First Fleet Set

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A bargain pack of resources to cover this Australian Curriculum History topic area! Includes: First Fleet Poster Set A set of posters exploring different facets of the treacherous trip taken to Australia by the First Fleet. The First Fleet Written specifically to support the Australian Curriculum History, these two books include primary and secondary source materials that give students a direct look into Australia's past. Students will read about the British convicts selected in 1787 to be send to the other side of the world to establish a new penal colony, and the events that befell the First Fleet on its journey. Two full-colour, 32-pp hardcovers. Beth Beth is a child convict, caught stealing on the streets of London and sent to Australia on the First Fleet. Through her story, we learn about the unbearable hardships suffered, relationships between the Europeans and the Indigenous population, the devastation wrought by the Europeans and, ultimately, the sense of hope that many in the new colony held for the future, how they survived and, in some cases, thrived.32-pp full-colour softcover. Show more