Stage 3 - Colonial and Pre-Colonial Castlereagh
(It didn't always look like this)
History
Program Overview
Students investigate change over time in the Penrith Lakes area of Sydney, including local heritage and the impacts of various eras of human occupancy.
The program blends Aboriginal ‘Care for Country’ and the development of the Castlereagh Colony in the area now known as Penrith Lakes.
The teaching and learning activities provide students with the knowledge and understanding to participate in the ongoing development of a just and equitable Australian society that genuinely reconciles with Aboriginal peoples.
Focus
History Focus Area
Stage 3: Historical sources present perspectives on the past
Castlereagh Cemetery
Upper Castlereagh School
Castlereagh Church
Artefacts found at Castlereagh Church
Program Activities
Introduction to Penrith Lakes through the eyes of a student’s task
Recess
Heritage Hunt
Cemetery Search
Lunch
Aboriginal Shopping
Key Syllabus Outcomes
Stage 3 History
- HS3-ACH- describes Aboriginal Knowledges and Practices that care for Country
- HS3-HIS-01 examines and describes the development of an Australian colony using sources as evidence
- HS3- CWT-01 creates written texts to communicate ideas and understanding about people, places and events of the past and present (post activity)
Key Content
Aboriginal Peoples have diverse Languages
- Research how interactions between Aboriginal Peoples and early colonial settlers led to the recorded sources of Aboriginal Languages and describe the benefit to the reclamation of Aboriginal Languages
Sources show perspectives on how people established colonies in Australia
- Recount stories of migrants and free settlers in the colonies from 1825 to 1901 using sources as evidence
- Describe significant contributions made by women to the development of Australian colonies
- Explain why Gregory Blaxland, William Wentworth and William Lawson crossed the Blue Mountains in 1813
Aboriginal Cultural Knowledges and Practices that care for Country
- Explain the importance of undertaking Cultural obligations to Country as part of the continuation of Aboriginal Cultures
- Describe how local Knowledges of Country influence Aboriginal Peoples’ management of environments and World Heritage areas