{"id":170,"date":"2009-01-01T23:22:24","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T04:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2020-10-06T18:08:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T22:08:18","slug":"national-history-outline-for-australian-students-levels-1b-to-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/national-history-outline-for-australian-students-levels-1b-to-5\/","title":{"rendered":"National History Outline for Australian Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(Levels 1B to 5)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>*** Mater Amabilis thanks Ruth Marshall for generously sharing this history outline with us ***<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>General Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">This is a general Australian history program, not a specifically Catholic one. If you have suggestions for Australian Catholic history, please send them to us and we will add an additional reading list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Title marked *** indicates that the author wrote other books which are also worth reading.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Links:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wonder.riverwillow.com.au\/home_education\/book_talk\/australian_books.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Living Books: An Annotated List<\/a> by Ruth Marshall<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wonder.riverwillow.com.au\/home_education\/book_talk\/australian_books.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wonder &#8230; to Wisdom<\/a> &#8211; Ruth Marshall&#8217;s website, including CM suggestions and resources from an Australian perspective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Many Australian texts may be found online <a href=\"http:\/\/setis.library.usyd.edu.au\/oztexts\/ozlit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<h5><strong>Level 1B &#8211; Australian History<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eve Pownall, The Australia Book [Out of print &#8211; available second-hand]<\/li>\n<li>Nadia Wheatley &amp; Donna Rawlins, My Place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read-Alouds (Choose from among the following)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doris Chadwick, John of the Sirius (the other two books in the series are John of Sydney Cove, and John and Nanbaree)<br \/>\n(Fiction &#8211; the First Fleet and the early years of the colony of New South Wales &#8211; Very highly recommended) [Out of print &#8211; available second-hand]<\/li>\n<li>Ruth C. Williams, Verity of Sydney Town<br \/>\n(Fiction &#8211; set in the times of Governor Macquarie; exciting story about bushrangers) [Out of print- available second-hand]<\/li>\n<li>Eve Pownall, Cousins-Come-Lately: Adventures in Old Sydney Town<br \/>\n(Fiction, set in Sydney in 1832) [Out of print &#8211; available second-hand]<\/li>\n<li>Ethel Pedley, Dot and the Kangaroo (Fiction &#8211; this is an Australian &#8220;classic&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Flinders, Trim (Matthew Flinders&#8217; tribute to his ship&#8217;s cat.) [In print, or available online]<\/li>\n<li>Colin Thiele, River Murray Mary*** (Fiction &#8211; set in the years between the wars)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Australian Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Venn, Roy and Matilda: The Golden Locket (or others in the same series)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poetry by:<\/strong><br \/>\nA.B. &#8220;Banjo&#8221; Paterson, including &#8220;The Man from Snowy River&#8221;, &#8220;Mulga Bill&#8217;s Bicycle&#8221;, &#8220;The Man from Ironbark&#8221;, Clancy of the Overflow&#8221; (and others)*** [Available Online]<\/li>\n<li>C.J. Dennis, A Book for Kids [Available online]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Level 1A &#8211; British History<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Year: Romans to the end of the Middle Ages<\/li>\n<li>2nd Year: Tudors to Victoria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Recommended Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our Island Story by H.E.Marshall<\/li>\n<li>Our Lady&#8217;s Dowry by Kathryn Faulkner (in preparation: being made available to Mater Amabilis users through the Teacher Training Forum)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Level 2 &#8211; American and Australian History<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>1st Year: American History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Resource<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From Sea to Shining Sea (Catholic Textbook Project)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Note: This book is expensive, but is a high quality, up-to-date summary of American history from a Catholic perspective. We are not aware whether there is an Australian source for this book. If there is, please let us know!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd Year: Australian History<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Resources (Choose one of these two books as a spine text)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arthur Baillie, Our Sunburnt Country: An Illustrated History of Australia [Out of print &#8211; available second-hand]<\/li>\n<li>or H.E. Marshall, Our Empire Story (Read the Australian and New Zealand sections) [Available online at the Baldwin Project]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Optional Extra Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>K.M. Adams Seeing History series [Out of print &#8211; available second-hand]:<br \/>\n1. The First Australians, Prehistory &#8211; 1810<br \/>\n2. Australia: Gaol to Colony, 1810-1850<br \/>\n3. Australia: Colonies to Commonwealth, 1850-1900<br \/>\n4. Twentieth Century Australia, 1900-1960<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Supplementary reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australians in History series [Out of print &#8211; available second-hand]<\/li>\n<li>Joan Phipson, Bennelong (Biography)<\/li>\n<li>Ian Mudie, River Rivals (Paddle steamers on the Murray River)<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Keesing, The Golden Dream (The Gold Rush)<\/li>\n<li>Eve Pownall, The Singing Wire (Story of the Overland Telegraph)<\/li>\n<li>Nance Donkin, Margaret Catchpole (Biography)<\/li>\n<li>George Finkel. Matthew Flinders (biography)<\/li>\n<li>K. Langloh Parker, Australian Legendary Tales [Online at Project Gutenberg]<\/li>\n<li>H.J. Samuel, A Saddle at Bontharambo (True story of a pioneering family in northern Victoria) [Out of print]<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Monypenny, And the Children Came, Too (True stories from Australian history, seen through the eyes of the children who were there) [Out of print]<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Aeneas Gunn, We of the Never Never (Autobiographical account of life on a remote cattle station at the beginning of the 20th century) [In print; also available online at Project Gutenberg]<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Aeneas Gunn, A Little Black Princess (Biographical account of an Aboriginal girl)<\/li>\n<li>A.B. Paterson, Illalong Children (Autobiography of his childhood)<\/li>\n<li>Ethel Turner, Seven Little Australians (Fiction &#8211; this is an Australian &#8220;classic&#8221; &#8211; set in the late 19th century)***<\/li>\n<li>Ethel Turner, The Cub (Fiction &#8211; set during World War 1 &#8211; A good title for learning about Australia&#8217;s involvement in, and the attitudes of ordinary Australians to the war)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Elwyn Patchett, Ajax the Warrior (Account of the author&#8217;s childhood in the early 20th century)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Grant Bruce, the Billabong series (Fiction)<\/li>\n<li>Colin Thiele, February Dragon (Fiction &#8211; modern story about a bushfire)***<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Independent reading from among the books listed as read-alouds for level 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Stories, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Henry Lawson, &#8220;The Loaded Dog&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Australian Art<\/li>\n<li>The Heidelberg School &amp; other artists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose poetry from the following writers (and others). Be sure to include the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Banjo Paterson, &#8220;Pioneers&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Dorothea Mackellar, &#8220;My Country&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>C.J. Dennis, &#8220;Green Walls&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Mary Hannay-Foote, &#8220;Where the Pelican Builds Her Nest&#8221;; &#8220;The Australiad&#8221; [Online]<\/li>\n<li>Henry Lawson, &#8220;Andy&#8217;s Gone with Cattle&#8221; [Online]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Level 3 &#8211; British History<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>1st Year<\/strong>: 55BC-1485<br \/>\n<strong>2nd Year<\/strong>: 16th-19th centuries<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">(<em>See Option 2: British History &#8211; Level 3<\/em>)<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Level 4 &#8211; 20th Century World History<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Level 5 &#8211; Australian History<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(Choose one of the following three books as a spine &#8211; Note that I (Ruth) haven&#8217;t yet seen either the Manning Clark book, or Blainey, so can&#8217;t vouch for them, though they are recommended by other homeschooling families):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ernest Scott, A Short History of Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Available online at Project Gutenberg &#8211; other titles by the same author may be worth finding online]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manning Clark, A Short History of Australia<\/li>\n<li>Geoffrey Blainey, A Shorter History of Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Supplementary reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary documents: Project Gutenberg of Australia includes links to a timeline of Australian explorers, a chronology of Australian history, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms (Fiction &#8211; bushrangers) [Available online at Project Gutenberg]<\/li>\n<li>Alan Marshall, I Can Jump Puddles (Autobiography &#8211; early 20th century)<\/li>\n<li>Ion Idriess, Flynn of the Inland (Biography of the founder of the Flying Doctor Service)<\/li>\n<li>Ion Idriess, The Cattle King (biography of Sir Sydney Kidman)***<\/li>\n<li>Sally Morgan, My Place [Either the adult version, or the three volumes adapted for young people] (Biography\/autobiography about an Aboriginal family)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Short Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Henry Lawson (including &#8220;The Drover&#8217;s Wife&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Oxford Book of Australian Verse (also available online)<\/li>\n<li>Henry Lawson, e.g. from Mary Called Him Mister (Australian Picturemac, Illustrated by John Anthony King &#8211; ISBN 0 7329 1266 0), or other collections; Lawson&#8217;s poetry found online here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Levels 1B to 5) *** Mater Amabilis thanks Ruth Marshall for generously sharing this history outline with us *** Level 1B &#8211; Australian History Resources Eve Pownall, The Australia Book [Out of print &#8211; available second-hand] Nadia Wheatley &amp; Donna Rawlins, My Place Read-Alouds (Choose from among the following) Doris Chadwick, John of the Sirius &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/national-history-outline-for-australian-students-levels-1b-to-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about  National History Outline for Australian Students<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":819,"menu_order":57,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-170","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4082,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions\/4082"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}