AC9HS5K01 Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor the economic, political and social causes of the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating the reasons for the establishment of different types of colonies in Australia, such as a penal colony (for example, Moreton Bay, Van Diemen’s Land) or a colony for free settlers, as in South Australia and Victoria
• • Elaboration investigating economic reasons for the establishment of different colonies in Australia, such as the acquisition of land and resources, and the economic situation in Britain, including high unemployment and poverty
• • Elaboration investigating political reasons for the establishment of different colonies in Australia, such as expanding the British empire and the threat that other countries might want to expand their territories
• • Elaboration investigating social causes of the establishment of different colonies in Australia, such as overcrowded cities, high crime rates and overflowing prisons