Queensland History Teachers’ Association
Townsville Regional Conference
Holy Spirit School,
Friday 5th July 2013
“Hot History”
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8.158.45am
8.45-9am
9-10
10:0511:05
11:0511:30
11:3512:35
12:35—
1:15
1:15-2:15
2:20-3:20
3:20-4pm
Registration and trade displays
Welcome
Key note – Dr Dorothy Gibson-Wilde OAM
Historical Influences on Northern Queensland
1a
1b
1c
1d
Sue Burvill-Shaw
Janelle Byrne and
Jacqueline
Patrick Hodgson
St Aidan's Anglican
Trish Barnard
Stockdale
James Cook
Girls School
Museum of Tropical
James Cook
University
Queensland
University
What is History?
Parting of the Ways:
Workshop for
New Settlers
Australian
Material Culture
teachers new to
League
Federalism
and the
and Object Based
teaching the
(immigration
1918-1919
Influenza
Learning
Australian
assistance)
Pandemic in
Curriculum
Queensland
(30 min
presentation)
Morning tea and trade displays
2a
Zoey O'Mara
St Anthony's Catholic
College
2b
Ann Wuth and Katrina
Wootton
Holy Spirit School
2c
Rohan Lloyd and Kristie
Campion
James Cook University
Ancient History in the 21st
Century – using modern
technology in the Ancient
History classroom
Bridges across Time:
Planning and Resourcing
History P - 7
Hippies and Anarchists
Lunch and trade displays
3a
Sue Burvill-Shaw
St Aidan's Anglican Girls
School
3b
Jess Holland
Education Queensland
3c
Dr Claire Brennan
James Cook University
Teaching to the QSA
Syllabus Standards for
Senior History
Embedding Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander
Perspectives into History
How a ship shaped Cook’s
first voyage to the Pacific
Key note – Ray Holyoak
Kelso Field Uprising - African-American involvement in Far North Queensland
Close - wine and cheese
Keynote Address - Dr Dorothy Gibson-Wilde OAM
The Multicultural Heritage of North Queensland
Dr Dorothy Gibson-Wilde is a professional historian with wide experience of research in Australia and
overseas. She has published both professional journals and in the popular press. She was awarded the
Premier's Award of Excellence in 1999 and was honoured with the title of Honorary City Historian by
Townsville City Council in 1993. Dr Gibson-Wilde was honoured with Life Membership of National
Trust of Queensland and has served on the Council of National Trust of Queensland for 20 years. She is
currently serving as Vice-President and is also a member of the Board of the Foundation for Australian
Literary Studies.
Session 1A – Sue Burvill-Shaw – St Aidan’s Girls School
What is History?
Workshop for teachers new to teaching the Australian Curriculum
This workshop is ideal for teachers new to teaching the Australian Curriculum: History as a discrete
discipline rather than part of a SOSE course. The course will explain the key concepts associated with a
Discipline approach to History as well as providing practical strategies for Upper primary or Middle
Years classes.
Sue Burvill-Shaw is Head of History at St Aidan’s AGS, QLD, and a classroom teacher since 1982. A
former State Panel Chair for Ancient History, she is President of QHTA and co-ordinating author of the
Jacaranda World History Atlas. Sue has presented workshops at State, National and International
Teachers’ Conferences and is widely published.
Session 1B – Janelle Byrne and Trish Banard – Museum of Tropical Queensland
Material Culture and Object Based Learning
Museums house the objects of history and employ the people who use the skills of history,
anthropology, archeology and cultural studies to understand and reveal knowledge of societies past and
present.
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Join Janelle and Trish for a quick peek at the extensive collections, programs, resources and
stories that will bring history alive for your students and enhance your own knowledge, skills
and resource base.
Reveal the mysteries of a museum object in a hands on activity, that you can replicate in the
classroom.
Draw on Trish’s knowledge of material culture and research to further your understanding of
indigenous perspectives.
Janelle is a Learning Activities and Public Programs officer at the Museum of Tropical Queensland
with an extensive background in education, and a particular interest in hands on, inquiry based
approaches to learning and teaching. She co-ordinates the MTQ loan kits, as well as designing and
delivering learning experiences which make connections between objects, people and concepts both in
the museum and in the classroom.
Trish is the Senior Curator, Indigenous Studies at the Museum of Tropical Queensland; with
considerable experience in research, interpretation of collections, and curating exhibitions. She is a
descendant of the Yambina people of central Queensland. She is passionate about research on
Aboriginal historical and contemporary perspectives and embraces opportunities to collate information
that will enhance public understanding.
Session 1C – Jacqueline Stockdale - James Cook University – 30 min presentation
Growing Queensland: the New Settlers' League.
After World War I Australia embarked on an ambitious immigration campaign. Recognising that this
could only succeed if migrants felt welcome and had adequate housing and employment, the New
Settlers' League of Australia was established to tend to their “aftercare”. A volunteer organisation with
independent Divisions in all states (except South Australia), the league spread rapidly and widely. When
the Depression caused a severe reduction in migration, all Divisions ceased to function, except
Queensland. Here the league continued to operate until the late 1950s. This presentation will identify
why the Queensland Division was different.
Jacqueline Stockdale is a James Cook University History PhD candidate researching the New Settlers'
League of Australia and has previously completed a BA Hons (First Class) in History and English. She
worked for several years as a researcher with AustLit (Writing the Tropical North subset) and is a
volunteer archivist.
Session 1D - Patrick Hodgson – James Cook University
Parting of the Ways:
Australian Federalism and the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic in Queensland
This paper examines the discord between the Commonwealth and the State during the 1918-1919
influenza pandemic in Queensland. A significant force in Australian federalism in 1919 was the
division of powers between the central government and the states. Until a referendum in 1946 gave it
powers over medical and dental services, the Commonwealth’s authority in public health was limited to
quarantine. Nonetheless, the Commonwealth pursued an interventionist approach to public health. The
implications of Australian federalism on the ability of Queensland to enforce its health policies are a
persistent theme in any analysis of the impact of the pandemic on Queensland.
Patrick Hodgson holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in History and a University Medal.
Patrick was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Scholarship to undertake his PhD on the impact of the
1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic on Queensland. He is also a sessional lecturer and tutor at James Cook
University.
Session 2A - Zoey O’Mara – St Anthony's Catholic College
Ancient History in the 21st Century:
Using modern technology in the Ancient History classroom
Participants will examine teaching a unit of study (linking, inquiry and concluding study) through the
medium of OneNote. This workshop will cover how to establish a OneNote notebook using a PC
platform, embedding audio and video (including teacher feedback) into OneNote pages, linking to
external websites, incorporating text based activities and ensuring the skills of historiography are
adequately taught through the medium. This course is ideal for those who have a very limited or limited
working knowledge of the OneNote program. A full working model of the OneNote system using the
unit ‘Studies of Political Structures: Revolutionary Moments in the Roman Republic’ will be provided
as an example. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops with OneNote installed if
possible, but it is not a compulsory requirement.
Zoey O’Mara graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Ancient
History. She then completed a Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching through Central
Queensland University and has been teaching Ancient History for 6 years. She has previously worked at
Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell, but has spent the past 4 years at St Anthony’s Catholic College,
Deeragun (near Townsville).
Session 2B – Ann Wuth and Katrina Wootton – Holy Spirit School
Bridges across Time:
Planning and Resourcing History P - 7
Exploring history develops students' curiosity and imagination. Our history units should provide bridges
across time which will enable our students to investigate the past and support them in understanding
themselves and others. This workshop will assist early childhood and primary teachers to plan and
create exciting history units for their students. Each workshop participant will be provided with a USB
containing exemplar history units and a range of supporting resources.
Ann and Katrina are Curriculum Developers at Holy Spirit School P-7, Townsville. As members of the
Townsville Catholic Education Diocesan History Committee, they wrote 32 History Units for P-7. Ann
and Katrina present regularly to James Cook University students and Beginning Teachers on
curriculum and planning, assessment and differentiation.
Session 2C— Rohan Lloyd and Kristie Campion - James Cook University
Hippies and Anarchists – Combined session
White Queens and Red Revolutions: Anarchist Terrorism in Historical Russia
Anarchist terrorism in nineteenth century Russia was integral to the development of a fundamental
terrorist strategy known as “Propaganda of the Deed,” which is still used by modern Islamists. A
dynamic group of anarchists, inspired by freedom movements around the world, combined their
ideology with strategy to forever change the traditional method of political protest. They hoped to create
an atmosphere for political change and to attain the political freedoms enjoyed by other European
nations through a systematic campaign of violence. They failed, but their strategy endured. This
highlights the relevance of historical studies for understanding contemporary political violence.
Kristy Campion has a BA (majoring in History and Archaeology) and a first class honours degree. She
is currently halfway through a PhD, researching the role of historical terrorist strategies and their
relevance to contemporary Islamist terrorism.
Headlines and Hippies: Media perspectives towards the Kuranda Hippies
In the 1970s Kuranda became a major counter-cultural hub of Australia. Hordes of disenchanted youths
and more serious alternative lifestylers flocked to Kuranda on a quest of self-fulfilment, self-discovery
and to indulge in the more hedonistic aspects of hippydom. This presentation will discuss the way the
mainstream media portrayed the Kuranda hippies and the impacts that had upon their public perception.
Rohan Lloyd is a PhD candidate at JCU. This paper comes from his honours thesis for which he
received a class 1A. That thesis examined reactions to the Kuranda hippy culture. His PhD examines
European perspectives towards the Great Barrier Reef.
Session 3A- Sue Burvill-Shaw – St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School
Teaching to the QSA Syllabus Standards for Senior History
What exactly do the QSA senior Standards require? This workshop will examine the standards and
debug the mythology associated with what is required for each level of achievement. It will provide
practical advice for ways to ensure students provide evidence to satisfy these standards, by careful
design of assessment items and by explicit teaching of skills.
Sue Burvill-Shaw is Head of History at St Aidan’s AGS, QLD, and a classroom teacher since 1982. A
former State Panel Chair for Ancient History, she is President of QHTA and co-ordinating author of the
Jacaranda World History Atlas. Sue has presented workshops at State, National and International
Teachers’ Conferences and is widely published.
Session 3B – Jess Holland – Education Queensland
Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives into History
This workshop will look at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories as a cross-curriculum priority
area. Jess will work with participants to further understandings of how these can be addressed in the
classroom, and how the content descriptors and general capabilities could be adapted and contextualised
to incorporate local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander knowledge and perspectives. Examples and
resources will be provided to demonstrate the deconstruction of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
resources, content and pedagogical practices.
Jess Holland is a Korri woman from Darug Nation (Boorooberongal near Richmond and Warmuli near
Prospect) in New South Wales. She is an experienced senior teacher with Education Queensland having
taught in the Darling Downs and Central Southern Queensland regions. Currently, Jess is working with
the Indigenous Schooling Support Unit (Central Southern Queensland) as a consultant to Education
Queensland for the embedding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives into the History
and Geography C2C materials. Jess also develops, writes and facilitates online professional
development programs for Education Queensland staff on the four action areas of Embedding
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Schools.
Session 3C – Dr Claire Brennan – James Cook University
How a ship shaped Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific
The Endeavour both limited and facilitated James Cook’s exploration of the Pacific. Her physical form
imposed limitations on the voyage in terms of her logistical requirements and her ability to venture
through unknown waters. Despite these limitations she allowed Cook to undertake an extraordinary
voyage of discovery and carried him back to Britain despite nearly being destroyed on more than one
occasion. This paper will examine the wooden world of the Endeavour and the ways in which the
technology available limited, focussed, and facilitated Pacific exploration in the eighteenth century.
Claire Brennan is a lecturer in history at James Cook University. Her research interests include
exploration and animal history. She currently teaches global history, environmental history and
exploration history.
Keynote Address – Ray Holyoak
Kelso Field Uprising - African-American involvement in Far North Queensland
Ray Holyoak’s address with discuss the contribution African-American troops made to the war effort
during World War Two in North Queensland, and will examine the impact of the Kelso Field Uprising as
an event of national significance seventy years after its occurrence.