Life in Australia in 1790
and

Indigenous Culture, Families and Identity.


Life in Australia in 1790

Convict Tales
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/stories.html
Colourful accounts of individual convicts listed under the ship on which they arrived.

History of Australia before 1901
http://www.fact-index.com/h/hi/history_of_australia_before_1901.html
Historical account of Australian History before 1901.

Convicts Australia
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/cons.htm
Convict history and genealogy links.

Barani: Indigenous History of Sydney
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/default.html
Barani contains the history, life stories and images of many Indigenous men and women who have made great contributions to their people and their country.

Life In Old Sydney Town
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/wyongps/4slwe.htm
Student website about life in Sydney

Claim A Convict
http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/
A complete alphabetical listing of the convicts, male and female, transported to New South Wales between 1793 and early 1800, giving place and date of conviction, length of sentence, ship of transportation and some occupations.

Australia's Second Fleet - 1790
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eifhaa/ifhaa/ships/2ndfleet.htm
Article about the arrival of the second fleet.

National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/
Search results on convict life in Sydney. Includes images and articles.

Indigenous Culture - families and identity.

Primary School: Places Then, Now and Tomorrow http://www.primaryschool.com.au/
Links to sites and lessons related to Aboriginal culture and the land.

The Land
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/indigenous/land.cfm
Information on Aboriginal relationships with the land.

Aboriginal Family Issues
http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/fm1/fm35yw.html
Article by Yolanda Walker on the significance of the family in Aboriginal culture.

Indigenous Australia: Kinship
http://indigenousaustralia.frogandtoad.com.au/social3.html
The system of classes or skins puts everybody in a specific kinship relationship. All of these relationships have roles and responsibilities attached to them.

Uluru: A Cathedral in the Desert
http://www.sol.com.au/kor/22_03.htm
Article on the significance of Uluru to Aboriginal Australians.
 
Thanks Charlie
www.PrimarySchool.com.au

Index

Wayne
Updated Nov. - Dec. 2004
Feb.  - May  2005