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Two fresh public source checks · learner copyYear 11 Ancient History · T1 W1–2 · Learner checks

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Use on Days 5 and 10 before viewing worked feedback. These checks are publicly accessible by URL, not secure tests or QCAA school instruments. F–H are new to the learner, absent from practice cards. Respond in writing, speech, labelled boxes or AAC; keep the same source detail, bounded claim and limit. The public page paraphrases short source records rather than reproducing protected photographs, maps or article figures. You do not need to share your identity or family history.

Day 5 Check A · A listing is a decision

New source F. In 2019, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee made decision 43 COM 8B.14: it inscribed the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape as a cultural landscape on criteria (iii) and (v). The decision's account attributes the aquaculture system and continuing cultural practice to Gunditjmara people. This is a primary institutional record of a 2019 decision, not an ancient witness or direct sample-date report.

Question: A proposed museum label says, “UNESCO discovered, built and now owns the 6,600-year-old walls at Budj Bim.” Use F to write a more accurate label of 35–70 words or equivalent spoken/diagram response. Identify F's maker and date, what it actually decided, one Gunditjmara attribution and two things F cannot establish. Name a different kind of source you would use to investigate a particular feature's age and one current source for access or custodianship. Keep the distinction between the broad landscape history and a particular wall.

Submit: your first response and the access support you used. Do not open worked teaching feedback until it is kept.

Day 10 Check B · Digital clues and living authority

New source G. A 2026 Australian Archaeology article by Armstrong, Huang, Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Corporation, Bell, Bell, Lovett-Murray, Nicholson, Black and Tomko reports work with high-resolution airborne LiDAR images of Budj Bim. Their processing made low-relief possible features easier to see. The authors also report false positives and missed known features and say likely sites still need on-ground checking (field verification), using Gunditjmara knowledge and appropriate field methods. This is primary evidence of a 2026 investigation, not a complete record of all ancient works. No site images or coordinates are reproduced here.

New source H. The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape student-program page says school programs are escorted by a Gunditjmara guide. It lists Tyrendarra as access by special request only. This is a present-day source about an offered program and access, not an ancient eyewitness account; arrangements can change.

Question: A classmate says, “The computer has found every ancient feature, so our class can publish their exact locations and visit all of them.” Use G and H together to respond. For each, give maker/date or current setting, source kind, one relevant fact and one limit. Explain one next research step and one respectful classroom action that does not expose locations. Avoid turning a candidate shape into a confirmed site or a public tour page into permission for unrestricted access.

Submit: first response and access support. The separate teacher feedback is public by URL and is discussed after submission.

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