-1855 (30 mins.)

Examines the evolving nature of government in Australia from the landing of the First Fleet to the proclamation of self-government in New South Wales in 1855. It discusses the role of the governor, the rise in power of the Rum Corps and the Exclusives, the rule of Governor Macquarie and the Emancipist campaign led by William Charles Wentworth for a fully-elected New South Wales parliament.

Sites visited include: Central Sydney, First Government House, the Rocks, Parramatta, Elizabeth Farm House, Windsor, the Blue Mountains and Vaucluse House, Sydney.

Part 2: Rebellion 1851-1880 (30 mins.)

Explores the events of the mid to late nineteenth century that helped shape the Australian national character. It begins by examining the foundation of the colony of Victoria, before narrating two pivotal actions that display Australians' desire for the rights of a true democracy - the Eureka Stockade and the saga of Ned Kelly. To balance this, students are also taken to the site of the Lambing Flat riots to show that the Australian concept of democracy during the nineteenth century did not extend to all races of people.

Sites visited include: Central Melbourne, the gold fields at Ballarat, Lambing Flat (Young), Greta, Glenrowan and Old Melbourne Gaol, Melbourne.

Part 3: Federation 1890-1901 (30 mins.)

Traces the federation movement from 1890 through to 1901 and ends in Canberra with the establishment of our national capital. This section shows students how the 'miracle' of federation was achieved and why the campaign progressed from being a politician's dream to a popular movement. This video also focuses on the development of the constitution to show how our system of government came about. As this section moves from the banks of the Murray River to the centre of our capital cities, students will understand the process and importance of federation.

Sites visited include: Central Sydney and Melbourne, Adelaide, London, Albury, Corowa, Wahgunyah and Canberra.

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DHUWAY
An Australian Diaspora and Homecoming

• Code K1
• DVD Video - Duration: 57 minutes
• Filmed on location in Australia
• Produced by OZIRIS Productions and SBS Independent
• Presented and narrated by Mr. Noel Pearson
• Suitable ages 15+

This richly filmed and produced video documentary spans the history of three generations of Aboriginal people living in the Cape York region of northern Australia.

In all too recent history these people of the Yiidhuwarra tribe were subjected to a series of tests which were to strain the fabric of their community to breaking point.

First came exploitation as the locals were conscripted into the dangerous profession of divers on the ships of the pearling fleet.

Then, as government and bureaucracy caught up with this remote region, the Yiidhuwarra faced their greatest challenge - and heartbreak - the formal dispersal of their people and the forced removal of their children.

By the 1980s the Yiidhuwarra were scattered far away from their traditional homelands centred on the beautiful beaches of Cape Melville which had now become a lonely National Park visited by few - and never by the traditional owners.

As reforms to Native Title gained momentum in far away capital cities, the Yiidhuwarra presented their case for their return to their traditional homelands.

In the first case heard by the Queensland Native Title Tribunal, the Yiidhuwarra were given the right to return to Cape Melville as the acknowledged traditional owners.

This video charts this diaspora and homecoming with the use of archival material, recreations and footage gained over a long period as the Yiidhuwarra proceeded with their Land Claim.

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Mr. Noel Pearson

Noel Pearson, narrator of the video Dhuway, was involved with the drafting of the Mabo legislation which passed the Federal Government in 1993 establishing the rights of Aborigines and Torris Strait Islander peoples to their traditional lands.

Following is Noel’s introduction to the video documentary Dhuway:

“This is the story about the first land claim in the history of Queensland and it tells the true history of the North, a history of holocaust, diaspora, survival and, at last, of homecoming. This story is also important to me because it is about my friends the Flinders. I grew up with the Flinders family at Hope Vale, an Aboriginal community on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula.

Three generations ago the Yiidhuwarra, as the Flinders people were called in the old days, had been 'removed' from their country at Cape Melville and Flinders Island. As I grew up I listened to old Bob Flinders tell how he was taken from his loved ones and of how he longed to go home to his ancestors at Cape Melville. It was a painful story from an old man.

In 1993 I had the privilege of presenting the Yiidhuwarra claim for the return of their traditional lands before the Queensland Land Tribunal. The Tribunal proceedings were hard for the Yiidhuwarra, who were forced to relive three lifetimes of personal loss, abuse and exploitation to prove before white law what they have always known as their birthright. As I listened to their powerful testimony I thought of old Bob Flinders and the rich legacy of culture and spirit he has left them.”

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THE BIG DIG KIT
Investigating Australian Archaeology

A Classroom Activity Kit

Code B2

George Cribb, resident in 1815 at the Rocks, Sydney, was a convict, a butcher, a landlord - and a bigamist!

He may not have realised it, but George has left a trail of evidence that can be used by your students to rediscover his world - and the worlds of those who came after him.

This kit is based on the 1994 archaeological excavations at Cumberland and Gloucester Streets, the Rocks - an excavation that came to be known as 'The Big Dig'.

In a series of activities that will take several lessons to complete, students evaluate a range of authentic historical and archaeological sources to uncover details concerning George Cribb, his family - and his society.

The activities also encourage students to explore the changing history of the site over time and how archaeological and historical sources can be used together to build up a coherent picture of past societies.

The CD ROM is an independent extension activity aimed at students who may wish to examine the archaeological process more closely.

The Big Dig Kit contains:

• 10 x Student Booklets (16 pages containing 33 sources).
  Sufficient for a class of 20 if students work in pairs.
• 1 x Teacher's Booklet (16 pages). The teacher's booklet contains background information, instructions and 11 pages of photocopy masters for all student activities.
• 1 x CD ROM (Macintosh and Windows compatible). The CD ROM is a pictorial record of the excavations along with further information and student questioning on the practicalities of excavating the Cumberland and Gloucester Streets site.
• Suitable ages 15+ 

This kit is ideal for the following:

• Understanding how archaeology can reveal a historical personality interacting with their society;
• Evaluating and using historical and archaeological sources;
• Developing essay writing skills;
• Understanding how archaeological excavations add to our knowledge about a particular time period;
• Illustrating an Australian case study for use in the NSW preliminary HSC Ancient History course;
• Examining the role of convicts in Australian society.

Booklet Examples

• To view a sample of the teacher’s booklet (69K): Click Here.
• To view a sample of the students’ booklet (640K): Click Here.

To view these samples you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.

Acknowledgements

This kit has been developed by Godden Mackay Logan Heritage Consultants, Astarte Resources and the NSW Historic Houses Trust. The project has been funded in part by a NSW Heritage Assistance Program Grant and has received support from the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.

Designed and Produced by Astarte Resources 2000

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DIGGING FOR GOLD!
GOLDFIELD ARCHAEOLOGY AT BALLARAT’S GOVERNMENT CAMP

A Classroom Activity Kit

Code B3

Introduce younger students to the use of historical and archaeological evidence using an actual Australian excavation.

In July 2000 archaeologists began investigations into the site of Ballarat’s old Government Camp in an excavation known as the ‘Camp Street dig’. Now located in the historic heart of Ballarat, the site was once the home of men whose duty it was to bring law and order to Ballarat sprawling goldfields during the 1850s.

Digging for Gold! is designed to take students on the same journey taken by the archaeologists themselves. At first they learn how archaeologists date the deposits they are digging and what they learn from the various artefacts they retrieve. Next the site is researched through historical documents, written accounts and maps. Finally it is time to excavate and students are shown what the Camp Street site has told us about life in Ballarat during the goldrushes.

Using an actual Australian case-study with a history reaching back to the Eureka Rebellion, this kit helps introduce junior students to the use of historical and archaeological evidence.

The kit’s format follows our other popular Classroom Activity Kits where a Student Booklet provides all the information your students require in order to answer the activities contained in the Teacher’s Booklet.

The Digging for Gold! kit contains:

• 10 x Student Booklets (20 pages in full colour). Sufficient for a class of 20 if students work in pairs.
• 1 x Teacher's Booklet (32 pages). The teacher's booklet contains background information, instructions and 23 pages of photocopy masters for all student activities.
• Suitable ages 10+

This kit is ideal for the following:

• Evaluating and using historical and archaeological sources;
• Developing a range of skills related to the study of history including: report writing; mapping skills; historical empathy and even mathematics;
• Understanding how archaeological excavations add to our knowledge about a particular time period;
• Illustrating an Australian case study for use in school curricula studying Gold! and the Eureka Stockade.
• Examining the life and times of one of the world’s richest goldfields.

Booklet Examples

• To view a sample of the Teacher’s Booklet (191k): Click Here.
• To view a sample of the Student Booklet (439k): Click Here.

To view these samples you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.

Acknowledgements

This kit has been developed by Godden Mackay Logan, Heritage Consultants and Astarte Resources. The Authors are Maddy Atkinson and Ben Churcher. Funding and additional assistance came from La Trobe University, Heritage Victoria and Godden Mackay Logan.

For prices, see our catalogue

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