McLean+Gulliver

My full name is Gulliver Martin McLean. I play in-line hockey and my hobbies include reading, gaming and playing the guitar.  Grandparents: Dale Elliott &???????? -| Margaret & John McLean  Uncles: Mark, Ross --| Duncan, Rod  Aunties: Lin, Simone --| Meredith, Vic. (all aunties are married into the family)  cousins: Luke, Emma, Miriam, jessica and Jeremy, Hannah.-| Seamus. Parents: Brooke Gabrielle Elliott--|-- Martin John McLean  Siblings: Jackson.  Birth: 16 of August 1994 in Melbourne. 1 Year old: Slept,cried,pooped. 2 Years Old: Did a bit more crying ,pooping and sleeping. probably started walking and talking. 3:Started kindergarten 4:nothing special 5:started primary school 6:nothing special 7:parents divorced 8:Started playing hockey 9:Started playing guitar 10:nothing special 11:nothing special 12: Started secondary school 13:nothing special 14:Got a laptop  <span style="color: rgb(116, 71, 179);">I have played hockey for ages and I really enjoy it. I nearly got into the Victorian team but a week or so before the last cut my coach for the actual club I play at took a slap shot and it hit me in the leg so I could barely walk for a week - let alone play hockey. I play for the 'Ballistyx Bulldogs' and have since 2005. For some odd reason the I have never won a grand final but I have about a billion silver medals. At the moment I am the captain of the U14's and I am a forward in the U16's. I love reading and my favourite genre is fantasy. I play the guitar and I'm pretty good at it but I'm not very serious with it - I play when I feel like it. when I'm not playing hockey, guitar or reading i'll be playing computer games. <span style="color: rgb(243, 68, 68);"> When I was in year 5 my dad and I went for a trip around Tasmania. In 2007 mum, my brother and i went to canberra and the surrounding areas. Every christmas holiday we go camping to some place in Victoria, this year we went to Mueller river which is on the coast in the Croajinglong national park, Gippsland. <span style="color: rgb(37, 244, 79);">When I grow up I would like to either play hockey professionally, be an architect, or if I end up failing at school then i'll join the army.
 * Mums Side: <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">-| Dads side ||

FIRST AUSTRALIANS WORK: __Part one Page 6__ <span style="color: rgb(116, 71, 179);">Q1.I think that watching the ‘First Australians’ video has helped me understand more about how this country was ‘founded’ and about the amazing natives who inhabited this land for over 40,000 years. The aborigines seemed very amazed and scared at first but it then turned to curiosity. The Europeans seemed friendly at first and even mingled with the aborigines, but after a while they started to cut down trees and settle the Sydney harbour, this, coupled with the fact that the smallpox had wiped out many aborigines, made the them scared and angry. Even though some individuals tried to mend relationships it failed and, slowly, everything soured. With the differences in culture and language, and the Europeans’ powerful empire, it was never going to work out.

<span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);"> Q2.‘They Have Come to Stay’ is the first episode in a stunning and informative documentary series called the ‘First Australians’ In this episode we see how the first fleet arrived on the 25th of January 1788 and how the British and aborigines reacted to each other.

<span style="color: rgb(116, 71, 179);"> Q3.The message in ‘They Have Come to Stay’ is that the cultural & language differences and the fact that the Europeans were so powerful meant that the Aborigines’ way of life was ruined the instant the British set foot on the beach. The Europeans came there as invaders and even though some individuals tried to learn about the aborigines there were to many differences to overcome.

<span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);"> Q4.“They Have Come to Stay” was a shocking and educational episode… And, rejoice, so are the other episodes! If you didn’t find Governor Arthur Phillip trying to learn about the aborigines by kidnapping Bennalong, and the mass of other information about our past then you truly have no life. This series is excellent and everyone should watch it! __Part 2__ <span style="color: rgb(116, 71, 179);">Q1: Definitions Colonists: A settler in or an inhabitant of a colony. (A colony is a foreign land/ area under partial control by a nation). Settlers: A person who settles in a area, typically one with no or few previous inhabitants. Invaders: An armed force that enters an area with the intentions of occupying it. British: The people who come from Great Britain and the United Kingdom Whites: Humans who have light-coloured skin. Europeans: People who come from the continent of Europe.

<span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);"> Q4. I think the term ‘Invaders’ best describes the ‘newcomers’- especially from an aboriginals’ point of view. The newcomers mainly had the intentions of occupying the land that later became known as Australia. The newcomers were indeed all of the other definitions above but I think that ‘invaders’ best describes them. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(116, 71, 179);">Q5. It is possible that the different words have different meaning and applicability in different periods. When the British ‘invaded’, many of the ‘settlers’ would have thought they were doing a good thing. Many of the newcomers were probably there against their wishes and in ignorance to what was going on. Most people don’t think they’re doing something bad. __Part three:__ <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">Q6: Definitions: <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);"> <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">__Aborigines:__ <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);"> A person, animal, or plant that has been in a country or region from the earliest times. <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">__Indigenous inhabitants:__ <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">The people originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; Natives <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);"> <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">__First Australians:__ <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);"> The first people to live in Australia. <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">__Australians:__ <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">People who live in Australia; A person of Australian descent. <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">__Tribal/clan name:__ <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);"> A tribe is a group of close knitted people who have a similar culture & language and live in a particular area. The group usually has a special name with which members can identify themselves to other tribes and clans.

<span style="color: rgb(116, 71, 179);"> Q9.I think that using the tribal/ clan name of the inhabitants of the land is most appropriate. I say this because that is what they call themselves and I think its what they’d want others to call them. All the other definitions kind of work but - once again- I think that the tribal name is more correct. I think it would be a bit stupid to say every single tribal name, so in general the word ‘aboriginal’ works best. __Part four: Page 7:__ <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">Q1. Keating is saying that non-Aboriginal Australian’s past actions were quite horrible. He’s saying that we didn’t think about how our actions toward the aboriginals would feel. Aborigines were also discriminated and prejudged. <span style="color: rgb(116, 71, 179);"> Q2. In response to Paul Keating’s claims: I think that what he said was entirely true and I feel somewhat ashamed for being a ‘non-aboriginal Australian.’ __Part five:__ <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">__Page 7:__ <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);"> <span style="color: rgb(178, 16, 16);">Q4. We need to reflect on the pass and learn from our mistakes - achievements. Feeling guilty can come under reflection so we should feel guilty - but remember not to let it blind us to what is happening right now. The past is the past and right now there is no way to change the past so we need to reflect on it and use it to better our future.

FIRST AUSTRALIANS BOOKWORK Page 3 - activities 1-3 1. It is believed that Aboriginals have being living on this continent for over 40,000 years. 2. A language group has the largest amount of people in it. They keep contactwith other groups by exchanging songs,information, and goods, services and artifacts; and meeting to oraganise marriages and joint cerimonies 3. A totem is a language groups ‘sign.’ It usually depicts a natural occurring thing like an animal or plant etc. It is important because it shows a person or groups spiritual link to the land. Page 9 - activity 5 Q5 A) My selection of source A is a secondary source because it is an artists interpretation of first contact between the natives and the Europeans.  B)  Most of the indigenous people in my chosen source are: Wearing a ‘skirt’ around their waist, most of them carry spears and most of them have beards. C) My source shows that at first the Europeans and natives were curious at first. It shows the Europeans either giving the natives gifts or loading stuff onto the shore. Some of the Europeans show a bit of conpemt and are a bit confused.  D)  My source shows bias because it is a secondary source and it would be impossible for it to have absolutely no bias. I’m not sure what exactly is bias and stereotyping in this source but I’m pretty sure that the natives would be a bit different because that is what they generally look like in the pictures I’ve seen (it is possible that they actually did look like that though). I can’t be exactly sure because I wasn’t around back then!

When? || Who? || Why? || 50000 BC || The ancestors of the aboriginals || Nomadic hunters who migrated during the last Ice Age from Asia. || 100 AD || Malay and Indian traders || They may have come to the Australian West coast in search of sea slugs || 12th to 15th century || Chinese || They sent large fleets to Indonesia and its quite possible that they explored the north coast of Australia || 1500’s || Portuguese- Captain: Christopher de Mendonca || They were exploring. The evidence that they came here include a map of the East coast of Australia and a shipwreck in Victoria. || 1606 || Dutch- Captain: William Jansz  || They were exploring || 1616 || Dutch- Captain Dirk Hartog  || “ “ “ || 1640’s || Dutch- Captain: Abel Tasman || “ ” “ || 1688- 1700 || English- Captain: William Dampier  || Came to our coast to repair his ship. || 1770 || English- Captain James Cook || He came here on an expedition to “find the great southern land” and to “do some astronomy in Tahiti.” ||