Book2Web, the series of books that provides a direct and purposeful connection between your classroom and the Internet. The 72 Book2Web books are organized into six strands: two in science and four in socials studies. The two science strands are Life Science and Earth and Physical Science. The four Social Studies strands are Famous People, History, Geography, and Culture.
Australia by J. W. Gregory was first published in 1916. The volume presents a discussion of Australia's social and political character, together with information on botany, geography and the historical development of the area.
For this enlarged edition Blainey has rewritten or expanded on various episodes and themes and updated relevant matter. He has described significant events and trends of the early-20th century.
Topics include Blokes and Sheilas, Bloody Foster's, Dangerous Creatures, Talking to Dogs, The GAFA, Speaking Strail-yun and Working for the Queen. Confused? You won't be after reading this book!
Trains were the 'it' thing for the second half of the 19th century. ... in history as this modern march of “progress”', said the Melbourne Argus at the opening of the first big hinterland railway line (to Ballarat from Geelong) in 1862.
Ross Gibson is another critic concerned with the uncanny nature of postcolonial Australia and the haunting that reconciliation calls for. Gibson uses the idea of badlands to describe the (post)colonial narrative construction of spaces: ...
In this book Professor Geoffrey Blainey returns first to the subject of his celebrated works on Australian history, Triumph of the Nomads (1975) and A Land Half Won (1980), retelling the story of our history up until 1850 in light of the ...
This book contains language activities to accompany each story of courage, achievement and fame about people in Autralia's past.
Southwell to Rev. W. Butler, Apr. 14, 1790, cit. in Cobley, Sydney Cove, 1789–1790, 39. 40, 4 I. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 5.I. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. $9. HRNSW 1/n:89. N. G. Butlin, in Our Original Aggression, proposes that ...
Australia is the smallest continent, known for having the largest coral reef in the world.
**This is the chapter slice "Regions" from the full lesson plan "Australia"** Take your students on a journey through Australia, its countries, regions and cities by roadways and waterways.