Ben from Pt Augusta is a youth "?" promoting the Centenary of Federation to his friends.

Webquest
Introduction | Knowledge Hunt | Task | Process | Assessment | Conclusion | Competition | Credits | Teacher’s Area

Your Task
The Connecting the Continent webquest will transform you into a different role/character in the actual time when the telegraph line from Pt Augusta to Darwin began during the 1870s. You will need to conduct research into the Overland Telegraph Line and Federation to help you develop your chosen role and background knowledge before solving problems of the time.

By now you should have completed the Knowledge Hunt which will start you on the transformation and extend your knowledge and understanding about Federation, communication and the Overland Telegraph Line. If you have not completed the Knowledge Hunt, or the Quiz, do so now.......

Who are you? What do you do?

Consider some of the options below or negotiate another with your teacher.

  1. A new settler - station owner
  2. Indigenous perspective or viewpoint
  3. Charles Todd
  4. male perspective
  5. female perspective
  6. a Journalist reporting on the project
  7. a worker on the team who planned and built the Overland Telegraph Line
  8. Alice Todd at home with the children in Adelaide
  9. free-choice option to be negotiated
Todd and other leaders of the Overland Telegraph Line (1871) (Charles Todd is 2nd from right, Robert Patterson is far right)

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Created by Kate Dibben, Open Access College, South Australia, Australia
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