The impact of a significant development or event on an Australian colonyElaborationsinvestigating an event or development and explaining its economic, social and political impact on a colony (for example, the consequences of frontier conflict events such as the Myall Creek Massacre, the Pinjarra Mas...
The impact of a significant development or event on an Australian colony
Elaborations
investigating an event or development and explaining its economic, social and political impact on a colony (for example, the consequences of frontier conflict events such as the Myall Creek Massacre, the Pinjarra Massacre; the impact of South Sea Islanders on sugar farming and the timber industry; the impact of the Eureka Stockade on the development of democracy; the impact of internal exploration and the advent of rail on the expansion of farming) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding)
creating âwhat ifâ scenarios by constructing different outcomes for a key event (for example, âWhat if Peter Lalor had encouraged gold miners to pay rather than resist licence fees?â) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding)
