OSC – New Visitors to An Old Land

Our Sunburnt Country is your core book for this study, it is aimed at 6-12 years old. We have created a supplementary booklist and suggested activities to accompany each chapter.

We estimate it will take you 2-3 weeks per chapter, this will enable you to finish within the year. If you wish to take time to read more books, simply take two years.

We have recommended a mix of picture and chapter books, ones that are likely to be accessible via your local libraries. We have given you several options below in the hope that your library will have some of these. We are not recommending you read all of these books!

We encourage you to read one chapter book and at least one picture book per chapter. Or at least two to four picture books if available.

The books suggested are below in a visual grid.

We haven’t highlighted our favourites deliberately, as we want you to work within your local library and inter-library loans. We don’t want you to go into debt.

Create your own personalised list by opening your book choice and simply clicking the wishlist button to add to your list.

Activities are optional, feel free to choose whichever activities best suit your family.

Our Sunburnt Country – New Visitors to An Old Land pdf

Image	Name	Writers	Illustrators	Tags	Series	Target Age	Print Status	Curriculums
	A New Voyage Round the World	Dampier, William		William Dampier		Adult, Young Adult	eBook, In Print
	Abel Tasman: Mapping the Southern Lands	Gill, Maria	Ivancic, Marco	Abel Tasman		5-12 Years	Out Of Print
	Aboard the Endeavour - Cook’s Voyage 1768-1771	Stannard, Bruce		1760-1770, 1770-1780, Captain James Cook		9-15 Years	Out Of Print
	Captain Cook	Levene, Rebecca	Cuzik, David	1760-1770, Captain James Cook	Usborne Famous Lives: Young Reading Series 3	7-10 Years	In Print
	Captain Cook and the Endeavour	Lefroy, Mike		1760-1770, Captain James Cook		8-12 Years	In Print
	Captain Cook Explores the South Seas	Sperry, Armstrong		1760-1770, Captain James Cook	Landmark	8-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
	Captain Cook: Sailing off the Map : Sailing off the Map	Scutt, Craig	Harrison, Brian	1760-1770, Captain James Cook		10-18 Years	Out Of Print
	Captain Cook’s Apprentice	Hill, Anthony		1760-1770, Captain James Cook		13-18 Years	eBook, In Print
	Cook's Cook	Bishop, Gavin	Bishop, Gavin	Captain James Cook		5-12 Years	In Print
	I Wish I’d Sailed with Captain Cook	Young, Leonie	Riddle, Tohby	1760-1770, Captain James Cook	I Wish I'd	4-8 Years	Out Of Print
	James Cook, Royal Navy	Finkel, George		Captain James Cook		8-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD
	Meet... Captain Cook	Murdie, Rae	Nixon, Chris	1760-1770, Captain James Cook	Meet...	5-10 Years	In Print
	My Father’s Islands : Abel Tasman’s Heroic Voyages	Mattingley, Christobel		1640-1650, Abel Tasman		8-12 Years	Out Of Print
	Ned’s Kangaroo	Farrer, Vashti		1760-1770, Captain James Cook		9-13 Years	Out Of Print
	Our Sunburnt Country	Baillie, Arthur				6-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
	Sailing The Unknown: Around the World With Captain Cook	Rosen, Michael J	Pritelli, Maria Cristina	1760-1770, Captain James Cook		9-13 Years	Out Of Print
	Shipwrecks, Sailors & 60000 Years: Pre-1788	French, Jackie			Fair Dinkum Histories	10-14 Years	eBook, In Print
	Stowaway	Hesse, Karen		1760-1770, Captain James Cook		10-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
	Stowaway to Botany Bay	Edwards, Christine		1780-1790, French Exploration, Laperouse	My Australian Story	10-14 Years	In Print
	The Blue-Eyed Aborigine	Hayes, Rosemary		1620-1630, Batavia Mutiny Massacre, Houtman Abrolhos Islands		13-18 Years	In Print
	The Dutchman Bold: Abel Tasman	Finkel, George		1640-1650, Abel Tasman		10-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
	The Goat Who Sailed The World	French, Jackie		1760-1770, Captain James Cook	Animal Stars	8-12 Years	In Print
	The Story of Captain Cook	Lang, John	Robinson, W Heath	1760-1770, Captain James Cook	The Children's Heroes Series	8-14 Years	eBook, In Print
	Tupaia, Isaac and Cook: The Search for the 'Great South Land'	Wilson, Mark	Wilson, Mark	1760-1770, Captain James Cook		6-10 Years	In Print
	You Wouldn't Want To Explore With Captain Cook!	Bergin, Mark	Antram, David	1760-1770, Captain James Cook		5-10 Years	In Print

Themes to Cover

• Nautical Terms; Longitude, Tides, Telescope.
• Historical Names; Captain Cook, Endeavour.
• Geography; Australian coastline.
• Cultural Awareness; First Nations.

Teacher’s Notes

• Cook’s Cook – Gavin Bishop
• Read NZ : Teacher’s Notes
• Meet…Captain Cook – Rae Murdie
• Penguin: Teacher’s Notes

Online Resources

• Captain Cook Society

Geography Activity

‘Chart’ Cook’s three voyages in the Pacific. Use a different colour to represent each journey.

• Mega Maps
• Kids Britannica – Cook’s Three Voyages
• Our Worldwide Classroom – Mapping Cook’s expedition to Australia.

History Activity

Select a youtube on Captain Cook and watch

• Captain Cook for Kids

STEM Research & Activities

• Look at longitude and tides what impact did this have on Cook’s journey

The Endeavour had scientists aboard including botanist Joseph Banks.

• Who was Joseph Banks?
• What was Captain Cook’s instructions regards the planet Venus?

Numerous plants were collected and animal observations were recorded throughout the Endeavour’s journey to Australia.

• Research and write about the ‘new discoveries.’

Language Arts Activities

Write a journal as if you were a cabin boy on cook’s voyage, either the journey, along Australian coastline

• Short Biography of Captain Cook – Ducksters
• More Detailed Bio of Cpt Cook – Scholastic

Design a timeline of Cook’s life

Further Research Areas & Discussion Questions

Today there is much discussion about the colonisation by Europeans in a land that was already occupied by our first Nations and yet was decalred Terra Nautlis.

• Read, reflect and, discuss your thoughts about this (older children)

Art/Craft Activities

Colour picture of Captain Cook (younger children)

• Our Worldwide Classroom – Captain Cook Colouring

Captain Cook used a Telescope

• Make a telescope