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Australian Early Settler Word Wall Vocabulary

19 pages|Grades: 4 - 5

Vocabulary associated with Australian Early Settlers.

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Nineteen pages of Australian Early Settler vocabulary for use on a word wall.

Words include:

Colony, Barracks, Aboriginal, Indigenous, Indigenous Australians, Cat-o’-nine Tails, Colonisation, Convict, Penal Colony, Transportation, Emancipate, Counterfeit, Leg Irons, Sentence, Illiterate, Hanging, Chain Gang, Road Gang, Flogging, First Fleet, Van Dieman’s Land, Encampment, Punishment, Prisoner, British, Britain, Australian Settlement, settlers, Botany Bay, Captain James Cook, Captain Arthur Phillip, Port Jackson, Australia, New South wales, Abel Tasman, The Endeavour, Exploration, Explorer, Navigate, Dysentery, Scurvy, Voyage, Passenger, HMS Fishburn, HMS Borrowdale, HMS Golden Grove, HMS Lady Penrhyn, HMS Friendship, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Scarborough, HMS Charlotte, HMS Alexander, HMS Supply and HMS Sirius.

A blank page is provided at the end of the document for you to add any other words your class may come across.

Australian Early Settler Vocabulary

Colony	Barracks	Aboriginal
Indigenous	Indigenous Australians	Cat-o'-nine Tails
Colonisation	Convict	Penal Colony
Transportation	Emancipate	Counterfeit
Leg Irons	Sentence	Illiterate
Hanging	Chain Gang	Road Gang
Flogging	First Fleet	Van Dieman's Land
Encampment	Punishment	Prisoner
British	Britain	Australian Settlement
settlers	Botany Bay	Captain James Cook
Captain Arthur Phillip	Port Jackson	Australia
New South wales	Abel Tasman	The Endeavour
Exploration	Explorer	Navigate
Dysentery	Scurvy	Voyage
Passenger	HMS Fishburn	HMS Borrowdale
HMS Golden Grove	HMS Lady Penrhyn	HMS Friendship
HMS Prince of Wales	HMS Scarborough	HMS Charlotte
HMS Alexander	HMS Supply	HMS Sirius

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NSW Curriculum alignment

HT2-2
Describes and explains how significant individuals, groups and events contributed to changes in the local community over time
In HSIE Stage 2 History
HT2-3
Describes people, events and actions related to world exploration and its effects
In HSIE Stage 2 History
HT2-4
Describes and explains effects of British colonisation in Australia
In HSIE Stage 2 History
HT3-2
Describes and explains different experiences of people living in Australia over time
In HSIE Stage 3 History
HT3-4
Describes and explains the struggles for rights and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
In HSIE Stage 3 History

Victorian Curriculum alignment

VCHHC084
Describe perspectives and identify ideas, beliefs and values of people and groups in the past
In The Humanities Level 6 History Historical Concepts and Skills
VCHHC084
Describe perspectives and identify ideas, beliefs and values of people and groups in the past
In The Humanities Level 5 History Historical Concepts and Skills
VCHHK091
The causes and the reasons why people migrated to Australia from Europe and Asia, and the perspectives, experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony
In The Humanities Level 5 History Historical Knowledge
VCHHK091
The causes and the reasons why people migrated to Australia from Europe and Asia, and the perspectives, experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony
In The Humanities Level 6 History Historical Knowledge

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACHASSK085
Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following arrival
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 4 Knowledge and Understanding History
ACHASSK086
The nature of contact between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and others, for example, the Macassans and the Europeans, and the effects of these interactions on, for example, people and environments
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 4 Knowledge and Understanding History
ACHASSK107
The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) and how the environment changed
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 5 Knowledge and Understanding History
ACHASSK109
The reasons people migrated to Australia and the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 5 Knowledge and Understanding History

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