History of a Town … Foundations for a Future — 1 a Partnership Project Between Ganmain & District Landcare Group and Ganmain Public School
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Ganmain – History of a Town … Foundations for a Future — 1 A Partnership Project between Ganmain & District Landcare Group and Ganmain Public School 2007 / 2008 Edited by: Zita Denholm Triple D Books, 3 Cassidy Parade, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Designed by: Debbie Angel ArtAngel Designs, 101 Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 ISBN 978 0 9804920 5 7 (electronic version) Produced 2009 Additional copies can be obtained by contacting Ganmain Public School or Ganmain and District Landcare Group. This project has been greatly assisted by funding from the Australian Government Local Answers Initiative. Ganmain – History of a Town … Foundations for a Future — 2 Ganmain – History of a Town Ganmain – History of a Town: Foundations for a Future is one of three educational workbooks that were developed as part of the Succeed Ganmain ... A Local Answer project1. The project was designed to bring Ganmain’s young people and its community organisations together to promote the Ganmain & District community. To make this happen, Ganmain & District Landcare, the staff and students of Ganmain Public School, Ganmain Historical Society, representatives of the Wiradjuri people and local farming community worked together to create a series of educational workbooks that would not only cultivate knowledge about Ganmain for our local students, but also promote this knowledge to other schools and communities throughout Australia (and beyond). These workbooks together with a photo library, chat forum and more information showcasing all that is wonderful about Ganmain can be found on the http://www.ganmain.net.au website that is kindly sponsored by the Ganmain First Branch of Wagga Mutual Credit Union. The project came about through a partnership between Ganmain & District Landcare Group Inc and the Australian Government’s Local Answers initiative. 1 The other two books are titled Ganmain – Sheaf Hay Centre … A Community’s Identity and Ganmain – A Natural Heritage … Environmental Sustainability. Ganmain – History of a Town … Foundations for a Future — 3 Ganmain – History of a Town Foundations for a Future The development of values and attitudes underpins learning and teaching in the K-6 Key Learning Area of Human Society and its Environment (HSIE). Values and attitudes related to intercultural understanding, ecological sustainability, beliefs and moral codes as well as life long learning, are essential in installing a social responsibility in young people. The future well-being of our human society and environment depends partly on people’s interactions with each other and with their physical environment. Knowing where we have come from as a society allows us to understand the point at which we fi nd ourselves now, and the direction we are heading for the future. The NSW HSIE Curriculum is divided into 4 sub-strands: • Change and Continuity; • Cultures; • Environments; and • Social Systems and Structures. Ganmain – History of a Town … Foundations for a Future — 4 The NSW Board of Studies outcomes that are addressed in this unit of work are highlighted below. Change and Continuity Strands and substrands Early Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 CCS1.1 Communicates CCS3.1 Explains the importance of CCS2.1 Describes the signifi cance of past and present events and actions particular people, people days and related to the Signifi cant Events groups, places, events in their life, British colonisation actions and events in and People in the lives of family of Australia and the past in developing CCES1 Describes and community assesses changes and Australian identities events or retells members and in other consequences. and heritage. stories that communities. demonstrate their own heritage and the CCS2.2 Explains changes in the heritage of others. CCS1.2 Identifi es community and CCS3.2 Explains changes and family life and the development continuities in their Time and Change evaluates the eff ects of the principles of own life and in the of these on diff erent Australian democracy. local community. individuals, groups and environments. Cultures Strands and substrands Early Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 CUS2.3 Explains how shared CUS1.3 Identifi es customs, practices, CUS3.3 Describes customs, practices, symbols, languages diff erent cultural symbols, languages and traditions infl uences and their Identities and traditions of CUES1 Communicates in communities contribution to their family and other some common contribute to Australian identities. families. characteristics that Australian and all people share, as community identities. well as some of the CUS1.4 Describes the CUS2.4 Describes diff erences. CUS3.4 Examines cultural, linguistic and diff erent viewpoints, how cultures change religious practices ways of living, through interactions Cultural Diversity of their family, their languages and belief with other cultures community and other systems in a variety of and the environment. communities. communities. Ganmain – History of a Town … Foundations for a Future — 5 Environment Strands and substrands Early Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 ENS3.5 Demonstrates an ENS1.5 Compares and ENS2.5 Describes understanding of the contrasts natural and places in the local interconnectedness built features in their Patterns of Place area and other between Australia and local area and the ENES1 Gathers parts of Australia global environments and Location ways in which people information about and explains their and how individuals interact with these natural and built signifi cance. and groups can act features. environments and in an ecologically communicates some responsible manner. of the ways in which they interact with, CCS2.2 Explains changes in the and can care for, these CCS1.2 Identifi es community and CCS3.2 Explains environments. changes and Relationship with family life and the development continuities in their evaluates the eff ects of the principles of Places own life and in the of these on diff erent Australian democracy. local community. individuals, groups and environments. Social Systems and Structures Strands and substrands Early Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 SSS3.7 Describes how Australian SSS2.7 Describes how people, systems SSS1.7 Explains and why people and and communities how people and technologies interact are globally technologies in Resource to meet needs and interconnected and systems link to explains the eff ects recognises global Systems provide goods and of these interactions responsibilities, services to satisfy on people and the cultural infl uences needs and wants. SSES1 Identifi es environment. and their contribution ways in which their to Australian own needs and the identities. needs of others are SSS2.8 Investigates met, individually and SSS3.8 Explains the rights, responsibilities cooperatively. SSS1.8 Identifi es roles structures, roles, and decision- and responsibilities responsibilities and making processes within families, decision-making in the school and Roles, Rights and schools and the local processes of State and community and community, and federal governments Responsibilities demonstrates how determines ways in and explains why participation can which they should Australians value contribute to the interact with others. fairness and socially quality of their school just principles. and community life. Addressed in this booklet Ganmain – History of a Town … Foundations for a Future — 6 Contents Wiradjuri Ganmain ....................................................................................................................... 8 Wiradjuri Heritage ........................................................................................................................................9 Aboriginal History in the Ganmain Area ..................................................................................10 Student Worksheets ................................................................................................................................11 Early European Settlers .......................................................................................................... 19 Crown Land ....................................................................................................................................................20 Settling Ganmain .......................................................................................................................................21 Student Worksheets ................................................................................................................................22 A Town is Born ............................................................................................................................. 27 Ganmain Railway .......................................................................................................................................28 Ganmain Post Offi ce ...............................................................................................................................30 Other Commercial Businesses .........................................................................................................32 Banking .............................................................................................................................................................33 General Businesses ...................................................................................................................................33 Student Worksheets ................................................................................................................................37