RED DOG context

The 1850s were known for:

• Refugees

• The Gold Rush

• White Australia Policy

• Convict settlements

People from Afghanistan first came to Australia in:

• 1979 - after the Soviet Invasion

• In the 1990s - during the Iran/ Iraq War

• from 1860 onwards - as Cameleers

• only recently - from 2015 onwards

The White Australia Policy was first introduced in?

• 1788

• 1850

• 1901

• 1956

Pastoralists came to Australia because ...

• they wanted a new life, in a new land

• European explorers had made good reports about grazing.

• they used to be convicts so stayed once made free.

• They were give cheap boat fare (ten pounds)

After World War Two...

• Lots of refugees came straight away.

• More skilled migrants came to work in mines and industry.

• Many more people from Asian countries were allowed.

• The South Sea Islanders came to Australia

In the years between World War Two and the 1970s, more workers were needed because ...

• there wasn't a large enough population in Australia to run the industry.

• Australians didn't like to work, so the country needed people who would.

• All the previous Chines and South Sea Island labourers (workers) were sent home.

Based on your research, the film RED DOG is set in:

• Victoria

• New South Wales

• South Australia

• Western Australia

Based on your learning about the type of people who came to Australia, RED DOG - set in THE PILBARA will be about:

• Refugees

• The Gold Rush

• The Cameleers

• Mining

Based on the type of people who moved to Australia and were/ were not allowed to come to the country, RED DOG will show:

• A European type of Multiculturalism

• The lives of British settlers

• The variety of cultures, including Asian and Pasifika, seen at the time.

• How refugees were forced to work in mines

The WORKING CLASS people who feature in RED DOG...

• are highly educated and have been to university

• have to work very hard and can get quite dirty