Use reverse percentages to work backwards from the 2,500 people recorded in the 1850s to estimate how many Yugambeh people lived here before colonisation.
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What students do
- Use reverse percentages to model a population
- Compare the model with the Reading’s estimate
Australian Curriculum
- Year levels
- Years 9 and 10
- Learning areas
- MathematicsHistory
- A_TSICP2Colonisation under terra nullius, experienced as an invasionCountry/Place
- A_TSIP1Two distinct First Nations Peoples, each made up of many nationsPeople
Suggested links to version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum cross-curriculum priorities: First Nations histories and cultures. Summaries are in our own words; see ACARA for the full organising ideas.
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