curriculum aligned Duyfken education program is now available to the public. Including online resources which can be used in the classroom or at home and a hands-on onsite excursion program, this interactive program provides insight into the first known European contact with Australia.
Directly linked to the year 4 History content in the Australian Curriculum and the First Contacts unit in the NSW History Syllabus, these new resources tell the story of Willem Janszoon's (Jansz) historic journey to Australia and Dutch repulsion by First Nations people at Cape Keerweer in 1606. They provide young students with important context of the contact with Australia by multiple European powers preceding the invasion of Captain Cook on the HMB Endeavour.
