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Fill in the gaps http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/a_formi The Burramatta clan who lived in the ng/resources/wntref_oghabor.doc area which became the Governor's Domain are remembered in the name Parramatta (it was mistranscribed by the Europeans) – 'burra' meaning …. and 'matta' meaning …..

During the Second World War the http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/b_expre Cowra Prisoner of War Camp held ssing/resources/wb2_breakout.doc both I….. and J……. prisoners.

What was important about the 26th of http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/c_buildi January, 1938, to Australians and ng/resources/wc2_1938apacase.doc why was it regarded as “not a day of rejoicing for Australia's Aborigines”?

http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/c_buildi ng/resources/wc2_italmigration.doc Italian missionaries began arriving in Australia during the early period of British colonization. Stabbed and shot by a parishioner during the One of the most influential was the Christmas service in 1884, Torreggiani calmly huge and genial Eleazaro Torreggiani picked himself up and finished the mass. (1830-1904), Bishop of Armidale from 1879 until 1904. Retell the extraordinary incident that happened to the Bishop in 1884.

http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/b_expre ssing/resources/wb2_italpris.doc In 1942, how many Italians were .wartime high of 3 651. interned in Australia?

Why did Mandawuy Yunupingu http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/1views/ choose the name Yothu Yindi for his resources/w1v_mandawuy.doc band and what does it mean? For us Aboriginal people of Arnhemland the name Yothu Yindi conjures up the idea of balance, a harmony we actively work at.

We took the name Yothu Yindi for the band because it is the name of an important relationship in our kinship system.

King Fong in talking about the early http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/d_resha Chinese workers in Australia said that ping/meta_d3fong.html they had a particular name for Sydney. What was it? Sydney, which we call the ‘New Gold Mountains’ Why do you think they gave it this name?

Why were they be called sojourners? What type of work were they http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/tn_yiu_ employed to do in the colony? ming/

Explain the role of the Yiu Ming Temple in Alexandria to the Chinese. This temple is said to be internationally important. Why do you think this is so?

In the 1920s and '30s, how did http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/b_expre Sydney dispose of most of its ssing/resources/wb1_glebesmh.doc rubbish? Much of the city's rubbish would be loaded onto What was the main problem with this punts and towed nine kilometres out to sea for method? dumping.

"it would promptly wash back onto Bondi Beach whenever the wind was blowing that way".

Walter Burley Griffin, the innovative http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/b_expre American architect who had designed ssing/resources/wb1_glebesmh.doc Canberra, began to design incinerators. A total of 14 were designed by the team. In Name some of the suburbs in Sydney Sydney, the first was at Pymble, and others that had a Walter Burley Griffin followed at Willoughby, Pyrmont, Randwick, designed incinerator. Leichhardt, Woollahra and Glebe.

http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/b_expre ssing/b_innovation.html

Griffin came to Australia in 1912 (at age thirty- six) after winning the Federal Capital competition When did Walter Burley Griffin first come to Australia? What was the name of the competition he won? Search under the name of http://www.interimtechnology.com.au/heritage/in the competition and describe his ventory/search/item_view_shr.cfm? vision for the capital. itemid=5050068

Which of Walter Burley Griffin’s http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/b_expre designed is said to be the “most ssing/b1_satchel.html celebrated”

Find the image of the beach house Griffin designed in the 1930’s and give its address.

How is Walter Burley Griffin associated with Castlecrag?

Extension Write a report to the Australian Society of Architects on the imortance of the work of Walter Burley Griffin and why you think the buildings he designed should be preserved.

http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/c_buildi Find out about the ambitious dream of ng/resources/wc2_floriantext.doc the French Marquis de Ray. 1. Read the article and construct a timeline of events. 2. Where did they settle in Australia? Locate it on a map of NSW. 3. Search the SHI database for town of Woodburn. Describe the records found

http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/b_expre ssing/resources/wb2_gracechron.doc Over the years the Grace Building in Sydney has had many uses.

1. Give a summary of its uses http://www.interimtechnology.com.au/heritage/in during the Second World War. ventory/search/item_view_shr.cfm? itemid=5045395 2. Search the SHI database under “Grace building. Considerable anecdotal evidence exists of the What are some of the anecdotal building having been used by General Douglas stories about its use during the Macarthur the Supreme Commander of Allied Second world War? Forces in the Pacific. Other anecdotal evidence 3. What is significant about this links MacArthur's name with a system of tunnels building? running beneath York Street to Circular Quay and Victoria Barracks. These were constructed prior to the Second World War and it is likely that at least one of them housed emergency telephone equipment should armed conflict within Sydney damage or destroy existing exchanges.

http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/d_resha Read the first page of Harry Choy’s ping/resources/wd3_yiuelders.doc account of his childhood days in Australia at: http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu. au/d_reshaping/resources/wd3_yiueld ers.doc His experiences took place over 40 years ago. Retell some of the things that happened to him as a young boy living in Sydney. Do you think he would be treated any differently today? Give your reasons.

http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/a_formi Choose one of the Govenors for NSW ng/resources/wa1_ghgovernors.doc who served during the first fifty years of the colony and write a “This is Your Life” account of his time in the colony. In late 1996 the Premier announced the launch of a major cultural programme aimed at Home to 24 Govenors and the first developing Government House as a 'centre of five Govenor Generals, Government lively and regular artistic activity' which would House was a “powerful symbol of the form part of a new cultural precinct linked to the State and of British authority”. Give Conservatorium of Music and the Opera House the motives for the change in its role in 1996.

http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/a_formi ng/citizenship.html Extension Develop a timeline for Government House beginning with the original Government house at the site of the Museum of Sydney

Assess the significance of The Royal http://www.interimtechnology.com.au/heritage/in Botanic Gardens, Parramatta Park ventory/search/item_view_shr.cfm? and Centennial Park to the SHI. itemid=5045397 Develop a table and list the areas of significance under each site. Give http://www.interimtechnology.com.au/heritage/in your reasons as to why these places ventory/search/item_view_shr.cfm? should have prominence on the SHI. itemid=5045297

http://www.interimtechnology.com.au/heritage/in ventory/search/item_view_shr.cfm? itemid=5051462

http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/a_formi Locate images or maps of these 3 ng/citizenship_meta1.html sites

http://www.interimtechnology.com.au/heritage/in Imagine you are part of the team from ventory/search/item_view_shr.cfm? the University of Western Sydney who itemid=5000658 are refurbishing the original Orphan School Precinct at Rydalmere Hospital. http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/3readin Your first task is to produce a fact gs/wlocality10_2_liston2.html sheet on the history of these buildings. Report on why you think the Orphan School Precinct is of outstanding cultural significance.

Become a Heritage worker and conduct a Field survey You work for the State Heritage Registry. Using your school as an example, imagine that you are assessing the school and its grounds for inclusion on the SHI.

Use the Heritage worker’s approach to studying a site’s background and undertaking a field survey, as a guide it can be found at: http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu. au/3readings/wa1_curricahcsite.html

Read this paper for some useful tips: Mark Anderson and Paul Ashton present an approach to undertaking a site study found at: http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu. au/3readings/wa1_ashton2.html

Read the Site study survey as an example of how others have conducted heritage field trips at: http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu. au/3readings/site_ob1.html

Take particular note of the section “Doing a field survey” and follow the steps. Collect and compile your information, including photographs and sketches, into a portfolio for submission.

Busby’s Bore Find the records for Busby’s Bore and http://www.interimtechnology.com.au/heritage/in the Pera Bore sites in the SHI. ventory/search/item_view_shr.cfm? itemid=2420164 How important were these bores to the population they served? Pera Bore http://www.interimtechnology.com.au/heritage/in ventory/search/item_view_shr.cfm? itemid=1220032

Jannice Kersh transplanted her http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/1views/ Edna's Table restaurant to the w1v_kersh.html Homebush Olympic Centre for six weeks. “When Kersh sleeps above the fine dining restaurant that wilI serve ….. foreign journalists covering the Olympics, the smells drifting up in the morning are more likely to include ……… kangaroo, … or crocodile, mingled with eucalyptus, wild lime or …….. greens. List the different types of Pine trees mentioned on this site and in the SHI. Why do you think they are on the SHI?