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22.01.2022 Follow Tim Gurry on another Australian History Mystery. WHAT ARE THE MYSTERIES OF MARALINGA? The ABC Australia’s current drama series Operation Buffalo is a reminder to us all to ask what really happened at Maralinga 64 years ago? How can we uncover some of the Cold War secrets and the consequences of testing atomic weapons in Australia?... In this video - What are the mysteries of Maralinga? - we explore an important Australian Cold War event that is often overlooked in Australian history: the testing of atomic weapons in Australia in the 1950s. What does this event reveal about the Australia in which it occurred? And how can we, with today’s values, develop an empathetic understanding of the values and attitudes of Australian society during the Cold War? You can also investigate the effects of nuclear testing on Aboriginal people from that area and ongoing debates about responsibility and compensation since that time. An interactive entitled, Cold War timeline, is also available for this case study at : https://www.australianhistorymysteries.info//mysteries-of/ https://youtu.be/-FlNCiXIwW4 #marlainga #coldwar #operationbuffalo #abc Operation Buffalo - 2020 Tim Gurry #historymysteries #teacherresources #history #historyteachers
22.01.2022 Follow Tim Gurry as he investigates an incident of frontier conflict in Western Australia that challenges students and historians alike to consider different interpretations of the event. They carry out an inquiry, calling witnesses and critically analysing the evidence presented. They also investigate a memorial, called the ‘Explorers Memorial’, which carries both the original inscription from 1913 and a later interpretation of events by Aboriginal people from 1994. In doing... so they experience how history ‘hears’ and ‘silences’ voices and how people use the past in the present. READ MORE: The ‘Explorers Memorial’ is in a park in Fremantle, Western Australia. The words on the two plaques are reproduced below. To explore this mystery further go to: www.australianhistorymysteries.info 1913 Inscription THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY CJ BROCKMAN AS A FELLOW BUSH WANDERER'S TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORIES OF PANTER, HARDING AND GOLDWYER, EARLIEST EXPLORERS AFTER GREY AND GREGORY OF THIS TERRA INCOGNITA. ATTACKED AT NIGHT BY TREACHEROUS NATIVES THEY WERE MURDERED AT BOOLA BOOLA NEAR LA GRANGE BAY ON THE 13 NOVEMBER 1864. ALSO AS AN APPRECIATIVE TOKEN OF REMEMBRANCE OF MAITLAND BROWN ONE OF THE PIONEER PASTORALISTS AND PREMIER POLITICIANS OF THIS STATE. INTREPID LEADER OF THE GOVERNMENT SEARCH AND PUNITIVE PARTY. HIS REMAINS TOGETHER WITH THE SAD RELICS OF THE ILL FATED THREE RECOVERED WITH GREAT RISK AND DANGER FROM LONE WILDS REPOSE UNDER A PUBLIC MONUMENT IN THE EAST PERTH CEMETERY. LEST WE FORGET 1994 Inscription THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY PEOPLE WHO FOUND THE MONUMENT BEFORE YOU OFFENSIVE. THE MONUMENT DESCRIBES THE EVENTS AT LA GRANGE FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE ONLY; THE VIEWPOINT OF THE WHITE 'SETTLERS'. NO MENTION IS MADE OF THE RIGHT OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE TO DEFEND THEIR LAND OR OF THE HISTORY OF PROVOCATION WHICH LED TO THE EXPLORERS' DEATHS. THE 'PUNITIVE PARTY' MENTIONED HERE ENDED IN THE DEATHS OF SOMEWHERE AROUND TWENTY ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. THE WHITES WERE WELL-ARMED AND EQUIPPED AND NONE OF THEIR PARTY WAS KILLED OR WOUNDED. THIS PLAQUE IS IN MEMORY OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE KILLED AT LA GRANGE. IT ALSO COMMEMORATES ALL OTHER ABORIGINAL PEOPLE WHO DIED DURING THE INVASION OF THEIR COUNTRY LEST WE FORGET MAPAJARRIYA-NYALAKU To explore this mystery further go to: www.australianhistorymysteries.info
21.01.2022 Are there any history teachers out there that can tell us what are the most popular subjects kids want to learn in History at the moment? Please let us know if Primary or Secondary. Many thanks!
20.01.2022 We are thrilled to have launched out latest Australian History Mystery: 'Who was Robert Mactier?' in the town of Tatura where he is remembered. A special thanks to Sacred Heart Primary School Tatura, the honourable mayor Kim O'Keeffe and Robert's descendants for participating in this special day. To learn more about this Australian History Mystery visit: https://www.australianhistorymysteries.info//robert-macti/
18.01.2022 Armistice Day and French schools study Australia's World War I Indigenous soldiers. Bravo!
14.01.2022 ANZAC DAY IN ISOLATION INVESTIGATING A SIGNIFICANT EVENT AND A PERSON WHO MADE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO AUSTRALIA. Who was Robert Mactier?... Many people have made great contributions to Australian society explorers, artists, scientists, politicians, industrialists and ordinary men and women who were asked to serve their country in times of war. This case study is about an ordinary man who did an extraordinary thing during World War 1. This man is remembered and honoured in both Australia and France. But why do we choose to remember significant events in the past and the people who took part in these events? And why do we do this on special days of the year like Anzac Day and Remembrance Day? Research the life of Robert Mactier to find out: who he was why he enlisted to fight in a war 16 000 km from home where he fought the nature of warfare, and why he is still remembered today. https://www.australianhistorymysteries.info//robert-macti/
13.01.2022 Sharing Family and Local history https://www.benallaensign.com.au//innovative-research-proj Ryebuck Media is working with the National Museum of Australia to encourage primary and secondary students to research defining moments that have shaped their own family and community histories. Online games and a Youth Challenge program will launch NMA’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom in 2020. ... As part of this two videos and being produced to show best practice approaches to researching local history. The videos feature students from Benalla SC and Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College in Sydney investigating their local communities. Students from all over Australia will be able to share their defining moments with the National Museum of Australia.
09.01.2022 Defining Moments in Australian History schools video, funded by Gandel Philanthropy and produced by Ryebuck Media in association with the National Museum od Australia was launched at Benalla P-12 last week to great acclaim. The video showcases the task that a national competition sets for students - to research their own local communities to discover defining moments that have shaped these communities and even Australian history. Watch out the for Defining Moments Digital Classroom which will be launched by the NMA mid 2020.
05.01.2022 Follow Tim Gurry on another fascinating Australian History Mystery. 'Who were the Orphan Girls Who Came To Australia' The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór), or the Great Hunger, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1849. ... During the famine, about one million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%. There were convicts and free migrants who came to Australia during that time. However there was also a special group of migrants that you will probably not have heard of approximately 4 000 orphan girls who journeyed from Ireland to Australia between 1848-1850. Who were they? Why were they sent here? What happened to them? How have they contributed to Australian society? You will be able to solve this history mystery for yourselves as we investigate the exciting story of one of these girls Jane Carberry. 2020 is the 175th anniversary of the Great Famine. For more Australian History Mysteries please visit: https://www.australianhistorymysteries.info https://youtu.be/8fFp8pH6g_c
04.01.2022 Who migrated to the Australian colonies and what were their lives like? THE IRISH ORPHAN GIRLS During the Great Famine in Ireland 1845-1849, some 2 million people lived in mud houses like this one. Hundreds of thousands of people migrated to Australia including 4,114 orphan girls aged between 14 and 18. They were taken from the overcrowded workhouses and sent to the colonies to be housemaids and wives. This history mystery traces the journey of Jane Carberry who arrived in Sy...dney in 1849. What happened to her? Did she make a new life for herself? Follow us as we investigate this history mystery. Ross O'Donovan, Mike Murphy and Tim Gurry explore the mud college in Cork, Ireland.
04.01.2022 A MYSTERY AT TIDAL RIVER What is the story behind this photo taken at Tidal River in Wilson's Promontory in 1941? What was happening around the world at that time which might provide a clue? And who were the Australian Commandos? And why has their story been kept secret for so long? You will soon be able to explore this mystery for yourselves and find out how a unique landscape was used to train men to meet the dangerous challenges that lay before them.
02.01.2022 Great write up and interview with Tim Gurry about the launch of our latest educational video: Who was Robert Mactier. http://www.taturaguardian.com.au//559680/video-honours-hero
