EPISODE 3 FAIR GO
© ATOM 2015 A STUDY GUIDE BY ROBERT LEWIS
http://www.metromagazine.com.au
ISBN: 978-1-74295-554-4 http://www.theeducationshop.com.au OVERVIEW
Australia: The Story Of Us is an extraordinary narrative about the people, places and events that have shaped the continent from the first inhabitants to the present day. This groundbreaking drama- documentary series weaves together stories of the nation’s origins and offers fresh insights into how Australians came to create the homeland we inhabit today. Alongside astounding CGI and cinematic sequences, the series features interviews with important thinkers, Episode 3: CONTENT OF notable celebrities and Fair go THE SERIES national figures who take us Gold brings new wealth to the The series of eight episodes cov- inside the stories that have Australian colonies but not everyone’s ers these stories and curriculum influenced Australian history. prepared to dig for their share. emphases (see pages 3-4).
Bushranger Frank Gardiner attempts CURRICULUM Australia’s biggest heist and forges a RELEVANCE legend. John McDouall Stuart versus Burke Australia: The Story Of Us is a suitable and Wills in a race across a pitiless resource for use with continent that will connect Australia to the global telegraph network - the • Australian History at Years beginning of the end of the tyranny 5 and 9 of distance. • English at Years 5 and 9 • Film Studies Year 9 High wages and time off encourage the evolution of our unique football The series can be viewed as a whole, code. or as individual episodes, or even indi- vidual segments within episodes. Dame Nellie Melba faces a daunt- ing audition for the chance to be-
In the classroom it can be used as a come the most famous Australian SCREEN EDUCATION © ATOM 2015 series of creative starting points for in the world. students to begin their exploration of aspects of Australian history and the When our longest boom ends in people who made it. bitter crash, Australia goes to the brink of civil war over who will share in the wealth of the continent. 2 EP/ YEAR, CURRICULUM THEME SEGMENT EVENT STARTING POINT
EP 1 Worlds Collide
1.1 The Death Fleet Foundation of Australia Convict Australia
1.2 Megafauna: Prehistoric Australia Ancient Australia. Aboriginal Australia
1.3 Sealing Early economic development of the colonies
1.4 Pemulwuy and the Frontier Wars Aboriginal resistance. Frontier wars
1.5 Rum Rebellion Early economic and social development of the colonies
EP 2 Break Out
2.1 The Great Escape Convict Australia
2.2 John Foley — The Convict who Saves the City of Convict Australia Churches
2.3 Caroline Chisholm — Mother of the Nation Nineteenth century immigration
2.4 Gold Fever Gold
2.5 Eureka Stockade Gold
EP 3 Fair Go
3.1 Gold Robbery Bushrangers
3.2 The Overland Telegraph Explorers. Communication. Technology
3.2 Inventing AFL Sport. Aboriginal culture
3.4 Nellie Melba Famous Australians. Heroes
3.5 Fight for a Fair Go Wool. Unionism
EP 4 New Nation at War
4.1 Gallipoli Submarine The AE2 at Gallipoli
4.2 Billy Sing’s Deadly Gift Gallipoli
4.3 The Gallipoli Letter Gallipoli
4.4 WW1 Nurses Western Front
4.5 Villers-Bretonneux Western Front. Heroes EP/ YEAR, CURRICULUM THEME SEGMENT EVENT STARTING POINT
EP 5 Hard Roads to Glory
5.1 Charles Kingsford Smith 1920s and 1930s. Technology and communications
5.2 Sydney Harbour Bridge 1920s and 1930s. Technology and communication
5.3 Phar Lap 1930s Depression. Heroes
5.4 Ruby Radar World War 2
5.5 Kokoda World War 2
EP 6 Nation Building
6.1 Holden Post-war industrial development
6.2 Lang Hancock Post-war economic development
6.3 Snowy Mountains Scheme Post-war migration. Post-war economic development
6.4 Melbourne Olympics and Television Technology and communications. National identity
6.5 Sydney Opera House Technology. National identity
EP 7 Revolution
7.1 Rock ‘n’ Roll Riot Popular culture
7.2 Beach Wars Surf culture
7.3 The Rise of the Larrikin Popular culture
7.4 Evonne Goolagong Aboriginal achievements. Heroes
7.5 Cyclone Tracy Environment
EP 8 New Frontiers
8.1 Operation Babylift Vietnam War
8.2 Bionic Ear Technology and innovation
8.3 America’s Cup Sport
8.4 Exporting Australia Popular culture
8.5 Sydney Olympics National identity EXPLORING can come back to these ideas and see 3 Why did they want to rob the gold IDEAS AND if you would change any. coach? ISSUES IN Understanding the story 4 What strategy did they use? THE EPISODE 5 The police were better armed, so 2 What was Frank Gardiner’s why did the bushrangers succeed? background? SEGMENT 1 6 What happened to the gold? 3 Who were the other gang members with him? 7 What happened to the bushrangers? » GOLD ROBBERY
Frank Gardiner and his gang commit the biggest gold heist in Australia’s history. Bushrangers become the celebrities of the day and enter our mythology. Some will be shot down in a hail of bullets, others face the hangman’s noose. But Gardiner does something few bushrangers do… he retires to Queensland.
Before you watch the story SCREEN EDUCATION © ATOM 2015
1 What is your image of bushrang- ers? List the words that express your ideas. For example, you might write ‘criminals’. Or ‘Robin Hood types’; or rebels. At the end of this segment you 5 Putting the story in time and place
8 Mark on the map where this took place.
See Timeline 1 and map this page.
9 If the first block of time below rep- resents 60,000 years, and then each other block of time represents 25 years starting at 1700 and continuing until today, in which block of time did this story take place? Write the main date or dates for this event in that block.