Honeschooled Ver. 2.1

Here’s the list of people we are investigating this term -

•  Peter Lalor - Emily and Saskia
• Matthew Flinders - James & Julian
• Burke and Wills - Steph W & Lauren
• Banjo Patterson - Rena & Cassandra
• Ned Kelly - Charlie and Ben
• Captain Thunderbolt - Anthony
• Caroline Chisholm - Aditi and Steph M
• Tom Wills - Sam & Jordan
• Sir John Monash - Tyler & Daniel
• Simpson and his donkey - Zac & Joel
• Captain Cook - Nat & Zoe
• William Buckley - Nikayla and Mandi

Here’s a list of some of the people we have discovered when we researched Australian history. We each need to choose 1 to focus on.They are -

•  Albert Namatjira - Aboriginal artist
• Truganini - Last full blooded Tasmanian aborigine
• Peter Lalor - leader of the miners at the Eureka Stockade
• Ned Kelly - famous/infamous bushranger
• David Unaipon - Aboriginal inventor and on the $50 note
• Captain Thunderbolt - bushranger who escaped from prison
• Dame Edith Cowan - first female politician and woman’s right activist
• Sir Douglas Mawson - explorer of the Antarctic
• Dame Nellie Melba - famous opera singer
• Captain Cook - leader of the British expedition to Australia
• Burke and Wills - two leaders of the expedition through the middle of Australia
• Matthew Flinders - first person to sail all the way around Australia (and he took his cat with him too)
• John Simpson Kilpatrick - with his donkey helped wounded soldiers during the Great War
• Banjo Patterson - famous poet, writer and journalist
• William Buckley - escaped convict who spent 32 years living with the Aborigines near Melbourne
• John Batman - created Melbourne
• Caroline Chisholm - leader of female rights 
• Sir John Monash - leader of Australian troops during the Great War
•  Henry Parkes - called the “father” of Australian federation
• Edmund Barton - first prime minister

Is everyone enjoying this term learning about Making Tracks (Australia)??? I’m enjoying it so far learning about everything of Australia!!!

What events have helped shape Australia today? What situations and incidents have forged where we are now? Ask your parents what 3 events have contributed to our society and identity of Australia!

Does any body think that it’s werid to go to a sematry.