What made you become an explorer?A WebQuest

Designed by

Helen Crawfordhelen_crawford@bigpond.com

 

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Worksheets | Resources

IntroductionImagine you are a journalist for a newspaper living and working at the time of the early Australian explorers. These explorers came by sea to Australia from places on the other side of the world. Can you imagine what life must have been like for them? Why do you think they left their families and home for years to travel in a tiny boat to the other side of the world?

Well, it’s your job to find out! You have been commissioned to work as a journalist for the ‘Explorer’s Time’

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The TaskAs a journalist you will need to work with your group/partner to complete the worksheet on early Australian explorers. You will then need to plan and conduct a ‘mock’ interview with your explorer.

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The Process

Step 1: With your partner, choose four explorers from the table below. Use the links to research information that will help you complete part of the Early Australian Explorer’s Worksheet.

Abel Jansoon Tasman

William Dampier

Dirk Hartog Luis Vaes de Torres Willem

Janszoon

The Macassans Captain James

Cook

Abel Tasman

Abel Jansoon Tasman

Rich Lands

Abel Tasman

Dampier

William Dampier

Dampier’s Voyages

Dirk Hartog

Dirk Hartog

Tall Ships – Dirk Hartog

Dirk Hartog and His Discovery of Western Australia

The Spanish Quest for the Great South Land

Luis Vaes de Torres

Luis Vaes de Torres – a biography

Tall Ships – Luis Vaes de Torres

Willem Janszoon

Willem Janszoon – a biography

Makassar

Macassan Contact with Australia

Monsoon Traders

Trepang – A Tale of Discovery

Captain James Cook

Voyage of Discovery

Cook’s Voyages of Discovery

James Cook

The Endeavour voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Captain James Cook – A biography

Figure 2 - Map of Dampier's Journeys

Figure 3 - Map of Dampier's Journey

Figure 4 - Map of Torres' Journey

Figure 5 - Map of Janszoon's Journeys

Figure 6 - Map of Cook's Journey

Figure 1 - Map of Tasman's Journeys

The following are some other links that you may find helpful to complete your research:

Australia on the Map

http://www.australiaonthemap.org.au/content/view/14/47/

Explorers of Australia and Nearby Islands

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/australia.shtml

Step 2: Discuss with your partner the explorer that you would like to interview and decide on one explorer between the two of you. Decide who will be the explorer and who will be the interviewer. Begin formulating questions that you will ask your explorer. Remember to use the 5 Ws and H (who, what where, when, why and how. The following is a guide to some of the topics you may discuss:

1. The name of the sea explorer 2. The time the explorer lived

3. The name of the country the explorer came from

4. The journeys describing the conditions and any hardships encountered

5. The name of the ship(s) used

6. The reasons for undertaking the voyage(s)

7. The names of the places that were newly discovered and any encounters with natives

8. His opinion of what he found

Finish with your comments about what the explorer is mostly remembered for.

Step 4: Rehearse your interview with your partner. Remember that each pair/group will be conducting a ‘mock’ interview to present to the class.

ConclusionWhen this unit is over, you will know much about the explorers who left their homes and families and travelled half way around the world to explore the great unknown.

If you were able to travel in space, would you be like the explorers of the 1600s and leave your families and homes to travel for years to places previously unexplored?

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Credits & References

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/voyages/discovery/voya_discovery.html

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/voyages/voyages/voya_voyages.html

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/voyages/spanish/voya_spanishQuest.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Janszoon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_V%C3%A1ez_de_Torres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Tasman

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science-of-natural-history/expeditions-collecting/fathom-endeavourvoyage/assets/13feat_endeavour_voyage.pdf

http://gutenberg.net.au/pages/tasman.html

http://www.australiaonthemap.org.au/content/view/14/47/

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://members.iinet.net.au/~rchapman/SwanRvr/European/hartog3.gif&imgrefurl=http://members.iinet.net.au/~rchapman/SwanRvr/European/hartog.htm&h=92&w=115&sz=19&tbnid=O_E16H2CU7cJ:&tbnh=92&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDirk%2BHartog&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=3

http://www.voc.iinet.net.au/hartog.htm

http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/southland/Char-Dirk_Hartog.html

http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage2_modules/who_was_first/hartog.htm

http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage2_Modules/who_was_first/william_dampier.htm

http://www.muffley.net/pacific/dampier/dampier.htm

http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage2_Modules/who_was_first/tasman.htm

http://sio.midco.net/dansmapstamps/tasman.htm

http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage2_Modules/who_was_first/jansz.htm

http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogI-K.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/australia.shtml

http://gutenberg.net.au/pages/torres.html

http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020488b.htm

http://www.woodentallships.com/australia/torres.htm

http://www.woodentallships.com/australia/dirk-hartog.htm

http://www.woodentallships.com/australia/makassar.htm

http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/heritage/maritime/monsoon.html

http://www.cptcook.com/

http://www.apex.net.au/~mhumphry/jamescook.html

http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/voyages/dampier.shtml

http://www.gkonstantinou.com/Eport/Explorers/index.htm

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Based on a template idea from The WebQuest Page

Early Australian Explorers – Class Matrix

Explorers

Nationality

Why? Date/s

Map of Journey

Significant

Discoveries

Other Interesting

Facts

Willem Jansoon

William Dampier

Abel Jansoon Tasman

Dirk Hartog

The Macassans

James Cook

Luis Vaez de Torres

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Early Australian Explorers

Name: ____________________________________________________Explorers Nationali

tyWhy? Date/

sMap of Journey

Significant Discoveries

Other Interesting

Facts

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Resources:

Photographs of Explorers

Information about the explorers

Map of Australia in the 1600s

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Abel Tasman

Dirk Hartog

Willem Jansz

1606

March: Willem Janszoon and Jan Lodewijkszoon (note) van Rosingeyn on board the Duyfken, chart about 300 km of the west coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.

1616

October: Dirk Hartog landed the Eendracht on Dirk Hartog Island off the coast of Western Australia and left a pewter plate with his name and the date. He stayed on the island for two days

1642

Abel Janszoon Tasman (note) first to circumnavigate Australia, claims Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) for Holland and sails across to become the first to chart part of New Zealand in the Heemskerk and the Zeehaen.

1688

Captain Read and William Dampier sail the Cygnet into King Sound or Collier Bay in Western Australia and whilst repairing their ship, stay around two

months.

1699

6 Aug: William Dampier in the Roebuck, names Shark Bay on the Western Australian Coast after seeing many sharks. Also lands on Dirk Hartog Island. Attacked by locals.

1770James Cook landed at Botany Bay and took possession for England. Mapped part of the eastern coastline.

Map of Australia in the 1600s

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