Brief character profile on the character Gallipoli von Kessler from Richard Flanagan’s novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Activity requiring students research the year in which 12 key events in the Australian colonies in the period 1788-1900 occurred. Students must then place these events in chronological order.

Analysis of the song, I Am Australian by Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton. Designed for Stage 3 students studying the topic The Australian Colonies. NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Activities include analysis of the song to identify references to Australian geography, famous people and history. Students must then use the structure of the song to write a verse about Australia in the 1800s.

Analysis of the poem, Shearing at Castlereagh by Banjo Paterson for Stage 3 History students. The activities look at language specific to the Australian wool industry, tasks of rural workers at shearing time, re-writing of the poem in todays language and an observation activity of a photograph of rural workers in the late 1800s. This set of activities is designed for the topic The Australian Colonies for the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Analysis of book covers using selected principles of visual literacy: content, people, medium and critical response.

Activities for Section 1: Pages 1-47 of Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Keith Mulvaney is Dorrigo Evans’ uncle and the husband of the woman he falls in love with. The relationship triangle becomes increasingly complicated before Dorrigo is posted to serve with the 2/7th Division in Syria. This resource is part of a unit of work on Richard Flanagan’s novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

During the Gold Rushes of the 1850s many migrants arrived in Australia, including Ben’s American family and Leck’s Chinese family. This episode of My Place looks at the work, play, living conditions and social structure of Australia in 1858 and the values of cooperation, industry and respect for people from other cultures. This worksheet accompanies My Place Series 2 Episode 3 - Benjamin 1853. This resource is part of a unit of work on The Australian Colonies, stage 3 NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Worksheet to accompany the 10-minute YouTube video, History of Australia in a Nutshell. Concise and simplistic overview of Australian history from the Pleistocene to 2008. Covers Aboriginal beliefs, European exploration of Terra Australis, British invasion and occupation, economic and political developments in the 1800s and the gradual move to independence and key events in this process. Part of a unit of work on The Australian Coloniesfor Stage 3 History NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. The worksheet uses stills from the video as visual stimuli.

Sam is a convict in the Colony of New South Wales in 1798. This worksheet accompanies the episode of the outstanding ABC series, My Place. Series 2 Episode 9 Sam. It looks at the life of a convict on a farm, his relationships with the free settler he has been allocated to, the NSW Corps and the indigenous Eora and the technology of 1798 that assists him to live and work. There are values of respect to his equals, disrespect to those who place themselves above him and kindness to animals. Students are asked to write a brief description based on a still of the farmhouse and horse and dray.

Worksheet for the Behind the News feature, First Fleet. The video is available on YouTube. This resource is part of a unit of work, The Australian Colonies for students of Stage 3 NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Characters and themes in the novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North are associated with symbols. This set of activities provides a scaffold for students to identify and expand on the importance of these symbols.

Amy is Dorrigo Evans’ love interest in the novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Memories of her sustain him in his long captivity in the prisoner of war camp. But memories fade and distort across time and Dorrigo is damaged by his wartime experiences and fails to fulfil his promise to her.

Analysis of brief newspaper article by By Jonathan Pearlman, History of British Settlement of Sydney. The article is a good introduction to the British settlement-invasion debate. The resource is designed for Stage 3 students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum, The Australian Colonies.

Unit of work for Stage 3 NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. The unit is designed to be cross-curricular. This unit includes: Sample program from New South Wales Educational and Standards Authority Metalanguage mix and match activity Newspaper article: History of the British settlement of Sydney Video: Behind the News: First Fleet Worksheet for video: Behind the News: First Fleet Worksheet for video: My Place. Sam 1798 Video: History of Australia in a Nutshell Worksheet for video: History of Australia in a Nutshell Worksheet for video: My Place. Benjamin 1858 Worksheet for video: My Place. Warawi 1788 Video: Australia’s Early Settlers Worksheet for video: Australia’s Early Settlers Video: Penal Colonies Australia Worksheet for video: Penal Colonies Australia Deconstructing a visual image: Shearing the Rams Deconstructing a visual image: The Proclamation of South Australia Poem: Shearing at Castlereagh by Banjo Paterson Song: I Am Australian Sequence the events The Drover’s Wife - short story 4 Cloze activities Worksheet for video: Feature History: Eureka Stockade Video: Feature History: Eureka Stockade

Mix and match activity using key words and concepts from the topic The Australian Colonies. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Students must decide if the 30 statements about the novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North are true or false.

Jimmy Bigelow is an ordinary man living in the extraordinary world of the prisoner of war camp on the Thai-Burma Railway. Richard Flanagan uses the character to explore many of his themes, particularly memory and trauma. This resource is part of a unit of work on The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

At the end of his life Dorrigo Evans compares himself to Charon the Ferryman. It is a recognition that as a doctor in a prisoner of war camp with no medicine he was not actually healing people, merely preparing them for death. This activity provides background on the legend of Charon, the significance of the obol symbol that appears in the novel and links to examples from the text. This resource is part of a unit of work on Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Activities for Book 5 Chapters 10-18.