History
Onsite
A colonial eye
Students investigate the role of artists during the early colonial period and consider how they contributed to the development of the colony
Virtual Excursion
A new home: female migrants at the Barracks
Learn about female Irish orphans who migrated to Australia in the 1800s and stayed at the Hyde Park Barracks
Activity: draw a convict from an indent
Watch this short video and learn how to use an original Convict Indent listing to draw a real convict
Activity: make your own convict love token
Learn about convict love tokens and some of the convicts at the Hyde Parks Barracks
Onsite
Archaeology underfoot
As they experience historical archaeology first hand, students learn to differentiate between the roles of historian and archaeologist
Child convicts of Australia
For more than 50 years, convicts were transported from Britain to New South Wales. These included children as young as nine years of age
Onsite
Child's play
Students learn about what it was like to live at Vaucluse House for the wealthy family of William Charles and Sarah Wentworth, with their ten children and many servants
Onsite
Colonial life at Elizabeth Farm
As they explore the home of the Macarthur family, which dates from 1793, students learn about the lives of the family and their convict servants and the impact of colonisation on the traditional owners of the Parramatta area