Gordon+Courtney

Hey! This is **Courtney Gordon** speaking/writing and you are viewing my wiki home page :) **FAMILY TREE-**  **MAJOR SPORTING INTERESTS-** Soccer! Netball, basketball, baseball. - I love my music! My favourite bands include, Fall Out Boy, Hey Monday, Paramore, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Escape the Fate, The Academy Is..., Cobra Starship, Short Stack, All Time Low, For Our Hero, My Future Lies, A Boy Called Britney, My Chemical Romance, Breaking Benjamin, Bullet for My Valentine, and Mindless Self Indulgence. - I love going to concerts. I love the vibe that they give you and how everything but the stage is black. - I love shopping, spending money is my specialty. - I love looking at cars, not really a girl thing but eh. - I love dancing - Hanging out with friends is a must. - When my parents divorced. I was a bit shaken up and I didn't know what to expect. - My first day of school, it was a very interesting experience. I found new friends. - My first time on the superman escape! It was so cool and exhilerating! I loved the rush of it. - FALL OUT BOY CONCERT (and the all-american rejects and hey monday, that toured with them)!!!! WAS SIMPLY THE BEST CONCERT I HAVE EVER BEEN TO AND ALWAYS WILL BE! The vibe of the pumping music in your ears, the screaming, the shouting, the dancing and even when you loose your voice after the concert, it is all an amazing experience. Ellie and I screamed so much that afterwards we sounded like we were on helium :) - PANIC AT THE DISCO CONCERT (cobra starship and the academy is..., who toured with them)! It was my first concert that I had ever been to and boy was it good. - SHORT STACK CONCERT!!!!! I hugged Shaun and Bradie! And andy threw a bottle at my head and I caught it then some girl stole it off me :( it was still an awesome concert! All MOSH PIT!!! In the future I hope become a midwife, doctor or interior decorator. My aim is to do well in school and to be able to still have a serious career and still hang out with friends. 1) After watching the episode it has enhanced my learning and I know can understand what the first Australians went through when they were invaded. 2) "They have come to stay" was a film based on the tragic events of the English landing on Australia. The indigenous people had a hard time coping and so they fought as hard as they could. 3) I think that the message of the episode is that people shouldn't treat other people with little respect just because of the certain colour they are, or how they live their lives. 4)The short story is a true thing that happened. It shows what indigenous people went through and was very moving. LANGUAGE- 1) provide a definition of each. Colonists – a settler in or inhabitant of colony. Settlers – a person who settles in an area, typically one with no or some previous inhabitants. Invaders – encroach or intrude on. British – of or relating to Great Britain or the United Kingdom, or its people or language. Whites – people with light skin. Europeans – people that are European or were born there. 4) Which do you think is the most appropriate and accurate? I think that the most appropriate and accurate would be the Europeans, because they are from Europe and could come from anywhere in there. 5) Could it be possible that the different words have different meaning and applicability at different periods? For example, if we look upon the newcomers as ‘invaders’, might they have seen themselves as ‘settlers’ in their own day? Yes it could be possible because there are always have two sides to the story. The Europeans could have thought that were doing the right thing, helping these people, while the indigenous people thought it was unbelievable, what they were doing. 6) Aborigines – a person that has lived in a country from the earliest times. Indigenous inhabitants or people – things of nature, they go with the flow, no electricity and eats bush tucker, etc. First Australians – people that have lived in Australia all their life and were the first people to live there. Australians – people that live in Australia and are citizens. 9) What do you think is the most appropriate? I think that aborigines is the most appropriate because they have lived on the same land for centuries and deserve to have that name and to be known like that. RECONCILIATION: 1) What is Keating saying non- Aboriginal Australian’s past actions and about this period? He is saying that we have turned Australia that the Aborigines loved into a place filled with alcohol, violence, and cruelty. 2) How do you respond to these claims? I think it’s a fair call, he was completely true. We did do all of those things and we shouldn’t have. It not only wrecked their future but it also made us realize how horrible we were to them. EARLY DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA -** 70 years later || Captain James Cook || The British sent him to take another look at Australia while he was exploring the pacific area. ||
 * TIME LINE-**
 * NON-MAJOR SPORTING INTERESTS (HOBBIES)-**
 * SIGNIFICANT EVENTS-**
 * AMBITION-**
 * THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS-**
 * FIRST AUSTRALIANS TEXTBOOK WORK-**
 * [[file:Links With the Land:Contact!.docx]]
 * ** Date ** || ** “Discoverers” ** || ** Why they came? ** ||
 * 50,000 BC || Ancestors of the Aborigines. || Nomadic hunters who migrated during the last Ice Age from Asia. See page 2 of textbook for a map of the route taken. ||
 * 100 AD onwards || Malay and Indian traders  || Because they were expert sailors and merchants that have a regular trade with China. ||
 * 12th and 15th centuries || The Chinese || Because they were sending large quantities of fleets to Indonesia. ||
 * 1500’s || The Portuguese, Christopher de Mendonca <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The Dauphin map and the Mahogany ship (page 28 of textbook) are likely pieces of evidence. <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">1606 || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">The first Europeans || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Dutchman William Jansz sighted Australia and explored the Gulf of Carpentaria <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">. <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">1616 || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Captain Dirk Hartog <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">It was the first European ship to land on Australian soil at Shark Bay, Western Australia. ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">1640’s || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Abel Tasman || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">He discovered Tasmania and New Zealand and proved that Australia was not joined to the Antarctic continent. Tasman named Tasmania, "Van Dieman's Land," after the governor of the Dutch East Indies who had commissioned his expedition. <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">1688-1700 || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">William Dampier || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Made two ship trips to Australia; the British were unimpressed by the information he came back with. ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">^^^^^^^^^^^
 * <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">1770 || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Captain James Cook || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Landed on Botany Bay, on August the 23rd he claimed it as Britain’s and named in New South Whales . ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">1816 || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">A British Colonial Office inspector named Judge John Thomas Bigge. || <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">the name "Australia " began to be used regularly for the southern continent. <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: AppleGothic; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> ||

Hey guys, I'm Abel Tasman and you're on my myspace :P I grew up in Lutjegast, dutch republic and I'm 56 years old. As you could tell by my job I love exploring. I am a merchent, explorer and a Dutch seafarer. In 1643 i had my first European expedition to Van Diemen's Land now known to you guys as Tassy or Tasmania, New Zealand and the Fiji islands. It was a pretty awesome trip the rough seas but also the feeling that you have succeeded when you have found land makes you feel like you're on top of the world. Anyway,
 * Abel Tasman -**