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150th anniversary

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The 150th anniversary of the ill-fated expedition by Burke and Wills to cross Australia is this week. While efforts to commemorate the journey have been postponed due to the federal election, it's interesting to consider what would have happened if they headed out in a year like this, with outback rivers flowing and the desert blooming.

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Historical Australian Maps

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Search Results | National Library of Australia

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The National Library of Australia's Catalogue.

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This link has information regarding Australian History from Ancient Australia up to the year 2000.  It contains images, maps and information.

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This Australian Government website contains information and lots of useful links

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Created by a Year 5 teacher

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In 1788, with the arrival of the first fleet, little was known about this wide brown land which we now call Australia. It was only through the courage and perseverance by many brave explorers, that the Australia we know today, was mapped. These explorers travelled into unknown country and waters, naming mountains, valleys, plains, lakes, rivers, deserts and mapping our coastline. They experienced extreme hardship and danger, many even dying, or like Leichhardt, disappearing into the desert, never to be seen again. They suffered disease, hunger, thirst and exhaustion, all the time facing overwhelming odds. Why did they take such risks? Maybe for some it was part of the job, for others it was curiosity or a sense of adventure. Perhaps for some it was the hope of finding silver, gold or good land. Maybe they were searching for fame. Whatever, their reason, these brave men opened up Australia to settlement and allowed the colony to expand. In doing so, through their bravery, they wrote their names into the history of Australia. Primary school children searching the Internet for information on Australian explorers often have difficulty finding information suitable for their year level. Hopefully, this page will provide them with an additional resource which they can access for help with school projects.

This page was created by Roma Reilly Year 5 teacher Benowa State School Click here to send any feedback.

More links on Australian Explorers
http://users.bigpond.com/ksmtm/toppage1.htm http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gmcbryde/explorer.html http://werner.ira.uka.de/~westphal/australia/explore/index.html Pictures of explorers and maps of their journeys published as"Sixteen Explorers Of Australia" by the Bank of New South
Wales (1965).
[ Edward John Eyre ] [ George Bass ] [ Robert O'Hara Burke ] [ Matthew Flinders ] [ John Forrest ] [ Edmund Kennedy ] [ Ludwig Leichhardt ] [ Thomas Mitchell ] [ John Oxley ] [ Charles Sturt ] [ Gregory Blaxland ]

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In 1788, with the arrival of the first fleet, little was known about this wide brown land which we now call Australia. It was only through the courage and perseverance by many brave explorers, that the Australia we know today, was mapped.