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Why is Richmond Gaol an historical site? The importance of an historical site of cultural importance or spiritual significance; for example, a community building, a landmark, a war memorial (ACHHK045) Time line (Time line of some events in the history of Richmond Gaol.) Teacher information Elaboration Investigating the history and signifi cance to a community of an historical site RESPECTING THE PAST 1825 Building of Richmond Gaol commences 1832 Two-storey construction for Gaoler’s Residence and storage commences 1835 Eastern and Western Wings added for female prison quarters, cookhouse and solitary confi nement cells 1840 Stone wall built around jail complex to impede escapes mid-1850s Used only as a Watch House as convict transportation ceases 1920s Abandoned 1945 Opens again as an historic site and tourist attraction Resources • Photographs (personal or online) of local historical sites. • Access to a variety of resources to investigate the history and signifi cance of the site. Key inquiry questions What aspects of the past can you see today? What do they tell us? What remains of the past are important to the local community? Why? Historical skills • Sequence familiar objects and events (ACHHS047) • Distinguish between past, present and future (ACHHS048) • Pose questions about the past using sources provided (ACHHS049) • Explore a range of sources about the past (ACHHS050) • Identify and compare features of objects from the past and present (ACHHS051) • Develop a narrative about the past (ACHHS053) • Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written, role play) and digital technologies (ACHHS054) Historical concepts • Continuity and change • Cause and effect • Signifi cance Background information • Richmond Gaol is one of several historical sites in and near the town of Richmond, Tasmania, about twenty minutes’ drive from the capital city of Hobart. When referring specifi cally to Richmond Gaol, the spelling of ‘gaol’ refl ects how the word was spelt at that time in history; elsewhere in the text it is spelt ‘jail’ (as per Macquarie dictionary). Teaching notes • Similar units were covered in the fi rst section of the book, ‘Learning from the past’. However, this unit in the second section, ‘Respecting the past’, focuses on the importance today of a landmark or site and delves more into the signifi cance of it in relation to the local community. • This unit provides an example of a site which most students will be unfamiliar with and which will not form part of their community. It does, however, give students a model as to how to form their own inquiry questions and investigate a local historic site and its signifi cance to their community. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy • Read through the text on page 31 with the students, discussing the different spelling of ‘jail’; the meaning of words such as ‘convicts’, ‘preserved’ and ‘signifi cant’; and the type of inquiry questions. • When completing page 32, students could research to fi nd the answer they write for Question 6. • The site students choose for page 33 could be either a built or natural landmark. Refer to the sites discovered in the unit on pages 10 to 13. Additional activities • Students use their notes on page 33 to write a report about their site and its signifi cance in the local community. The report could be presented as a mind map with a photo or drawing of the site being at the centre and information written in shapes around the picture, headed with inquiry questions. Australian Curriculum History: The past in the present R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au 30
The importance today of an historical site of cultural or spiritual signifi cance; for example, a community building, a landmark, a war memorial (ACHHK045) Why is Richmond Gaol an historical site? – 1 The town of Richmond is in Tasmania, not far from the capital city of Hobart. It has several historical sites, one of which is Richmond Gaol. Students from a school in Richmond wanted to fi nd out the history of the jail and why it is important to their community. These are the questions they made up and the answers they found. Questions When was it built? Who built it? Why was it built in Richmond? Why did it stop being a jail? Why is it important to the community now? What are some things visitors can see in the jail? Historical site: Richmond Gaol Answers The oldest building in the jail was built in 1825. It was for prisoners and the jailer. Other buildings were added later. It was built by convicts from Britain. The governor of Tasmania at the time, Governor George Arthur, wanted a jail built in the area of Richmond. The jail would be for convicts and people in the area who were sentenced to jail. Convicts stopped being sent to Australia from Britain in the 1850s so the jail was not needed like before. It became a place to keep people in the area who had done wrong until they could be sent to Hobart where the main jail was. It stopped being used in the 1920s. Richmond is a very historic town. Richmond Gaol is the oldest jail in Australia with all its buildings still standing. The jail has been restored and made into a museum. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy People pay to visit the jail and learn what prison life was like in the past. Tourists also spend money in Richmond’s shops and cafes. There is a lot of information to read about how the prisoners were treated. You can look in a tiny room called a solitary confi nement cell where a prisoner would have to stay locked up in the dark for a whole day or even longer. There is a yard where prisoners were tied to a wooden post and whipped with a lash. There are lots of old objects called artefacts to look at like handcuffs, leg irons, padlocks and whipping lashes. RESPECTING THE PAST www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ® Australian Curriculum History: The past in the present 31
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