Early Australian Explorers' Web Quest



What made you become an explorer?

A WebQuest

Designed by

Helen Crawford

helen_crawford@

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Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Worksheets | Resources

Introduction

Imagine you are a journalist for a newspaper living and working at the time of the early Australian explorers. These explorers came by sea to Australia from places on the other side of the world. Can you imagine what life must have been like for them? Why do you think they left their families and home for years to travel in a tiny boat to the other side of the world?

Well, it’s your job to find out! You have been commissioned to work as a journalist for the ‘Explorer’s Time’

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The Task

As a journalist you will need to work with your group/partner to complete the worksheet on early Australian explorers. You will then need to plan and conduct a ‘mock’ interview with your explorer.

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The Process

Step 1: With your partner, choose four explorers from the table below. Use the links to research information that will help you complete part of the Early Australian Explorer’s Worksheet.

|Abel Jansoon Tasman |William Dampier |Dirk Hartog |Luis Vaes de Torres |Willem Janszoon |The Macassans |Captain James Cook |

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|Abel Tasman |Dampier |Dirk Hartog |The Spanish Quest for the |Willem Janszoon |Makassar |Captain James Cook |

|Abel Jansoon Tasman |William Dampier |Dirk Hartog |Great South Land |Willem Janszoon – a |Macassan Contact with |Voyage of Discovery |

|Rich Lands |Dampier’s Voyages |Tall Ships – Dirk Hartog |Luis Vaes de Torres |biography |Australia |Cook’s Voyages of Discovery |

|Abel Tasman | |Dirk Hartog and His |Luis Vaes de Torres – a | |Monsoon Traders |James Cook |

| | |Discovery of Western |biography | |Trepang – A Tale of |The Endeavour voyage across the |

| | |Australia |Tall Ships – Luis Vaes de | |Discovery |Pacific, 1768-1771 |

| | | |Torres | | |Captain James Cook – A biography |

The following are some other links that you may find helpful to complete your research:

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Explorers of Australia and Nearby Islands



Step 2: Discuss with your partner the explorer that you would like to interview and decide on one explorer between the two of you. Decide who will be the explorer and who will be the interviewer. Begin formulating questions that you will ask your explorer. Remember to use the 5 Ws and H (who, what where, when, why and how. The following is a guide to some of the topics you may discuss:

1. The name of the sea explorer

2. The time the explorer lived

3. The name of the country the explorer came from

4. The journeys describing the conditions and any hardships encountered

5. The name of the ship(s) used

6. The reasons for undertaking the voyage(s)

7. The names of the places that were newly discovered and any encounters with natives

8. His opinion of what he found

Finish with your comments about what the explorer is mostly remembered for.

Step 4: Rehearse your interview with your partner. Remember that each pair/group will be conducting a ‘mock’ interview to present to the class.

Conclusion

When this unit is over, you will know much about the explorers who left their homes and families and travelled half way around the world to explore the great unknown.

If you were able to travel in space, would you be like the explorers of the 1600s and leave your families and homes to travel for years to places previously unexplored?

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Credits & References































































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Based on a template idea from The WebQuest Page

Early Australian Explorers – Class Matrix

|Explorers |Nationality |Why? |Date/s |Map of Journey |Significant |Other Interesting Facts |

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|Willem Jansoon | | | | | | |

|William Dampier | | | | | | |

|Abel Jansoon Tasman| | | | | | |

|Dirk Hartog | | | | | | |

|The Macassans | | | | | | |

|James Cook | | | | | | |

|Luis Vaez de Torres| | | | | | |

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Early Australian Explorers

Name: ____________________________________________________

|Explorers |Nationality |Why? |Date/s |Map of Journey |Significant Discoveries |Other Interesting Facts |

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Resources:

Photographs of Explorers

Information about the explorers

Map of Australia in the 1600s

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Abel Tasman

Dirk Hartog

Willem Jansz

|1606 |March: Willem Janszoon and Jan Lodewijkszoon (note) van Rosingeyn on board the Duyfken, chart about 300 km of the west coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. |

|1616 |October: Dirk Hartog landed the Eendracht on Dirk Hartog Island off the coast of Western Australia and left a pewter plate with his name and the date. He stayed on the island for two |

| |days |

|1642 |Abel Janszoon Tasman (note) first to circumnavigate Australia, claims Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) for Holland and sails across to become the first to chart part of New Zealand in the |

| |Heemskerk and the Zeehaen. |

|1688 |Captain Read and William Dampier sail the Cygnet into King Sound or Collier Bay in Western Australia and whilst repairing their ship, stay around two months. |

|1699 |6 Aug: William Dampier in the Roebuck, names Shark Bay on the Western Australian Coast after seeing many sharks. Also lands on Dirk Hartog Island. Attacked by locals. |

|1770 |James Cook landed at Botany Bay and took possession for England. Mapped part of the eastern coastline. |

Map of Australia in the 1600s

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Figure 1 - Map of

Tasman's Journeys

Figure 2 - Map of

Dampier's Journeys

Figure 3 - Map of

Dampier's Journey

Figure 4 - Map of

Torres' Journey

Figure 5 - Map of

Janszoon's Journeys

Figure 6 - Map of

Cook's Journey

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