This term Grade 4 /5 have been investigating the First Fleet covering a range of concepts relating to the stories of the First Fleet; including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, their experiences following arrival and the impact colonisation had on Indigenous Australians.

Check out these convicts Bound for Botany Bay

“Farewell to old England forever
Farewell to my ol' pals as well
Farewell to the well known Old Bailey
Where I used to cut such a swell”