Aboriginal Heroes

Welcome students from Narrabeen Lakes Public School.

This webquest will take you back through time, to Australia's colonial past. Along the way you will discover many interesting facts about Australian history and meet many interesting people.

Many indigenous Australians faced adversity during this time. From this adversity many brave Aboriginal people decided to fight against injustice and seek freedom and safety for their people. This will be the main focus for this webquest- 'Aboriginal Heroes'.

You are a biographer. You and your team have been given the job of creating a biography of an Aboriginal hero from Australia’s colonial past. You may present your biography in a high tech, low tech or no tech format.

You must answer the following questions:

1. What is the name of your Aboriginal Hero?

2. What year were they born and what year did they die?

3. What indigenous language group did they come from?

4. Provide a brief life history.

5. What events led to this person becoming an Aboriginal Hero?

You may work in groups of no more than 3 people.

Good Luck!

Step 1

Before you begin your biography, you must conduct further research on significant indigenous people of the time. Below you will find links to websites that give detailed information on multiple indigenous people from the time. View these websites and choose your 'Aboriginal Hero' based on what you find there.

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Bennelong

 

Useful websites:

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bennelong-1769 

http://www.sydneybarani.com.au/sites/bennelong/

http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1790/decade_landing_21.html?tabRank=2&subTabRank=2

http://australianmuseum.net.au/woollarawarre-bennelong

Billibellary

Useful websites:

http://aboriginalhistoryofyarra.com.au/5-billibellary/

http://www.macmillan.com.au/secondary/onix/0/c3f08a630f3db601ca25722c00169893/$FILE/1Worksheet.pdf

http://heritage.darebinlibraries.vic.gov.au/article/137

Calyute

Useful websites:

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/calyute-12832

http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/mabo/info/aboriginalResistanceHeroes.htm

http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A123538

Jandamurra

Useful websites:

http://www.jandamarra.com.au/jandamarratheman.html 

http://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/jandamarra-8822 

http://www.kimberleyaustralia.com/story-of-jandamarra.html 

Mokare

Useful websites:

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mokare-13106 

http://www.wanowandthen.com/mokare.html 

http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/indigenous/display/60018-mokare--man-of-peace-

Pemulwuy

Useful websites:

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pemulwuy-13147 

http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/pemulwuy 

http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/pemulwuy 

http://www.convictcreations.com/history/pelmulwy.htm 

Yagan

Useful websites:

http://www.noongarculture.org.au/yagan/ 

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/yagan-2826 

http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/first_australians/resistance/yagan 

http://www.celebratewa.com.au/media/19291/the-story-of-yagan.pdf 

Wylie

Useful websites:

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wylie-2823 

http://blogs.abc.net.au/wa/2009/07/wylie-a-brave-explorer.html 

http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=4264 

Step 2:

Now that you have researched influential indigenous people of the time, your group must create/design a biography for one of these 'Aboriginal Heroes'. Remember, your biography may in three different formats:

1. High Tech (Digital Presentation, Documentary, 'imovie' etc.)

2. Low Tech (Speech, Class presentation with visual aides etc.)

3. No Tech (Poster, Information sheet etc.)

Step 3:

Present your biography to the class. You will also be asked to provide feedback on other group's biographies and the quality of their information.