📖 Part 1: Understanding the Diary

1. What type of text is Elizabeth Harvey's diary?

A fictional story

A primary source from history

A newspaper article

A poem

2. Which features would you expect to find in Elizabeth's diary? (Check all that apply)

Dated entries

First-person writing (using "I")

Personal thoughts and feelings

Formal, official language

3. Elizabeth arrived in Sydney Cove with the First Fleet. What year did this happen?

1770

1788

1800

1820

4. What clues in Elizabeth's diary entries tell us about her feelings when she first arrived in Sydney Cove?

🔍 Part 2: Analysing Elizabeth's Experiences

5. Based on the diary entries, list three major challenges Elizabeth faced in early Sydney Cove:

Challenge 1: _________________________________

Challenge 2: _________________________________

Challenge 3: _________________________________

6. How does Elizabeth describe the landscape around Sydney Cove? What does this suggest about her experience as a settler?

7. Why do you think Elizabeth chose to keep a diary? What does this tell us about her character?

8. From reading her diary, what can you infer about relationships between the settlers? Give evidence from the text.

💭 Part 3: Making Connections

9. Based on Elizabeth's diary entries, predict what might happen next in her settlement experience. Use evidence from the text to support your prediction.

10. How might Elizabeth's experiences help us understand the struggles that people face when starting a new life in an unfamiliar place today?

11. Creative Task: Write a short diary entry (3-4 sentences) as if you are Elizabeth, describing what you think her next day in Sydney Cove might be like. Remember to use first-person writing and include her thoughts and feelings.