Cooke+Ashleigh

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My name is Ashleigh Kathleen Cooke.


I have a little brother called Thomas[[image:Photo_5_2.jpg width="38" height="37"]]he is 5 turning 6 in july,


a little sister called Melanie [[image:Photo_7.jpg width="28" height="26"]]she is 8 turning 9 on the 14th of march,


a big sister called Allison she is 16 turning 17 in september,


a Mum called Heather she is 45 turning 46 in may,


a Dad called Nigel he is 47 turning 48 in august.


My best friend is:
==Yvette she is 13 turning 14 on st'patricks day. yvette has been my friend since year seven, we had a bit of a mishap in the start but we got over it and now were the best of friends. Yvette's fave color is pink. she is funny and really nice. She likes to read and loves animals. she is an all round awesome friend!!! :) she likes to bum around home after school. Her fave movie is TWILIGHT!!!!!!! She likes to read books and she wants to read the host. == 

5 years old: second year of kinder, my best friends were ashley and andrew
== 6 years old: went to my first year of school. i was so excited!! i got my first yellow slip for throwing sand in someone's eyes (they threw it at me so i threw it back). We also got grade 6 buddies, mine was called Kate. We got to go to the plant nursery, and we all got a nasturtium to take home. In prep we do swimming. For my birthday i got a little sister!!!!(she was born on the 14th of march, but thats not my birthday). == == 7 years old: i was in grade 1!!! i got my second yellow slip, i went down the the banks of the bottom oval and played in the mud. the teacher caught me and half the class(i was the only girl because my best friend lisa ran off before the teacher caught us). In grade 1 we do gymnastics. == == 8 years old: grade 2!! i got in trouble when i was doing my maths because i was talking to much and i got told to go to mrs T's classroom but i was scared of her so i just stayed in the hallway and did my work. In grade 2 we do swimming again. ==

9 years old: Grade 3!! we had peer support buddies! we played games and talked about stuff, it was sorta boring by the end. In grade 3 we do gymnastics again. Thom was born this year.
== 10 years old: Grade 4!! I had Ms Del she was awesome!! we had peer support buddies again. near the end of grade 4 my family and I went to queensland. In grade 4 i went to Philip island for camp, we went to the penguin parade, Amaze'n'things, and the wild life sanctuary. == == 11 years old: Grade 5!! I had Mr Eshuis! The one thing can remember from grade 5 was that i had to do a speech one time and i really didn't want to because i hate them. so i tricked the whole class into forgetting that i hadn't done it. guess what...... it worked. In grade 5 we got to Sovereign hill-Ballarat, we got to go gold panning, and go to school in the olden days. At the end of grade 5 my parents split up. == == 12 years old: Grade 6!!! well we got prep buddies!!! mine was called katie, she had a twin sister molly. We had to do a public speaking program and when it was finished my speech got chosen to be read out. I HAD TO READ IT OUT IN FRONT OF ALL THE PARENTS!!! In grade 6 we go to camp Coonawarra it was the best!! we got to make huts and my groups hut was 1 of 2 that was water proof!! we also did raft making, giant swing, high and low ropes course, flying fox and heaps of other stuff. On the 14th of january we moved house. i use to live in Kilsyth south and we practically moved 4 streets away to Bayswater North. I am glad we moved coz my new house is just the best. == == 13 years old: this was my first year of high school. i came from Boronia Heights with Christina, Luke, Jess B, Jordan Plaiter, and Tim Emerick. I made three new friends: Yvette, Jess and Coralea. we had to do this Welbeing day. Julia also decided that i was going to be her friend...........but i ditched her. ==

The first Australians Questions
== 1. After watching the episode, it has helped me to gain knowledge and understanding by showing me what really happened and that it wasn't <span style="color: rgb(96, 255, 0);">the aboriginals that were in the wrong it was the english because they just decided that it was going to be their country so they took over with out even asking. ==

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==<span style="color: rgb(96, 255, 0);">2.'They've come to stay' the aboriginals were going on living like usual then one day they see boats full of people. The people have decided that this is their land and they are staying. The aboriginals weren't sure about this but governor Philip and abo <span style="color: rgb(96, 255, 0);">riginal Bennelong were friends. ==

<span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">4. i think that settlers fits the description of the first fleet-British when they got to Australia.
==<span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">5. The first Australians probably did see themselves as settlers because they didn't know that the whole of Australia was going to be highly populated with Aboriginals. They only knew that there were some, and yes we probably would see it as invasion, but that is not true because they didn't 'go in with armed force' all they did was go there to establish an eastern base to help with their supplies and trading. ==

<span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">6. definitions:
==<span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">Aborigines:and aboriginal inhabitant of Australia. They were not initially called aborigines, but when the british came they were given that name because it means the original inhabitants of the country. == ==<span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">Indigenous inhabitants or people: Indigenous Australians are from Australia and its nearby islands and their descendants. Indigenous Australians are either Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently make up about 2.6% of Australia's population together. ==

<span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">9. I think that Aborigines fits the description of the First Australians that lived here before the British got here.
==<span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">1. Keating is saying that we have brought all these bad things into this land and we wont take responsibility for the actions that have taken place because of them, we just blame it all on the aborigines and pretend that it is all their fault. == ==<span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">2. I think that n <span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">on-aboriginal Australians are blaming and ignoring the aborigines and that it is not right, and i am glad that w <span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">e have said sorry to them, but we should do more if we haven't already done so because sorry is a word, and words don't make up for huge mistakes. == ==<span style="color: rgb(94, 255, 0);">4. I think we should do both, we should express our guilt of taking over and thinking nothing of the aborigines, but we should also accept that and move forward to the future and make it a better future. ==