Term 2 & 3
	Students are required to research an Explorer of Australia.  Students need to address this topic by covering the following areas: A introduction to your Explorer Background of your Explorer Reasons for the Expedition Exploration routes Difficulties faced by your Explorer What was the most important challenge faced by your Explorer? Justify your choice. Achievements and contribution that your Explorer has made to Australian History What can we learn from the life and times of your Explorer? Explorers of Australia have been divided into the section of continent they mainly explored.  Use the links at left according to the section to find more about your Explorer. Land Exploration Western Central/Inland Eastern   Edward Eyre Alexander Forrest John Forrest Ernest Giles Augustus C. Gregory Francis Gregory George Grey Phillip Parker King Peter E. Warburton     Robert O'Hara Burke Edward Eyre Ernest Giles William C. Gosse George Goyder Edmund Kennedy Ludwig Leichhardt Thomas Mitchell John McDouall Stuart Charles Sturt Peter Warburton William John Wills   Gregory Blaxland Allan Cunningham Francis Barrallier Robert O'Hara Burke George Caley George Evans Edward Eyre Edmund Kennedy William Hovell Hamilton Hume William Lawson Patrick Logan Ludwig Leichhardt Thomas Mitchell John J. Oxley Paul Strzelecki John McDouall Stuart Charles Sturt William Wentworth William John Wills Coastal Exploration Western  Northern Eastern   William Dampier George Grey Phillip Parker King   Phillip Parker King   George Bass Nicholas Baudin Matthew Flinders Jean La Perouse Abel Tasman   Southern George Bass Nicholas Baudin Matthew Flinders Abel Tasman Other Exploration       Douglas Mawson     Resources The hyperlinks provide a starting point for most topics. They consist of: A list of books or other references found in the BPS library and the CALL Number, as well as keywords that you may use for further searches using the Library catalogue. Internet sites can generally be found by using key words summarising your particular area entered into a Search Engine. Starting points for general book references are: R994.03 AUS The Australian Encyclopedia (1983). Check Volume 12 (Index) for references R919.03 AUS Australian and New Zealand Encyclopedia – Index Volume 11 R994 CAN The Exploration of Australia R994 MCE Australian Explorers 920 ONE 100 Famous Australians 994 ONE 1000 Famous Australians 994 MCE Great Australian Explorers 994 POR Fifty Famous Australian Each topic has a list of suggestions on the best way to approach searching for information. The resource list also has library keywords, a list of books available from the BPS library, and some URLs of websites that you may find useful to visit. If you have time, test your knowledge of famous Australians and their contribution to history.