A shot at history Right aim … Captain Cook's pistol and a replica of his ship, HM Bark Endeavour. Photo: Wolter Peeters The pistol used by Ned Kelly's younger brother Dan, who died during the Glenrowan siege, was sold for $122,000 in November last year. While the jury is still out on Ned's status as hero or villain, anything connected with him and the bushranger period is valued highly by collectors. The same is likely to happen with Captain Cook's pistol, to be sold by Leski on Thursday. Judging by the interest already shown, Leski expects that 2012 record to be broken on Thursday evening. Advertisement The gun is described as an early 18th-century Continental Flintlock holster pistol, 50 centimetres long, with the lock signed Corbeau-A-Maastricht, but it is the Captain Cook connection that gives it its value. When and where the weapon was used is not recorded, but it is known that it was passed on to Cook's elder sister Margaret, thence to her direct descendants, starting with her son James Fleck.
TeacherTube - Teach the World Captain Cook's Pistol Locked and Loaded Captain Cook's pistol, which has been sold. A rare piece of Australian history has gone under the hammer, netting a small but tidy profit for its seller. A pistol belonging to Captain James Cook, handed down through the family for many generations, was sold at auction in Melbourne on Thursday, for almost $220,000. Formula 1 chairman Ron Walker put the 50 centimetre weapon, made in the early 18th century, up for sale after buying it in 2003 at a Cook family auction in Scotland. A spokeswoman for auctioneers Leski Auctions said that the pistol sold for well above its reserve price of $75,000, to a private Victorian buyer. Advertisement Including buyer's commission, the pistol sold for $219,600. How the weapon was used is not known, but Captain Cook bequeathed it to his elder sister Margaret. Mr Walker told Fairfax Media this week that he hoped the buyer would be a museum or a collector.
Chester (song) Among the patriotic anthems sung during the American Revolutionary War, only Yankee Doodle was more popular than William Billings's Chester[citation needed]. Billings wrote the first version of the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer, and made improvements for the version in his The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). It is the latter version that is best known today. Parts labeled "Treble, Counter, Tenor, and Bass" correspond to the modern SATB four-voice choir. Click to hear piano reduction (Ogg format, 234K) Although this cannot be established with certainty, it appears that these lyrics are by Billings himself. Let tyrants shake their iron rod, And Slav'ry clank her galling chains, We fear them not, we trust in God, New England's God forever reigns. With Prescot and Cornwallis join'd, Together plot our Overthrow, In one Infernal league combin'd. When God inspir'd us for the fight, Their ranks were broke, their lines were forc'd, Their ships were Shatter'd in our sight,
Education Resources and Publications Wars, Conflicts and Peace Operations Schooling, Service and the Great War DVA Education Resource. This educational resource investigates the diverse experiences of Australian school communities during the Great War. Each investigation has ‘tuning in’ and ‘going further’ learning activities.Additional sources on the CD-ROM are also provided below. Introduction and Australian Curriculum links Introductory Investigation: What types of schools existed in Australia during the Great War, and what were the methods of learning and teaching at that time? CD-ROM Contents Australian Light Horse – Palestine 1916-1918 DVA Education Resource. The Australian Light Horse – Palestine 1916-1918 activities booklet features a selection of inquiry-based activities to encourage student exploration of the commemorative publication Australians in World War I: Australian Light Horse – Palestine 1916-1918. North Africa and Syria DVA Education Resource. Devotion DVA Education Resource. Indigenous Service Bomber Command
Graduate Programs The program in History Education is concerned with how young people make sense of the past in school and out-of-school settings. The program explores core issues of teaching and learning and, most broadly, engages the very nature of historical consciousness: What does it mean to live in a present suffused by the past? How is history taught and learned in and out of schools? How does history become part of one's resources for building a meaningful identity and life? Taught well, history fosters tolerance for complexity and intolerance for simple answers. New technologies offer a potential answer, but one that has yet to be realized. Much history is learned outside of school. There are no formal prerequisites for admission to our Ph.D. program. The following FAQs were designed to answer the most common questions about the program.
YEAR SEVEN 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that. Hopefully some of these maps will surprise you and you’ll learn something new. A few are important to know, some interpret and display data in a beautiful or creative way, and a few may even make you chuckle or shake your head. If you enjoy this collection of maps, the Sifter highly recommends the r/MapPorn sub reddit. You should also check out ChartsBin.com. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 37. 38. 39. 40. *Bonus* World Map Tattoo with Countries Visited Coloured
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