Australian+Stories

A page for our Australian Friends - [|The AllStars]

We have been studying __Australian History__ this term and thought that we could re-tell some of our favourite stories. We have researched our stories by finding out about the time in history, the people involved and the events that took place. Next we decided on what view our story would take and how we wanted to present it.

We came up with a list of ways to present on this wiki, and have written drafts and plans to sort out our ideas so our stories will be interesting and fun to read/watch.

CAPTAIN COOK
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THE FIRST FLEET
By Kesaia

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=CONVICTS=

By Gloria

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=CONVICTS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA=

By Emily

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=THE SOUTHERN SYDNEY= May 1813

New Land Found!
Sokeina On the 3rd of May three brave and fearless men - Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Wentworth set off on a quest to conduct an expedition to find a way across the mountains. The Governor, Lachlan Macquarrie needed them to find new pastures to graze sheep on.

On their expedition, the men took four pack horses, and 5 barbaric hunting dogs. They also had four other people with them, three of these were convicts. The supplies for a six week journey contained slated meat, tents, compasses cutting tools and guns.

The men took the main ridge which led them up into the mountains. Then the men went down into a beautiful valley between the mountains with a river and let their horses drink after the long journey.

After many days, the men's supplies were nearly gone, but they set off early one morning and reached a spot on top of the mountains where the view was magnificant! They could see for miles - green plains of grass and trees that stretched beyond the horizon.

Sadly, their supplies were minute, and so they had to return down the mountain as soon as they could. The Governor heard they had returned and rewarded the men with money and land and told them they were very brave.

News soon spread about the men, and people were able to travel through the mountains and farm the land on the other side.

=THE BUSH HERALD=

MARTIN CASH ESCAPES WITH BUSHRANGERS
February 12th 1828

Clement

The daring convict, Martin Cash has escaped from Port Arthur with bushrangers Kavanagh and Jones. They escaped from the most dangerous penal settlement in Van Deiman's Land (Tasmania) called Port Arthur. After he escaped from the secured port, he began his bushranging career.

His clothes were ragged and ripped, so he robbed a farmer. He stole some priceless clothes and fresh meat. Now many convicts are escaping into the bush to become bushrangers.

Mrs Cash, reluctant to keep following Martin around returned to Hobart. Martin, outraged, unable to find his wife when he came back home, tried to find her to no avail.

Later on Cash found out that Bessie (his wife) was with another man. He was furious and swore that he would kill them both. He tried to make his way to Hobart with Kavanagh, although disguised as a sailor, he was quickly spotted. The police outnumbered the bushrangers, rapidly and they were caught and trialled for murder. They were sentenced to death for murder, by hanging. However, a last minute reprieve saw the men sent to Norfolk Island penal settlement.

Now other convicts, seeing how easily Cash escaped are trying to escape as well. Bushrangers are now invading all parts of Australia. Bushrangers everywhere! Country and City! Towns are being held up and citizens taken as hostages.

=Gold - Edward Hargraeves= By Yilmaz

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Gold by Sharon

=THE SYDNEY WEEKLY NEWS=

Gold Gold Gold
July 21st 1851

Edward Hargraves finds gold with John Lister, William Tom and John Tom at Bathurst starting a Gold Rush. People are now flooding to Australia to find gold. Over one third of people are women. There were about 4000 000 to over one million people. Now you have to pay 30 shillings as a fee each month.

Kerr Hundredweight nugget was just found. Louis Michael just found gold in Ballarat in Victoria. Thomas Peter found specks of gold in the valley known as Specimen Valley.

If you are sick please do not come until you are better as you are harming the natives - as you're bringing diseases and and many aborigines are dying.

Remember bring 30 shillings!

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=THE GOLDFIELD TIMES=

GOLD FEVER ROCKS THE WORLD!
February 12th 1851

Ramiz

There has been an amazing discovery of gold in the dry plains of Bathurst New South Wales. The discovery was made by the prolific Edward Hammond Hargraves. But people have been infuriated because the news was suppressed by the Governors.

There have now been reports that many foreigners are planning to come to Australia in search of a better life.Gold has been said to be higlhy valued and can be used to make many things such as jewellry, and if mined by individuals it can be sold for a healthy amount of money.

Many locals have already made the decision to start mining for gold especially on their own land. If gold is found on your own land it can be claimed as your gold immediately it is also legal to sell the gold.

=THE DAILY GOLD TELEGRAPH= GOLD FEVER BRAINWASHING HUMAN MINDS! 5th December, 1854

Timothy

Over the past few months, provoked Police Officers and soldiers have been resentfully attacking weary goldminers in the fertile grass around Ballarat, Australia.

The attacks occured on the 3rd of December 1854 when a party of 276 Officers charged to attack the stockade. The attacking party was led by Captain JW. They attacked because the Governors wanted to keep all the gold for themselves. The Governors were selfish and greedy. Thousands and thousands of gold were hidden in places unknown.

The Ballarat miners built a stockade so that they could defend themselves, and not get injured by the police officers.Unfortunately, the police charged when the miners weren't ready and the battle lasted just a short time.

When people heard the news of the gold strikes, they decide to come to Australia to mine for gold for their families. Many assertive miners arrived at the goldfields near Ballarat. Several struggled to find gold, a few have died due to the blazing hot heat of the sun. How will the Governors react to this nonsense? What will they do? Well we will just have to wait to find out in the next edition of THE DAILY GOLD PAPER.

=NED KELLY'S EARLY LIFE=

Matthew

Ned was born in Beveridge, Victoria, just north of Melbourne in 1855. Ned was baptised by Augustinian monk, Charles O'Hea. As a boy, he attended school and risked his life to save a boy from drowning. As a reward, he was given a green sash by the boy's family.

The Kelly's were always suspected of horse or cattle stealing., though they were never convicted. Red Kelly (Ned's father) was arrested when he killed and skinned a calf, which the police said belonged to a neigbour. He was found not guilty of theft, but guilty of having removed the brand from the skin and fines 25 pounds or 6 months hard labour.

Red Kelly died on 27th December when Ned was only eleven and a half. He was forced to leave school to become the head of the family. It was at this time that the Kelly family moved to the Glenrowan area of Victoria, which to this day is known as Kelly country.

Ned grew up in poverty in some of the harshest conditions in Australia, and folk tales tell of his sleeping on the ground in the bush during freezing Victorian winters.

=NED KELLY= By Momtahina

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=NED KELLY=

By Natalie

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=NED KELLY - CRIMES=

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=THE DAILY BEWARE!= May 1887

Warning! Stay away from the Victorian country-side!
Dushan C ATTENTION Victorians: Ned Kelly is on the run and he will kill anyone in his path. The Police are looking for him everywhere! But there is no sign of him. Somebody is reported to have seen him stealing horses from the Kent Farm. He has already killed and murdered 3 policemen at Stringy-Bark-Creek so don't let it be you - beware!

Any more information or locations you must immediately send information to the Police Station at Rockman St Castlemaine. or Melbourne.

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

=Ned Kelly's Life=

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=BEN HALL=

By Sarah

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=THE DAILY INFORMER=

BEN HALL SHOT DEAD!
16 May 1865 Mikhaila

The infamous Ben Hall was just shot yesterday in Forbes, NSW. This notorious bushranger got shot yesterday by 8 policemen. Right now I will tell you the story of his life in this special tribute to Ben Hall.

Early Years
Ben Hall was born in 1837 on the 9th May in Maitland, in the Hunter Valley of NSW. This mischeivous child belonged to Bejamin Hall & Elizabeth Somers. Ben Hall was the third child to be born in his family.

When Ben was 19 he married Biddy Walsh and after they were married they had a child who grew up also to be a bushranger.

Ben worked as a stockman and then became a small land owner. He worked hard to make his land bigger and he was always mustering horses and cattle. One day, after coming back from a muster, he found that his wife had run away with their son to marry an ex-policeman.

After his wife ran away, Ben decided to become a bushranger so he stole a horse and joined a gang. He was a nice man who didn't want to hurt anyone.

Bushranging
Even though many of the gang members were more violent than Ben, he soon became their leader. This gang robbed farm houses, stage coaches carrying mail and gold, and country hotels. In one robbery they locked the citizens of the city in the hotel and threw a party that lasted 3 days!!!!!! Through all the gangs' robberies, they were so successful that they embarrassed the police!

Ben Hall was not a killer, andfor a while he was able to run his gang without killing anyone. At this point, the police were really after Ben Hall and his Gang with a reward for his capture: dead or alive.

Wanted: Dead or Alive!
Ben Hall heard the news but didn't tell his gang, and so Ben decided to go to America. He asked his friend for money, but instead, his friend told the police where Ben was hiding.

Ben was woken from his sleep by police approaching. When he stood up, he was shot dead by 8 policemen; at least 15 bullets went into his body. His life as a bushranger had lasted less than 3 years.

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=ANZAC DAY=

By Nancy

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