Stage Three
This page directly relates to the Stage Three HSIE Syllabus Outcomes: HS3-ACH-01 describes Aboriginal Knowledges and Practices that care for Country and the importance of Aboriginal Languages revival, HS3-HIS-01 examines and describes the development of Australian colonies and Australia as a nation, using sources as evidence, and HS3-DEM-01 describes the origins and features of Australia's democratic system of government and laws
Sources show perspectives on how people established colonies in Australia
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Describe and represent the establishment of British colonies in Australia from 1825 to 1868 on a timeline
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Recount stories of migrants and free settlers in the colonies from 1825 to 1901 using sources as evidence
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Describe significant contributions made by women to the development of Australian colonies
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Explain why Gregory Blaxland, William Wentworth and William Lawson crossed the Blue Mountains in 1813
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Explain the consequences of the crossing of the Blue Mountains for Aboriginal Peoples, free settlers and the landscape between 1813 and 1824
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Research how the discovery of gold changed colonial life in Australia using sources from the gold rush period from the 1850s to the 1890s
People have developed Australia as a nation
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Describe significant events and people that led to Australia becoming a federated nation on 1 January 1901, using sources as evidence
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Identify the purpose of Australia's Constitution
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Describe how and why symbols and emblems connected to Australian identity have changed over time since Federation
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Research and describe the work of individuals who have made a significant contribution to the Commonwealth of Australia since Federation
Aboriginal Peoples have diverse Languages
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Investigate Aboriginal Languages in the local area and across NSW and make connections to the meanings and origins of words used in Standard Australian English
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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
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Describe the role of Aboriginal Knowledge Holders in revitalising and maintaining Aboriginal Languages
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Explain the significance of re-establishing Aboriginal placenames for Histories of Aboriginal Peoples
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Describe the ways Aboriginal Peoples’ Languages and Oral Traditions of song, dance and story were disrupted by European settlement
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Explain how Aboriginal Peoples celebrate and share Aboriginal Languages and Cultural Practices in a contemporary world