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British Colonisation of Australia - Word Wall
An Australian Colonisation themed word wall to use in the classroom.
Use this teaching resource to display and record content specific vocabulary when learning about the British Colonisation of Australia.
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British Colonisation of Australia - Vocabulary
commander | January | island |
Botany | British | Australia |
Indigenous | colony | fleet |
penal | voyage | disembarked |
governor | Arthur Phillip | land |
supplies | pioneer | explorer |
expansion | struggles | settlement |
colonisation | isolation | discipline |
food | shelter | ship |
NSW Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum alignment
- 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
- ACHASSK085
Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following arrival

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