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Historical Connections

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Historical Connections

Read the short story and study the route diagram. Then solve the questions about how transport links places and moves goods. Use evidence from the story and diagram; more than one explanation may be reasonable for open questions.

The wheat journey

In 1935, a wheat grower near the inland town of Wagga Wagga harvested a crop. A horse-drawn wagon carried sacks to the railway station. A train took the wheat to Sydney, where workers loaded it onto a ship. The ship carried the wheat to another country. In the other direction, ships brought tools and cloth to Sydney. Trains and carts then helped carry these goods inland. Roads, railways and ports connected people in different places, although the journey could take days and weather could cause delays.

1.Name the three transport types used to move wheat from the farm to the overseas buyer.
2.Why did the wheat travel to Sydney before leaving Australia?
  • Sydney had a port where ships could load the wheat.
  • Wagga Wagga had no roads.
  • The wheat had to be turned into tools.
  • Ships could travel along the railway.
3.The story says that tools and cloth travelled from Sydney towards inland places.
TrueFalse
4.Complete the idea: Because roads, railways and ports connected different places, people could…
5.Match each part of the journey with its role.
  • Horse-drawn wagon
  • Train
  • Ship
  • Sydney to overseas buyer
  • Farm to railway station
  • Inland town to Sydney
6.The journey could take days, and weather could cause delays. Give one way a delay might affect people waiting for the wheat or goods.
7.A modern truck can carry goods from a farm to a town. Name one way the 1935 journey in the story was different from this truck journey.
8.Explain how the farm, Wagga Wagga and Sydney were connected in the wheat journey. Include at least two transport types and use the word “because”.
9.Imagine heavy rain washes out the road between a farm and its railway station. Suggest one practical way people might keep goods moving, and explain why it could help.

2 printable pages

  • Historical Connections, page 1 of 2: The wheat journey

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  • Historical Connections, page 2 of 2: 5. Match each part of the journey with its role.

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