Literacy

Copy and paste the following list of clues into a Word document. Use the clues to help you as you search the Internet to find the names of the people who had a significant role in the history of Australia. We have included their initials and a photo to give you some extra clues.
 * Reading Group Webquest

1. I am best known as the first prime minister. I helped make Federation happen in 1901 and later I became a judge of the High Court. I helped shape the early Commonwealth period. EB **

2. You know me and my donkey from Gallipoli. I believed that I could help my fellow soldiers by not fighting, but by saving the wounded. You probably know me by my middle name, but here I am using my full name. JSK

3. I became the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. This started the custom that the Australian Prime Minister chose who should be appointed by the Monarch as Governor-General. Previously, the British Government chose that person. II 4. I was the first woman ever to be elected to a parliament in Australia - in Western Australia. EC

5. I was the first Aboriginal person to be elected to the Commonwealth Parliament. NB

6. I was the first woman to become premier of a state. CL

7. I was a writer who helped create Australians' awareness of the bush. I also helped make Australians more proud and aware of themselves as Australians. HL

8. I was a doctor who realised that to help people in outback and remote Australia we needed to travel by plane - to be a 'Flying Doctor'. JF

9. I was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. That was a great step forward for women's place in political decision making. I was also the wife of a prime minster before I became a politician. EL

10. I helped write the Australian Constitution. Then I became the first Chief Justice of the High Court. This meant that I helped shape the laws of Australia. SG