Convicts, Colonies & Coin 

Final Project
 

Your mission is to create an outstanding biography about a famous person in Australia in the 1800s. 

It could be a famous convict, an Aboriginal leader, a free settler, a miner from the goldfields, a leader of the Eureka Stockade, a poet, an artist, a bushranger, an explorer... 

The choice is yours!

 

You can use any computer program you like such

as iMovie, moovly, eBooks, or another one that

you really want to try out.

(But check with one of the teachers first!)

 

First you will need to research, research, research!

We’ve included some websites on the main integrated studies page, but we’ll be looking for those

students who go off and find more of their own. There’s lots and lots of info out there, 

Make sure you add ‘for kids’ or ‘primary school’ when using a search engine

to find ones that are easier to understand.

 

All the information that you find about your person will need to be recorded

in your integrated studies book in your own words.

Focus on when and where they were born, their childhood, major events in their life,

their achievements and when and where they died.

Also try and make it interesting - add unusual facts whenever you can!

 

We've included a link here to some bioraphies online.

Check them out if you're not sure where to start.

 

Remember, all websites and books that you use need to be included in an e-bibliography at the end of your project. The easiest way to do this is to create a new Word doc and call it e-bib and then cut and paste (command C and then command V) the URL into it. If you’re not sure how to do this, ask!

 

Next, you’ll need to plan your project in your integrated studies book. Work out what will go where and

make sure that it make sense and that it covers everything that you need to mention.

We’ve attached an electronic checklist here but you should also have a paper one glued into your integrated studies book so that you can tick off the bits as you do them.

 

Make sure you add lots of pictures to make your biography bright and colourful.

You could also add in some olden-days music to set the mood.

Or you could even dress up as your character and film yourself if you want to.

Be creative and take a chance!

 

When you are finished, you’ll need to save your finished project on the x-server.

There are three folders set up in the 5/6 section titled ‘CCC Biography’ for each of your home groups.

 

The due date is 9:00am on Monday, the 13th of April which is

the first day of the the first week of term two.

Make sure your project is completed by then as we’ll be sharing them as a class during that week!

 

Good luck!

 

Famous Convicts

 

Mary Wade – the youngest ever convict sent to Australia at the age of 11.

 

Mary Bryant – one of the first convicts to escape by stealing the Governor’s boat.

 

Frank Greenway – a convict who was excellent at architecture and ended up designing buildings throughout Sydney.

 

Famous Settlers

 

Caroline Chisholm – a free settler who spent her life helping migrants and workers in Australia.

 

James Ruse – one of the first convicts who convinced the government to let him free to be a farmer in NSW.

 

John Macarthur – a farmer with one of the largest sheep stations in NSW.

 

Famous Aboriginal Elders

 

Woollarawarre Bennelong – elder of the Eora people around Sydney who first met with the British and later travelled to England.

 

Pemulwuy – also of the Eora, he led the fight against the British in the area around Sydney.

 

Truganini – a female Tasmanian Aboriginal leader who talked with and later fought against the British.

 

William Barak – a Wurundjeri-Willam elder who negotiated for his people with the British around Melbourne.

 

Famous Miners

 

Edward Hargreaves – the first man to find gold in Australia.

 

Peter Lalor – miner, rebel and leader of the Eureka Stockade.

 

Anastasia Withers – the first woman on the goldfields and one of the creators of the Eureka flag.

 

Famous Bushrangers

 

John Caesar – one of Australia’s first bushrangers who repeatedly escaped into the bush.

 

Ned Kelly – Australia’s most famous bushranger who lived in central Victoria.

 

Ben Hall – another famous bushranger who lived in NSW.

 

Captain Francis Melville – the ‘gentleman’ bushranger who operated in central Victoria.

 

Famous Poets & Artists

 

AB (Banjo) Paterson – one of Australia’s best known bush poets and author of Waltzing Matilda.

 

Henry Lawson – another famous journalist and bush poet.

 

Edwin Stocqueler -  an Indian born artist who created one of most famous paintings of the goldfields.

 

Famous Explorers

 

Robert Burke & William Wills – the first men to cross Australia from south to north.

 

Galmahra (Jacky Jacky) – famous Aboriginal explorer and tracker from northern Australia.

 

Blaxland, Lawson & Wentworth – three colonists who crossed the Blue Mountains from Sydney in 1816.

 

Edward Eyre – explored from South Australia to Western Australia.

 

Hamilton Hume – the first Australian-born explorer who explored the area from Sydney to Melbourne.

 

John Stuart – one of the greatest explorers of inland Australia.

 

Ludwig Leichhardt – explored Queensland and the Northern Territory.