Process

**Task 1**

Your first task will be to discover as a class the 4 main immigration stages that have occurred in Australia. Can you identify the different cultures that came to Australia and in which period of time they came? Did anyone in your family migrate to Australia and do you know what their reasons for migrating were? Discuss these with your classmates.

Use the following link to the Melbourne Immigration Museum for assistance []

Click on the different dates on the left hand side to begin your understanding of immigration and the people that undertook the journey to Australia.

Try and fill in as much information as you can in the [|Migration to Australia.doc] handout.

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**Focus: ** At your visit to the museum you will explore all areas on the first floor, in particular the ‘Leaving Home’, ‘Immigrant Stories and Timeline’ and ‘Journeys of a Lifetime’ sections. You will also explore ‘Station Pier’ on the second floor. These areas of the museum will provide you with important information and ideas for your journal writing. ==  Complete the ‘Before’ column of the [|What I expect to find out - What I found out.doc] handout, by filling in what you expect to see, hear, find interesting etc.

=Task 3 =

Although it may be difficult for many of you to talk about the reasons why you left your homeland, many of you will have experienced terrible tragedies and endured tremendous heartache. It is important that you share your stories with others and keep records of your long and sometimes dangerous journey to Australia. Your journals that were written on your lengthy journeys to Australia will offer later generations of Australia the chance to hear your stories and to know the answers to important questions such as:


 * When and why did you decide to come to Australia?
 * During which stage of immigration did you arrive?
 * What type of transport did you take to come to Australia?
 * What did you experience during the journey? What were the conditions like and were there any dilemmas?
 * What is different between Australia and your home land?
 * What do you miss from your home land?

In your groups you will be required to use the information you have gathered from the experience of the Melbourne Immigration Museum, the web links provided and books in the classroom to produce a journal written by a family in your designated immigration stage. As a group you will need to decide on a family name, individual family members’ names and from which perspective each group member will write from – father, mother, son, daughter or grandparent. You will also need to decide on the age of your character, keeping in mind that you must include children of two different ages - a teenager and a younger child.

Each group member will write 2-3 journal entries from their chosen perspective using a blog. In your journal writing remember to address some of the questions above. You can add pictures and photos to your blog to make it look authentic and interesting for the reader. Once completed, your journal entries will be printed off and made into a family booklet which will be kept as classroom resources on the differing immigration stages. You will need to add a cover page with your family name, country of origin and immigration stage and collate your groups' journal entries to make the booklet.

A list of websites and books for you to look at, search through and select relevant information for this task, is provided for you on the Resources page.

Use the following link to get started on your journal entries: [|www.blogger.com]

=Task 4 =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">After the long journey to Australia it is time to begin your new life. Many of you will have brought skills, passions and recipes from your homelands. Over time, your different backgrounds and traditions begin to have an impact on Australia and its identity.

Some questions to consider: that make up Australia? || ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Have you ever eaten spaghetti? || [[image:spaghetti_pic2.jpg width="155" height="122" align="center"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Played a game of cricket? || [[image:cricket_engl_v_aust.jpg width="213" height="144" align="center"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Noticed the Chinese New Year celebrations? || [[image:chinese_new_year2.jpg width="203" height="130"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Enjoyed the fact that there are so many nationalities

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Have you ever stopped to think of where these important parts of Australia’s cultural identity came from? What if the family from your immigration stage never came to Australia? How would our country be different? Without immigration what would Australia look like?

For this final task you will need to get back into your groups and think about the above questions and what you have learnt along your Quest so far. You will be required to produce a poster that outlines the cultural impact your migrant family has had on Australia. Be sure to include references to the type of food eaten by your family and any traditions that have been brought across to Australia. You will present your poster and findings to the class so that all classroom members can learn about your migrant family and the impact they have had on Australia’s identity.

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