Warnambool

Warrnambool

June 2014

(Its called windy Warrnambool for a very good reason!)

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2. Warrnambool

   City in Australia
3. Warrnambool is a regional centre and former port city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. The City of Warrnambool local government area has a population of 33,948.

   The coast around Warrnambool and down to Cape Otway is known as the Shipwreck Coast, due to the large number of water vessels that ran aground in the 1800s and early 1900s due to ferocious weather conditions and the rocky coastline.

Australian History - Time Line

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY TIMELINE

90 MILLION BCE - 2006AD

This is a great resource I just bought from Scholastic Australia. It has 8 A3 sheets, they have beautiful photography along side adequate information on each date section.  My children love information like this and will sit and read over and over again.  We will be laminating them as well so they can be used as place mats at the table for endless dinner time conversation.  Love how learning can be done in so many ways and enjoyable for each of them.  The cost of these was $20, great value I think.  If your wanting to purchase these, the link is below.  It is in issue 4.

http://www.scholastic.com.au/schools/bookclub/tbs.asp

Tandop David Tournier, Wathaurong elder

                          May Excursion

                                           You Yangs National Park

The Wathaurong people are part of the greater Kulin nation surrounding Port Phillip and Western Port Bays. The Wathaurong area stretches south of Geelong toward Lorne, north toward Ballarat and then south-east to the Werribee River. 

The Wathaurong ranged over a wide area according to seasonal food sources, ceremonial obligations and trading relationships. 

The people conscientiously managed their land by building substantial houses, cultivating root vegetables and promoting grasslands by using controlled winter fire to promote the best conditions for plants and game while eliminating the risk of wildfire in summer. 

The standard of living of Koori people has been measured as one of the best in the world. To collect food and shelter materials, took on average, less than 2.5 hours each day, leaving a large part of the day for recreation and cultural activities. The life was not without its dangers and discomforts, but it was not the brutal impoverished existence painted by the rudimentary research of most white anthropologists. A study of habitation methods, tools, plant utilisation and midden sites reveals a very sophisticated society with a rich diet derived from careful agriculture and resource collection.

Bruce Pascoe
Wathaurong Co-operative