Spreading Across a Whole Continent: Year 7 Australian History Resource

Explore how the first Australians spread across the continent, adapted to diverse environments and left archaeological evidence that helps historians reconstruct the deep past.

This Year 7 Australian History resource combines clear historical content with comprehension, mapping, chronology and source-analysis activities. Students investigate migration routes across Sahul and Australia, examine evidence from Madjedbebe, Devil’s Lair, Warratyi, Lake Mungo and Tasmania, and consider how people adapted to deserts, coasts, forests and river environments.

Key knowledge and skills

• Migration and settlement across the Australian continent
• Adaptation to contrasting environments
• Use of archaeological sites as historical evidence
• Lake Mungo, Mungo Lady and Mungo Man
• Chronology and timeline construction
• Source comprehension, comparison and analysis
• Respect for Country and the role of Traditional Custodians

What is included

• Teacher slide deck
• Four-page student worksheet
• Digital student version
• Mapping and timeline activity
• Vocabulary support
• Comprehension and source-analysis questions
• Complete solution key and model answers

Suggested classroom uses

This resource is suitable for explicit teaching, guided reading, independent work, relief lessons, sub plans, distance learning, absent students and flipped classroom activities.

Australian Curriculum alignment

Designed for Year 7 History within the Australian Curriculum, with a focus on the deep time history of Australia, archaeological evidence, continuity and change, chronology, source analysis and historical interpretation.

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