The EXPEDITION to COLONIAL AUSTRALIA school excursion and the experience of the realistic voyage itself will provide Geographical Knowledge of Australia and the world during the early 18th century. Students will explore the communities and lives of those past and gain empathy for the heartache of the convicts and those that lived on the land. it will connect the students to the nature of convicts and the colonial presence including the daily life of the inhabitants. This incredible school excursion will undoubtedly consolidate and stimulate your students' understanding and learning of Australian History in the most fundamental way that you would be seen as the best teacher ever in providing your students with the most amazing, age appropriate, educationally accurate and interactive excursion across Australia. No other place, venue or organisation can provided your students with a complete 5 hour Expedition of real hands-on, funny, interactive immersive learning of Colonial Australia, the convicts and British Colonisation than the primary school excursion "Expedition to Colonial Australia".

This is a complete interactive educational excursion that allows students to experience what life was like back in the Colonial Times, during the Colonisation of Australia. With authentic equipment, real-life anecdotes, songs and events from the past, the EXPEDITION to COLONIAL AUSTRALIA is not only a must for all students learning about Australia History, it is a must based on the audience interactive entertainment component that just completes the learning outcomes of this unit for teachers.

Schools, children, primary school students, adults and teacher will have exclusive, almost never before seen access to the nation‘s fledgling beginnings as a penal colony. The educational show is based on the Learning Outcomes of the Australian National Curriculum of Humanities and Social Sciences and the previous units of – “British Colonisation in Australia”, Stage 2 in the Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE) Syllabus.

LEARNING OUTCOMES IT MEETS:

The importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal Peoples who belong to a local area
Describes events and actions related to the British colonisation of Australia and assesses changes and consequences.
Days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia (including Australia Day)
The diversity of Australia's first peoples and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Country/Place (land, sea, waterways and skies)
The journey of world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century,
Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following arrival
Explains the roles played by significant people during the British colonisation of Australia as a penal colony.
Reasons (economic, political and social) for the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800
Identifies the consequences of the assumption of terra nullius by the British Government.
The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) and how the environment changed
Describes aspects of ways of life and achievements in the early colony for male and female convicts and ex-convicts, the military and their families, officials and officers, and free settlers.
Explains why terms such as ‘invasion’, ‘occupation’, ‘settlement’, ‘exploration’ and ‘discovery’ reflect different perspectives on the same event.
Demonstrates the establishment of a British colony — aspects of life, significant people (including Arthur Phillip), achievements, events and places.
Demonstrates how people the audience are learning about might feel/have felt by participating in activities such as roleplay, drama.
Encourages students to select appropriate sources of information by observing, identifying, finding, displaying, evaluating & reflecting what they see, hear and feel.
Allows students to read, view, listen to & talk about a range of subject matter.
Initiates investigations by defining the purposes of the investigation, posing questions about the investigation & planning the investigation for students.
Plans & implement action individually or in groups by identifying situations in which participation is required.
And many many more.

The Expedition to COLONIAL AUSTRALIA school excursion is available for the following school levels:

Kindergarten to Year 6, Primary Stage 1 to Stage 3 and
Year 7 to 8
It is also recommended for University students studying education.

The excursion is available in most areas of Australia, including but not limited to:

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Area/Regions :
All areas/Regions of ACT
New South Wales (NSW) Area/Regions :
All areas/Regions of NSW including but not limited to ... Albury, Blue Mountains Region, Central New South Wales, Coffs Harbour, Far West, Hunter New England, Illawarra Shoalhaven, Lower Western, Murrumbidgee, New England North West, North Coast Region, Northern Rivers, Orange, Port Macquarie, Riverina, South Coast Region, South Western Sydney, Sydney, Tamworth, Tweed Heads, Western NSW, Bathurst, Capital Country, Central Tablelands, Country NSW Region, High Country/Snowy Mountains Region, Hunter Region, Lismore, Maitland, Narrabri Region, Newcastle, North West Slopes & Plains, Northern Sydney, Outback New South Wales, Queanbeyan, Snowy Mountains, South Eastern Sydney, Southern NSW, Sydney Metropolitan, The Murray, Upper Western, Western Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Central West Slopes & Plains, Dubbo, Hunter, Illawarra, Lord Howe Island Region , Mid North Coast, Nepean Blue Mountains, North Coast NSW, Northern NSW, Northern Tablelands, Outback NSW Region, Richmond, South Coast, South West Slopes, Southern Tablelands, Sydney Outer Suburbs, The Murray Region, Wagga Wagga, Wollongong
Queensland (QLD) Areas/Regions :
All areas/Regions of QLD including but not limited to ... Brisbane Metropolitan, Cairns / Far North, Central West, Fitzroy, Gold Coast, Mackay, Northern, Thuringowa, Wide Bay-Burnett, Brisbane Outer Suburbs, Capricorn, Darling Downs, Fraser Island, Gold Coast / Sunshine Coast, Moreton, Rockhampton, Townsville, Bundaberg, Central Outback, Far North, Gladstone, Hervey Bay, North West, South West Queensland, Whitsundays
South Australia (SA) Areas/Regions :
All areas/Regions of SA including but not limited to ... Adelaide Hills , Barossa, Fleurieu Peninsula, Limestone Coast, Yorke Peninsula, Adelaide Metropolitan, Clare Valley, Flinders / Outback, Murraylands, Adelaide Outer Suburbs, Eyre Pen, Kangaroo Island, Riverland
Victoria (VIC) Areas/Regions :
All areas/Regions of VIC including but not limited to ... Ballarat, Bendigo, Central Highlands, East Gippsland Coast, Goldfields, Great Ocean Road, Lower Goulburn, Melton, Murray, Otways, Port Phillip, Shepparton Mooroopna, Southwest The Otways, The Bays Port Phillip, The Wimmera, Upper Yarra, West Coast Shipwreck Coast, Western District, Yarra Valley, Bellarine, Central Coast Bass Coast, Central Victoria Yarra Valley, Geelong, Goulburn Valley, Greater Melbourne, Melbourne Metropolitan, Mildura, Northeast Victorian Alps, Ovens and Murray, Pyrenees, South Gippsland, Sunraysia, The Grampians, Upper Goulburn, Victorian Alps, West Gippsland, Western Port, Bellarine Peninsula, Central Gippsland Coast, Daylesford / Macedon, Gippsland, Grampians, High Country, Melbourne Outer Suburbs, Mornington Peninsula, Northwest The Mallee Sunraysia, Phillip Island, Riverina, Southern Riverina, Surf Coast, The Mallee, Upper Murray, Warrnambool, Western Central Highlands/Tablelands, Wimmera
Tasmania (TAS) Area/Regions :
All areas/Regions of Tasmania

Western Australia (WA) Area/Regions :
All areas/Regions of Western Australia

Price Information:

The Expedition to COLONIAL AUSTRALIA is priced on a per person/ticket charge.

Travel Charges:

There are no travel charges charged, regardless of the location. You will be required to arrange your own suitable transport to attend the venue location where the excursion will be held.

Teacher/Customer Resources Available:

Are available at an additional price. Teacher information notes are sent out approximately 14 days by email.

Staff Qualifications:

All performers are either trained and qualified teachers or have degrees/diplomas or certification in Performing Arts.

AUSTRALIA'S ONLY INTERACTIVE SCHOOL EXCURSION ON COLONIAL AUSTRALIA
Expedition to Colonial Australia is an age and stage appropriate excursion for primary schools and primary school students studying British Colonisation between 1788 to 1830's. With a focus on concept of sustainability, past and present experience this Live Interactive Excursion that travels across Australia brings the Colonial Journey alive right in front of the eyes of your students. It focuses on the roles of government, group belonging and the significance of continuity and change in Australia since the British Colonisation in 1788. We are Australia's most loved and favourite school excursion as the , Expedition to Colonial Australia excursion allows your students to interact with real 18th century props and magnificent costumed cast that will make learning Australian History so much fun. We strive in the concept of learning through interaction and your students will get to see how life was like then and how it made Australia as it is today.
A School Excursion for Primary School Students. Let your students experience life in Colonial Australia
	This school excursion provides an indepth hands-on experience for every attending student as the show actual involves the students in real role-playing drama experiences that are hilarious and full of educational content. With the exploration of the explorers of the time, stories of the First Fleet, the Travel to Australia and the contact with the Indigineous people of the
time there is no better way to help your students learn Australian History then to put them on the First Fleet and allow them to be immersed in Australia's only Live Interactive Colonial Australia Excursion. For the other students in years 3, 4, 5 and 6, the Expedition to Colonial Australia will enhance their understanding of British Colonisation from an economic and political basis and the effects of Australia's development as a nation. The EXPEDITION to COLONIAL AUSTRALIA school excursion and the experience of the realistic voyage itself will provide Geographical Knowledge of Australia and the world during the early 18th century. Students will explore the communities and lives of those past and gain empathy for the heartache of the convicts and those that lived on the land. Itwill connect the students to the nature of convicts and the colonial presence including the daily life of the inhabitants.
It will connect the students to the nature of convicts and the colonial presence including the daily life of the inhabitants. This incredible school excursion will undoubtedly consolidate and stimulate your students' understanding and learning of Australian History in the most fundamental way that you would be seen as the best teacher ever in providing your students with the most amazing, age appropriate, educationally accurate and interactive excursion across Australia. No other place, venue or organisation can provided your students with a complete 5 hour Expedition of real hands-on, funny, interactive immersive learning of Colonial Australia, the convicts and British Colonisation than the primary school excursion "Expedition to Colonial Australia".