The Year 5 curriculum provides a study of colonial Australia in the 1800s. Students look at the founding of British colonies and the development of a colony. they learn about what life was like for different groups of people in the colonial period. They examine significant events and people, political and economic developments, social structures, and settlement patterns.

Key questions

  • What do we know about the lives of people in South Australia's colonial past and how do we know?
  • How did the colony of South Australia develop over time and why?
  • How did colonial settlement change the environment in South Australia?
  • What were the significant events and who were the significant people that shaped early colonial South Australia?

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Key concepts

Use the primary source materials on this website to discover and understand South Australia's history in terms of its

  • continuity and change 
  • cause and effect 
  • different perspectives
     

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Knowledge and understanding

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Chronology, terms and concepts

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Historical questions and research

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Analysis and use of sources

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Perspectives

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Explanation and communication

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