Moffs History Tour 1

I was surprised at how the history tour was. It wasent so much of a tour as more of a couple of stops and stories about the past of the area. We found out about how the exploration of the whole of Australias coast was only thanks to the norfolk pine which was used as wood when Matthew Flinder's ship had its wood rotting away. We found out about how a lot of the larger animals that had used to live here were killed by the aboriginals burning down trees in order to hunt for food. We found out about how a lot of the people who moved to Australia had used linestone for their building aristocracy buildings but the other classes had used corregated iron to build sheds which were hailed as the perfect housing for pioneers of the lower classes. Back then the main form of travel over the sea was using sails. Most would also use steam engines when the wind stopped blowing to their favour. We learnt about how during the gold rush the Chinese were exploited by being forced to pay a tax to come to Australia to mine for gold. Eventually Australia their became too many people mining for gold so it was then made that nobody was allowed to come to Australia from China. This was ages ago so now the law has been abolished.