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Download clips and stills from the tv series, as well as teaching activities and. Welcome to book depository, an international online book retailer. My place is an autobiography written by artist sally morgan in 1987. It touched on growing up, family secrets, australian history, aboriginal culture, race issues, even war and mental health. Have students go to the libraryuse the internet to research about australian history using the following questions as a guide. Producers and investors in my place tv series chapman pictures matchbox pictures screen australia film nsw film tasmania abc television australian childrens television foundation my place book publisher walker books australia level 2, 115 wilson street locked bag 22 newtown nsw 2042.
Donna rawlins depicts life in australia at different times in its development by viewing one place in different years while moving backwards from 1988 to. My place by sally morgan, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The book gives very little information about australian culture. It aims to teach the reader about the history of australia, about families, settlers, multiculturalism, and the traditional owners of the. The book gave a good feel for australian culture in general. Booktopia is a 100% australian owned onlineonly retail store selling books, ebooks and dvds australia wide. My place depicts the history of one particular piece of land in sydney from 1788 to 1988 through the stories of the various children who have lived there.
My place, by sally morgan is now an australian classic, but it wasnt when i first read it back in 1988, australias bicentennial year. Teaching activities the teaching activities provide suggested teaching strategies to support the use of the my place tv series in the classroom. Shipping is also free on all orders, so you can order again. It depicts the history of one particular piece of land in sydney from 1788 to 1988 through the stories of the various children who have lived there. The book was a winner of australias book of the year 1988. Explore background information, aligned with the my place stories, on events and people significant to australias history. Told with warmth, humour and insight, finding my place is an irresistible story by an irrepressible australian woman who has truly found where she belongs, and who continues to make her mark internationally and in public life. It aims to teach the reader about the history of australia, about families, settlers, multiculturalism, and the traditional owners of the land. My place by nadia wheatley, 9781921150654, available at book depository with free. Two decade timelines that highlights significant events and people in 26 decades 2000s1770s and before time of australian history and politics, society and culture, science and technology that underpin the stories of the. My place, autobiography by sally morgan 9780949206312.
Through memories and images, hints and echoes begin to emerge and another story unfolds the mystery of her aboriginal identity. Based in sydney, australia we offer over 4 million books from our database which have been categorised into a variety of subjects to make it easier for you to browse and shop. I bought this book for my children, as we are studying australia in first grade. A childs eye view of a year on an australian farm, a memorable year, as its the year the narrator receives a palomino pony.
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