History
Convict Sydney
Convict punishment: the treadmill
As a punishment, convicts were made to step continuously on treadmills to power wheels that ground grain
Virtual Excursion
Cooking up the past
Discuss how food was grown, stored and cooked in the past, in the 1820s kitchen at historic Vaucluse House
Virtual Excursion
Growing up in the past
Discuss what life was like for rural children in the early 1900s and learn about household chores and technology from the past
Onsite
Crime & punishment: a case study
This challenging and thought-provoking program develops students’ skills in historical research and critical thinking, and their appreciation of history as a study of human experience
Virtual Excursion
The last bushranger
Students will investigate the significance and effect of the gold rush in New South Wales - including the rise and fall of bushranging
Why were convicts transported to Australia?
Until 1782, English convicts were transported to America, however that all changed after 1783
Onsite
Home: convicts, migrants and First Peoples
What was it like to be a convict living at Hyde Park Barracks?
First Fleet Ships
At the time of the First Fleet’s voyage there were some 12,000 British commercial and naval ships plying the world’s oceans
Resource
Life in the past...stinks!
We can’t go back in time, we can still visit the places where people once lived and worked - and do some of their jobs