Poetry - Devices And Creations
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PAT-R Review
Fraser Island
- Why do you think it is called Fraser Island?
- Has it always been referred to as this?
- Has it always been referred to as this?
Research Time
1. What interesting landforms are present on Fraser Island?
2. Try to find some Dreamtime Stories about Fraser Island (i.e. why the sand is coloured).
3. What makes Fraser Island unique?
4. Why should we value the land at Fraser Island ?
5. How is the land valued at Fraser Island ?
1. What interesting landforms are present on Fraser Island?
2. Try to find some Dreamtime Stories about Fraser Island (i.e. why the sand is coloured).
3. What makes Fraser Island unique?
4. Why should we value the land at Fraser Island ?
5. How is the land valued at Fraser Island ?
K’gari is an interactive documentary that debunks one of Australia’s first fake news stories by exposing the largely untold Aboriginal version of events. In 1836 a ship hit a reef north of Brisbane. British castaway, Eliza Fraser, was rescued by the Butchulla women on nearby island, ‘K’gari’. When Eliza returned to England, she claimed to have been ‘entrapped’ by ‘savage’ Butchulla people. Her story became a global media sensation. The island was renamed ‘Fraser Island’. This interactive uses technology to reframe history: the user must take action to destroy and reject Eliza’s false account and amplify Fiona’s narrative.
1. How do you think Eliza Fraser valued the Australian land in 1836?
2. How do you think the British colonisers viewed the land?
3. Fraser Island is still named after Eliza Fraser. How does that then reflect what history we value?
2. How do you think the British colonisers viewed the land?
3. Fraser Island is still named after Eliza Fraser. How does that then reflect what history we value?