IMMIGRATION: A BETTER LIFE IN AUSTRALIA

Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky

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"This was a great incursion to support our Immigration Unit. Jan engaged students with his great storytelling abilities as well as his entertaining singing and variety of instrumental use."
Boronia Heights PS

From the First Australians who walked and sailed from Africa, through the the First Fleet and Gold Rush to post-war migration including Jan Wositzky’s personal family story, this is a story and music/song show about how Australia became a land of many peoples.

Accompanied by graphics and maps dating back to the the 13th century, the stories, songs and graphics tell of:

*  The ten thousand year journey out of Africa of the First Australians.

*  How Indigenous people migrated over the continent, with many languages.

*  The First Fleet and how that changed this continent forever.

*  Caroline Chisholm who brought many women to a male dominated colony.

*  The 1850s gold rush, the beginning of contemporary multi-cultural Australia

*  The Chinese gold diggers walking 800 k from Robe to the goldfields.

 * Refugees today, and how everyone came here for better life (though maybe not  the convicts).

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Show Details

Type

incursion

Year Level Suitability

3-6

Curriculum area

History

Themes

Immigration To Australia, History Of Australia, Multiculturalism, Post War Migration, 1850s Gold Rush, Indigenous Australians, Chinese Australians.

Artform

Drama, Live Music, Music Theatre, Visual Arts

Duration

60 minutes plus questions (60 mins set up)

Cost

$5 per student, $500 minimum per show. Travel costs apply in some locations.

School Term:
Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

Availability

Victoria and Southern NSW.

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