My Place

Benjamin's one wish is for his wandering American family to be able to celebrate a proper Thanksgiving dinner in their new place with a real roast turkey. But his efforts plunge him into escalating rivalry with a local Chinese boy, Leck. Watch the episode below or check out the interactive on the ABC website.

Questions

1. What would it have been like to move so many times?
   
2. What kind of schooling would Ben have had? 
   
3. Label a map of Australia with the place, names and dates of major gold discoveries.
   
4. What would it have been like to move so many times?
   
5. What kind of schooling would Ben have had? 
   
6. Label a map of Australia with the place, names and dates of major gold discoveries.
7. Write a list of key events in the discovery of gold in Australia. 
   
8. Make a list of the nationalities of the people who came to Australia in search of gold.
   
9. Find out how long the gold rushes lasted for.
   
   
   
10. Extension: Imagine a box containing personal souvenirs that Ben might have collected over the course of his family's journeys