Hey History!

What were the Gold Rushes? Why did people from all over the world get ‘gold fever’?   What was life like on the Ballarat goldfields of Victoria, on Wada Wurrung Country?  With so many different groups of people, how did everyone get along?   Did First Nations people mine gold too? What was the Eureka Stockade?  How did the Gold Rushes change Australia?  Students from Preshill Primary School and Westbourne Grammar in Melbourne tell us what they know about the Gold Rushes.  Fred Cahir, Andrew Pearce, Sarah Van de Wouw and an oral history about a Chinese miner share the different experiences of goldfields life. How to use this episode in your classroom Play all the way through (28 minutes) or play half the episode (14 minutes) and pause. We'll tell you when you've reached halfway, and recap the episode. Use the 4 page Learning Materials worksheet PDF with your class, and find more resources on our website. Voices  Professor Fred Cahir is a professor in Australian History at Federation University.  Andrew Pearce is the Learning Program Leader at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat.  Sarah Van de Wouw is the Education Officer at the Eureka Centre, Ballarat.  Gabrielle Wang interviewed by Anna Zhu for the Australians with Chinese heritage oral history project, from the National Library of Australia online catalog.  Episode image  Gold panning dish. Image courtesy of the National Museum of Australia. Music Lady Marie, Rush to the Clearing, Borough and Jespen by Blue Dot Sessions. Transcript Download Gold Fever transcript in Word Download Gold Fever transcript as PDF Credits Hosted by Axel Clark.   Made on Gadigal Country by Anna Clark, Clare Wright, Jane Curtis and Britta Jorgensen. Executive producers are Clare Wright and Anna Clark.  Podcast concept, design and development by Anna Clark.   Indigenous Cultural Consultant is Katrina Thorpe.   Story editor is Kyla Slaven. Learning material by Nick Adeney, Victorian primary educator Curriculum advisors are Nicole Laauw, Department of Education NSW, and Rose Reid, Association of Independent Schools of NSW Thanks to all the students whose voices you hear in this episode and their schools and teachers: Princes Street Primary School, Marrickville West Primary School, Westbourne Grammar School, Preshil Primary School, La Perouse Primary School, and Yirrkala Bilingual School.    Hey History! is produced by the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS and UTS Impact Studios. Impact Studios' executive producer is Sarah Gilbert. 

Why did kids get transported from Britain to Australia? What were their crimes? Did they miss their families?   What was life like as a convict in Van Dieman’s Land, an open air prison on Palawa land?   Students from Princes Street Primary School in Hobart tell us what they know about convict kids.  Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Marcelle Mangan tell the story of transportation, convict tattoos and tokens, and convict life at the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart.  They answer kids’ questions and reflect on what the evidence can and can’t tell us about the convicts.  How to use this episode in your classroom Play all the way through (32 minutes) or play half the episode (16 minutes) and pause. We'll tell you when you've reached halfway, and recap the episode. Use the 4 page Learning Materials worksheet PDF with your class, and find more resources on our website. Voices  Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart is a specialist in convict history and is at the University of New England.  Marcelle Mangan is a tour guide at the Cascades Female Factory, Hobart.   Episode image  Convict love token from J. Fletcher. Image courtesy of the National Museum of Australia. Transcript Download Convict kids transcript in Word Download Convict kids transcript PDF Music Less Jaunty and Apollo Diedre by Blue Dot Sessions. Credits Hosted by Axel Clark.   Made on Gadigal Country by Anna Clark, Clare Wright, Jane Curtis and Britta Jorgensen. Executive producers are Clare Wright and Anna Clark.  Podcast concept, design and development by Anna Clark.   Indigenous Cultural Consultant is Katrina Thorpe.   Story editor is Kyla Slaven. Learning material by Nick Adeney, Victorian primary educator Curriculum advisors are Nicole Laauw, Department of Education NSW, and Rose Reid, Association of Independent Schools of NSW Thanks to all the students whose voices you hear in this episode and their schools and teachers: Princes Street Primary School, Marrickville West Primary School, Westbourne Grammar School, Preshil Primary School, La Perouse Primary School, and Yirrkala Bilingual School.    Hey History! is produced by the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS and UTS Impact Studios. Impact Studios' executive producer is Sarah Gilbert.   

In 1770, Captain Cook got secret instructions to find the ‘Great South Land’.   His ship The Endeavour sailed into Kamay Botany Bay, the land of the Gweagal people.  How did the Gweagal people meet Captain Cook and his crew?  How did they communicate?  What happened over the eight days that Captain Cook stayed in Botany Bay?  Students from Marrickville West Primary School in Sydney tell us what they know about this encounter.  Ray Ingrey and Paul Irish, along with Captain Cook’s own diary, tell the story of this first meeting, answer kids’ questions, and reflect on how it went.  How to use this episode in your classroom Play all the way through (23 minutes) or play half the episode (11 minutes) and pause. We'll tell you when you've reached halfway, and recap the episode. Use the 4 page Learning Materials worksheet PDF with your class, and find more resources on our website. Voices  Ray Ingrey is a Dharawal person from the La Perouse Community. He is a Director of the Gujuga Foundation.  Paul Irish is a professional historian who has worked for the past twenty years with Aboriginal heritage and history.  Captain’s Cook diary is voiced by Nick Hopwood.  Episode image  Gweagal spears reproduced with the permission of the Dharawal and La Perouse community, and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, formerly MAA D 1914.1-4 Transcript Download a transcript of First meetings at Kamay Botany Bay in Word Download a transcript of First meetings at Kamay Botany Bay as PDF Music Curiously and Curiously and Roundpine by Blue Dot Sessions. Transcript Download a transcript of First meetings at Kamay Botany Bay in Word Download a transcript of First meetings at Kamay Botany Bay as PDF Credits Hosted by Axel Clark.   Made on Gadigal Country by Anna Clark, Clare Wright, Jane Curtis and Britta Jorgensen. Executive producers are Clare Wright and Anna Clark.  Podcast concept, design and development by Anna Clark.   Indigenous Cultural Consultant is Katrina Thorpe.   Story editor is Kyla Slaven. Learning material by Nick Adeney, Victorian primary educator Curriculum advisors are Nicole Laauw, Department of Education NSW, and Rose Reid, Association of Independent Schools of NSW Thanks to all the students whose voices you hear in this episode and their schools and teachers: Sandy Bay Primary school, Marrickville West Primary School, Westbourne Grammar School, Preshil Primary School, La Perouse Primary School, and Yirrkala Bilingual School.    Hey History! is produced by the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS and UTS Impact Studios. Impact Studios' executive producer is Sarah Gilbert. 

How did First Nations people learn before books, school and the internet?   What are some of the teaching places on Country? Can a cave or a beach be a classroom?  What’s the role of rock art, like engravings, stencils and prints, in the ‘oldest classroom’?  What are the different kinds of classrooms First Nations kids learn ion today?  Students at La Perouse Primary School in Sydney tell us what they know about how their ancestors learnt on Country.  Wayne Brennan and host Axel Clark visit a very old rock shelter on Dharug and Gundungurra Country. We hear about different kinds of rock art, learning when you’re ready and ways of passing down knowledge. Merrikiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs invites us into her classroom at Yirrkala Bilingual School in North East Arnhem Land.  How to use this episode in your classroom Play all the way through (24 minutes) or play half the episode (12 minutes) and pause. We'll tell you when you've reached halfway, and recap the episode. Use the 4 page Learning Materials worksheet PDF with your class, and find more resources on our website.  Voices  Wayne Brennan is an archaeologist at the University of Sydney , a Gamilaraay person and Blue Mountains custodian.  Merrikiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs is the Principal of Yirrkala Bilingual School, a Yolngu woman and leader.   Episode image  Red ochre used in painting. Image courtesy of the National Museum of Australia. Transcript Download The Oldest Classroom transcript as Word Download The Oldest Classroom transcript as PDF Music Thannoid and Highway 94 by Blue Dot Sessions. Credits Hosted by Axel Clark Made on Gadigal Country by Anna Clark, Clare Wright, Jane Curtis and Britta Jorgensen Executive producers are Claire Wright and Anna Clark Podcast concept, design and development by Anna Clark Indigenous Cultural Consultant is Katrina Thorpe   Story editor is Kyla Slaven Learning material by Nick Adeney, Victorian primary educator Curriculum advisors are Nicole Laauw, Department of Education NSW, and Rose Reid, Association of Independent Schools of NSW Thanks to all the students whose voices you hear in this episode and their schools and teachers: Princes Street Primary school, Marrickville West Primary School, Westbourne Grammar School, Preshill Primary School, La Perouse Primary School, and Yirrkala Bilingual School.    Hey History! is produced by the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS and UTS Impact Studios. Impact Studios' executive producer is Sarah Gilbert.