Impact of the colonies
Describe the impact of the development of British colonies in Australia on the lives of First Nations Australians, colonists and convicts, and on the natural environment
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Check understanding
- Describe impacts on First Nations Australians, such as loss of land, frontier conflict, massacres and disease, using an appropriate source (e.g. on the Myall Creek massacre of 1838)
- Compare the life of a free settler, a convict and a First Nations person in one colony
- Explain how colonial development changed the environment (e.g. land clearing and introduced animals such as rabbits and sheep)
“Can your child explain how the growth of the colonies changed life for First Nations people, convicts and settlers — and changed the land itself?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- History
- Domain
- Modern History
- Age range
- Ages 10–11
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