Learning module:
Making a nation Defining Moments, 1750–1901
Investigation 3: Ordinary lives
3.1 Introduction
Most people in Australian history have been ordinary people — not famous, not achieving any nation-changing result from their lives, and not remembered in history books.
What were their daily lives like? How did their lives change as a result of important events and decisions in Australia?
In this investigation you will explore five Defining Moments and a case study that will help you understand how people’s living and working conditions changed, and why.
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1856 Work, rest and play: 8-hour day |
1885 Employers unite: Victorian Employers’ Union |
1891 From the workshop to the halls of parliament: Australian Labor Party forms |
1900 Bubonic plague arrives in Sydney |
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1907 A fair and reasonable wage? The ‘Harvester Judgement’ |
Case study: Could you live on a ‘fair and reasonable’ wage? |
Conclusion |
