B: Botany Bay

As you all remember this week we're going to explore the letter "B".

Being the cruel and wicked person I am, I thought it'd be more interesting if I didn't give you a list of topics but just some hints on what you may expect on Wednesday ;-)

So here they go:

1. Watch and listen to this clip. If you want to check the lyrics just follow the link. You'll find some information about the artists here.

2. Click on the picture to find out more.

















3. Solve the picture puzzle.
You need two words ( _ _ _ _ _ _ ) ( _ _ _ ). When you read them aloud you should guess the third topic.

(Hint 1: these two puzzle words begin with consecutive letters of the alphabet. Hint 2: the word you are looking for has a well known 3-letter abbreviation)





















Good luck!

Trivia time: Wombat Day.

Australians have a lot of funny and unofficial holidays. One of them is the Wombat Day, celebrated on October 22 by eating lots and lots of chocolate cakes and chocolates.  Click on the picture to read more.



















If you want to make your own origami wombat to celebrate the day, here are the instructions:

A: ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA

Welcome to the course :)

In the coming weeks we will be trying to make sense of Australia - what country it is now, and how it came to be this way.

But first we need to understand the complex interconnections between Aboriginal Australians, Convicts and Free Settlers. As you remember from our first class, societies that developed in isolation were usually disadvantaged when finally the confrontation with foreigners happened. Do you remember why?

Watch the video below to revise the topic:

What kind of people were the Aborigines? We didn't use this particular presentation in class, but it's very useful. Read the first half (Australians).



This presentation was originally written by IJO graduates Magdalena Waligóra and Marcin Piechnik, I just updated some content. The copyright belongs to them and the owners of visuals used in this presentation. All sources have been cited.

Follow up watching.

This is a long documentary but you do not need to watch all of it. 

Extra reading: AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS CULTURAL HERITAGE 

Rottnest Island prison