SENIOR ENGLISH LINKS AND RESOURCES
DISCOVERY - FRANK HURLEY
The all important rubric. Students need to learn this document inside and out.
Assessment Task Related Material Proforma
The blank, electronic version of the proforma needed for the assessment task. To change the box to a tick, delete it and type 3 instead.
Assessment Task Related Material Example
A rough guide to filliing out the proforma using The Art Travel.
Karen Yager on Discovery Part 1
Karen Yager on Discovery Part 2
Karen Yager on Discovery Part 3
Karen Yager on Discovery Part 4
Karen Yager on Discovery Part 5
Karen Yager on Discovery Part 6
Karen Yager on Discovery Part 7
Go Back To Where You Came From
The entire series is available on the SBS On Demand website. This is a link to the first episode. Links to other episodes are at the bottom of the page.
Some great advice and tips for piecing together a short story
Some general notes from class discussion about writing a thesis for discovery.
Some notes taken in class about the types of discoveries contained within the text.
The Man Who Made History: Introduction
The description and analysis of the introduction of the documentary.
The Man Who Made History: Chapter 1
The description and analysis of Chapter 1: Mawson's Expedition of the documentary.
The Man Who Made History: Chapter 2
The description and analysis of Chapter 2: Shakleton's Expedition of the documentary.
The Man Who Made History: Chapter 3
The description and analysis of Chapter 3: World War I of the documentary.
The Man Who Made History: Chapter 4
The description and analysis of Chapter 4: Papua New Guinea of the documentary.
The Man Who Made History: Chapter 5
The description and analysis of Chapter 5 of the documentary.
The Man Who Made History: Chapter 6
The description and analysis of Chapter 6 of the documentary.
The Man Who Made History: Chapter 7
The description and analysis of Chapter 7 of the documentary.
The Man Who Made History: Chapter 8
The description and analysis of Chapter 8 of the documentary.
The Man Who Made History: Questions
The questions we did in class from all 8 chapters of the documentary.
This site is excellent. Do yourself a favour and visit this site often. As well as having links to resources for Frank Hurley there are hundreds of related material suggestions sorted into different categories. The suggestions come with short descriptions and even youtube clips. Fantastic stuff.
Another site with links and suggestions to related material including specific suggestions for Frank Hurley.
A lot of related material suggestions from the English Teachers Association official documents. The people who wrote this list also write and mark the HSC exams, so they're pretty good suggestions.
A great collection of photographs taken by Hurley, and even a few of the man himself.
Shakleton's Antarctic Adventure
A documentary about Shakleton's Endurance expedition that is the subject of Frank Hurley's photography. A great example of the way in which Hurley's photographs are used to represent the "truth".
A pretty interesting article published in The Age about Frank Hurley's work from Simon Nasht's point of view.
Representation, Composites and Frank Hurley
A website with some good information and links to more resources.
A full transcript of the episode of Australian Story - Out of the Blizzard that focuses on the life of Frank Hurley.
Scans of Hurley's travel diaries which are now stored at the National Library. First hand accounts of his discoveries - doesn't get better than this!
The website for the photographic exhibtion of Shakleton's expedition called Enduring Eye. Unfortunately this exhibition is currently in England, but the website is a good substitute.
Show Man: The photography of Frank Hurley
Another great publication about the man. Published by the National Library of Australia.