Australia

Maps of Australia
Nice map of Australia from enchantedlearning.com
See also this blackline map
and map of Oceania from World Atlas.com <--click here to find maps of any country.)
Click Here for Oceania (Answers for Oceania)
Color map of Australia and other information here, at factmonster.com

Explorers of Australia
Students select or are assigned an explorer to research and write about using the guide that follows. Students will be assigned to give a oral report about their explorer. Each report should include a student's drawing of their explorer or a map showing areas of the globe that particular explorer traveled, (or both!)

Explorers:

Nicholas Baudin

Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills

Allan Cunningham

William Dampier

Edward John Eyre

Matthew Flinders

Dirck Hartog

William Hovell and Hamilton Hume

Willem Jansz

Edmund Kennedy

Thomas L. Mitchell

John Oxley

Arthur Phillip

Paul Edmund de Strzelecki

Abel Tasman

Captain James Cook



Explorers Information Guide

Your Name:_______________
Date: _______________
Continent of Study: ______________

Name of Explorer: _____________________________________________________

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Date of birth Date of death

Nationality: _______________________________________
Sponsoring Country: _________________________________

List any modes of transportation used during their expeditions:
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Explorer's Personal History:
Parents Names:___________________________ _____________________________
Age at time of exploration: ____
Were they married: yes no
Children: yes no How many? ___________
Names: ______________________ _____________________
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What language (s) did this person speak?
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Financial Status: rich poor middle

Religion: __________________________



Education: ____________________________


Which best classifies your explorer's reasons for exploring the world?
Inquisitiveness, financial gain, religious reasons, adventure
scientific discovery, competition, relocation, other

Explain:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________








This person is most famous for: __________________________________________
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But is also known for:___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

Did this explorer have traveling Companions: no yes yes, but unnamed
Names: ___________________ ____________________ ___________________ ____________________ ____________________


Sources I used for my information:
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Fun facts and things I liked about this person: