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= **Suitcase Task** = =Search Engines for children-= Thomas is awesome AUSTRALIAN http://www.kids.net.au/

NOT AUSTRALIAN: http://www.askkids.com/

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National Archives of Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au/

Origins- Immigrant communities in Australia
http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=50

Immigration Place
http://www.immigrationplace.com.au/

World map and information about countries:
http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-political-map.htm

History for kids
http://www.historyforkids.org

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Cuc Lam-
(Shirene, Molly, Natasha, Millie ) and (Bridget, Danielle and Abbey)

Questions so far: What ship did Cuc Lam come over on? Can we get a picture? What is a communist government? Who told them that they could get to Australia by boat? How did they come to Australia after they had gone to Malaysia? How long were they in the camp? Finding out more information about the vietnam people and the refugees from that country.

Resources: //The immigration museum has a video on Cuc Lam's life and some further reading that will be helpful for you//. http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/339/

//Culture Victoria has several pages on Cuc Lam's li//fe. http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/cuc-lam/

= Rebecca Greaves = (Emma, Rachel, Brayden and Hamish) Questions-

Can we find out more information about the ship- The Louisa Baillie. What type of ship was it? What would it have been like on the ship? How long was the journey to Australia? Livestock in the area- what were farms like then? What was life was like for a domestic servant? What was life like on the gold fields? Can we find out any more information about her or her family- how old was she when she immigrated? How did she die?

Resources- //To see the whole letter, visit// http://museumvictoria.com.au/MelbourneStory/Favourite-Objects

//Information on the Loisa Baillie// http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1849LouisaBaillie.htm

412 tons, Roxby, master http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bcollins/shipping/louisab.htm http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/index.htm
 * NEW** Ship-

NEW- Information on domestic servants http://www.ourwardfamily.com/victorian_servants.htm

NEW- http://www.australianhistory.org/goldfield-life

//Information on journeys to Australia:// http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/websites-mini/journeys-australia/

//Information about immigration from England at that time// http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-56_u-426_t-1075_c-4146/SA/9/Migration-to-Australia-1832-1850/Mass-migration/Becoming-Australian/SOSE-History/ __ = Simcha Baevski = (Aiden, Thomas, Sophie M, Elizabeth)

Resources More on his life- http://www.myerfoundation.org.au/about-us/index.cfm?loadref=31

Information about immigration from Russia http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=50

= James Lamsey = (Bella, James, Erin, Tom)

Resources More on his life- http://www.myerfoundation.org.au/about-us/index.cfm?loadref=31

Information about immigration from Russia http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=5 _ = Yasser Al-Alyawi = (Milly, Sarah K, Damian, Krishna)

Information about immigration from Iraq http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=29&cat=none&cid=0
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Information about shia Muslims NEW http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/mu/Muslim

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