Click here to return to the Whirlwind World History Curriculum Online Textbook table of contents.
Let’s watch a video to quickly cover history related to Australia:
Australia has SO much more history to delve in, and I’m sorry to not cover it in more depth. If you have a historical event that occurred in Australia that you’d like to be covered, leave a comment!
We want to know what you thought of what you just read and watched! Leave us a comment! Please also let us know if a link or video isn’t working. ?
Next: Wars, Threats, and Rebellions
This text was adapted (with permission) from:
- Western Civilization: A Concise History – Volumes 1-3
by Dr. Christopher Brooks
CC BY-NC-SA - World History Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500
by Eugene Berger, Ph.D, George L. Israel, Ph.D., Charlotte Miller, Ph.D., Brian Parkinson, Ph.D., Andrew Reeves, Ph.D, and Nadejda Williams, Ph.D.
CC BY-SA - Modern World History
by Dan Allosso, Bemidji State University and Tom Williford, Southwest Minnesota State University
CC BY-NC-SA
I’ve taken excerpts from the above-mentioned resources and heavily edited and added to them for my intended audience. While I’ve received permission to use/adapt these books, none of the above endorses Guest Hollow or my use of their materials.
Information was also taken from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and other resources (listed in the individual page credits).
This online book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Beowulf the Fox Terrier dog and the Greek & Latin roots graphic © Jennifer Guest
My son says that you could add information about the spider seasons, gun laws, and major ship wrecks, and myths or ledgends that come from the area.
Please thank him for the great suggestions! I’m definitely going to have to look up spider seasons! 😉
video doesn’t work
Thank you so much for leaving a comment! The video seems to be working now. If it’s still not working for you, you may want to try another browser. 🙂
My son suggests you add some info about the “Emu War” during the great depression.
I really appreciate his suggestion!! When I have more time, I will look into this!
You could include things like Sorry Day, Bushrangers (Ben Hall, Ned Kelly), Gold Rush and Eureka Stockade, Federation, Bombing of Darwin in WWII, Cyclone Tracy.
Sorry Day/reconcilliation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEBTtBNSTBg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKU9rVKMxuY (Behind the News is a good resource), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m32cvvJ0tqE&t=218s. Extra resources could be the book or movie Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington, My place by Sally Morgan, Stories of life at Sydney Cove by Susan E Boyer
Cyclone Tracy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Cf_ApilYE
Bombing Darwin – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2oBegsBKGk
I have spreadsheets of resources if you wanted more.
Thank you!! We would love the spreadsheet. YOu can email it to guesthollow@memorableplaces.com. Thank you!!!