2024_Year 8 _Part A Colonial life in Moreton Bay - Topic 1

Where does the information in Source 1 come from?

• an official report saved in the Mitchell Library, NSW

• The author's diary

• The reader's imagination
• from wikipedia

Who wrote the report?

• John Thomas Bigge

• Jon Thomas

• John Tom Bigge

• Jack Theo Briggs

What is the name of the report that John Thomas Bigge wrote?

A. What do you think is Bigge’s purpose in making the suggestions about convicts in this source?

B. Why do you think that?

Why was a new settlement needed?

• needed somewhere impossible to escape from

• Only good working convicts will stay in Sydney

• move worst offenders (major crimes and reoffenders) out of Sydney

• convicts needed more severe discipline to change their behaviour

• Needed somewhere close to Sydney

What sites were considered?

Who investigated the sites?

Which site was chosen?

• Sydney Cove

• Port Curtis

• Red Cliff Point within Moreton Bay

• Port Bowen

Why was Red Cliff Point within Moreton Bay chosen?

• Has easy access directly to the shore for ships

• There were lots of trees which means convicts had plenty of shade

• Supplies could be loaded and unloaded easily off the ships

• good land for growing crops