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Australian Bushrangers and Explorers Assignment. Dear student,. Your mission, for Homework , is to prepare a research project on an Australian Bushranger or Explorer from the 1800’s. TASK ONE look and select one of the following people from the list on the next page. LIST OF NAMES.
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Australian Bushrangers and Explorers Assignment
Dear student, Your mission, for Homework, is to prepare a research project on an Australian Bushranger or Explorer from the 1800’s. TASK ONE look and select one of the following people from the list on the next page.
LIST OF NAMES EXPLORERS Burke and Wills Edward John Eyre Matthew Flinders Hamilton Hume Paul de Strzelecki Charles Sturt Alexander Forrest John Oxley Ernest Giles John McDouall Stuart Wentworth, Lawson and Blaxland BUSHRANGERS Ned Kelly John Gilbert Captain Moonlite Ben Hall ‘Mad Dog’ Morgan Captain Thunderbolt John Caesar Jack Donohue Matthew Brady William Westward Frank Gardiner Captain Starlight Black Mary Mary Ann Bugg
TASK two • Prepare a presentation about your selected person. This can be a poster, PowerPoint presentation, booklet or any other negotiated way. • Information that you will need to research, put it into your own words and must be presented in a neat and acceptable manner. • There is also an oral presentation to be made to the class which will need to be at least 2 minutes in length.
What do you need to research? BUSHRANGERS • When/Where was the person born and when/where did they die? • What caused them to become a bushranger? • Brief description of their early life • Did they come to Australia as a convict or did they migrate? • What crimes did they commit? • How much jail time did they serve? • Any other interesting facts • Map of where they lived, pictures of who they were.
What do you need to research? EXPLORERS • When/Where was the person born and when/where did they die? • What significant places have been named after them? • What/Where did they explore around Australia? • What were the reasons for their exploration? • Brief information of their early life • Any other interesting facts • Maps of where they explored and pictures of what they looked like?