Recreating the early Sydney settlement with Minecraft 45

Recreating the early Sydney settlement with Minecraft

4/5 E Minecraft rules: 6 M Minecraft rules: ● Only enter your own group’s world ● No fire or destructive behaviour ● Respect each other’s creation ● No weapons or killing ● No excessive amounts of animals, etc ● Respect each other’s boundaries ● Save our worlds to collaboration ● Breaking logging = banning from Minecraft or place in gaol ● ● ● ● ● Only enter your own group’s world No fire or destructive behaviour Respect each other’s creation No weapons or killing No excessive amounts of animals, etc Respect each other’s boundaries & creations Save our worlds to collaboration Breaking logging = banning from Minecraft or place in gaol Don’t add anything that was not historically accurate

Comparing worlds:

Black line showing original coastline Tank Stream

Resources website: Search function https: //sites. google. com/education. nsw. gov. au/sydney-early-settlement/links-and-maps

Full of photos + lots of useful links

Research your building (or structure) and provide evidence of your research: • What are you building? • Purpose of building? • Where will it be built? • What materials? • Size of building? • Sources For example…

The tank stream Mrs Grover Purpose: The Tank Stream was the settlement’s first and main source of fresh water for thirty-nine years. Named for the water tanks cut into its sides to store water. What are you building? A wide-mouthed stream running into Sydney Harbour. At high tide, the water was deep enough for schooners to go up as far as present-day Bridge Street. Tanks – 3 or 4 cut into the sandstone sides of the stream, in order to store water during the 1790 drought. Each tank was five metres deep and held 20, 000 litres. A bridge – in 1788 a gang of convicts were employed in rolling timber together, to form a bridge over the stream at the head of the cove (at Bridge St). The bridge was rebuilt in stone in 1803 and made wider with a lower arch in 1812. Green Belt – there was a 15 metre green belt along each bank. Where will it be built? It started in a swampy area between today’s Hyde Park and Sydney Town Hall, forming a channel along Pitt street down to Sydney Cove (see map). What materials? Sandstone was excavated to create three storage tanks, one adjoining Pitt and Spring Streets, two more on Bond Street. Old Sydney Tank Stream, Picture courtesy of NSW State Library John Skinner Prout c 1842 https: //dictionaryofsydney. org/entry/the_tank_stream#ref-uuid=cecd 845 e-3577 -efda-af 24 -eea 03 af 4 c 033 Historical significance: From 1788 onwards, the stream split the city socially as well as geographically - officers and governors to the east, soldiers and convicts to the west. Detail showing the Tank Stream from 'Plan of the town and suburbs of Sydney, August 1822' http: //www. environment. nsw. gov. au/heritageapp/View. Heritage. Item. Details. aspx? ID=2424503 The Tank Stream bridge