AC9HH9K03 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor the causes and effects of European contact and extension of settlement, including their impact on the First Nations Peoples of Australia

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating Cook’s ”secret” instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty (30 July 1768) that requested him to “with the Consent of the Natives to take possession of the Convenient Situations in the Country in the Name of the King of Great Britain” with relation to understanding of terra nullius
• • Elaboration examining the effects of colonisation, such as frontier conflict and massacres of First Nations Australians, the spread of European diseases and the destruction of cultural lifestyles
• • Elaboration explaining the contribution of various industries such as wheat, wool, beef, mining, cotton, fishing, pearling and whaling to Australia’s economic development and prosperity over the 19th century, as well as the associated impacts on the ecosystems; for example, the loss of native plants, compacting of soil, water run-off
• • Elaboration analysing the impact of colonisation by Europeans on First Nations Australians such as frontier warfare, massacres, removal from land, and relocation to “protectorates”, reserves and missions
• • Elaboration investigating how First Nations Australians responded to colonisation, including through making important contributions to the various industries that were established on their lands and waters, adopting Christianity and other settler religions
• • Elaboration investigating the forcible removal of children from First Nations Australian families in the late 19th century and 20th century (leading to the Stolen Generations), including the motivations for the removal of children, the practices and laws that were in place, and experiences of separation