Australian Bushrangers and Explorers

Assignment

DEAR STUDENT,Your mission, for Homework, is to prepare a research project on an Australian Bushranger

or Explorer from the 1800’s.

TASK ONElook and select one of the following people

from the list on the next page.

LIST OF NAMESBUSHRANGERS

Ned Kelly John GilbertCaptain Moonlite Ben Hall‘Mad Dog’ Morgan Captain ThunderboltJohn Caesar Jack DonohueMatthew Brady William WestwardFrank Gardiner Captain StarlightBlack Mary Mary Ann Bugg

EXPLORERS

Burke and Wills Edward John EyreMatthew Flinders Hamilton HumePaul de Strzelecki Charles SturtAlexander Forrest John OxleyErnest Giles John McDouall Stuart Wentworth, Lawson and Blaxland

TASK TWO Prepare a presentation about your selected person. This

can be a poster, PowerPoint presentation, booklet or any other negotiated way.

Information that you will need to research, put it into your own words and must be presented in a neat and acceptable manner.

There is also an oral presentation to be made to the class which will need to be at least 2 minutes in length.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO RESEARCH?BUSHRANGERS

When/Where was the person born and when/where did they die?What caused them to become a bushranger?Brief description of their early lifeDid they come to Australia as a convict or did they migrate?What crimes did they commit?How much jail time did they serve?Any other interesting factsMap of where they lived, pictures of who they were.

EXPLORERSWhen/Where was the person born and when/where did they die?What significant places have been named after them?What/Where did they explore around Australia? What were the reasons for their exploration? Brief information of their early lifeAny other interesting factsMaps of where they explored and pictures of what they looked like?

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO RESEARCH?