Welcome to South Land, a history of Australia prior to 1800 for Year-4 students. The history unfolds through a narrative based on a family's trip around Australia. Tess and Tom are twins and they discover Australia's history by travelling around Australia and stopping at places that are significant in history.
This resource has six sections. You will need to work through them in this order.
- Australia today
- Country
- Early seafaring visitors
- The First Fleet
- The early days of the colony
- Where to from here?
How to navigate this resource
Choose your topic by clicking on it in the main navigation panel on the left. This will open your topic in the main window; from here, you can navigate your way around the screens by clicking on the links in the Table of Contents menu on the left or sequentially by pressing the 'Next' and 'Back' buttons.
There is a glossary in the Table of Contents menu.
The print content tab gives you the option to print out the whole section.
When you are ready, select the first section and begin.