History Tour 1

During history tour 1 we learnt about many types of trees, minerals and where they were mined. Moff also talked to us about old Australia and what changed and happened over the time.

Trees
The Norfolk Island pine is used to make masts for ship and is fire and drought resistant.
The Aleppo Pine is from Spain and was brought for its colours. It also brought the Marino sheep.
The She Oak is very drought resistentand the seeds can only open when burned.
The Malle Tree has trunks which grow undergound and is fire resistent.
Minerals
Lime Stone is Calcium Carbonate. It is used for making houses and to purify iron.
Stenhouse Bay is where gypsum was mined and used to make plaster.
Inneston was the earliest miningtown in Yorke Peninsula and mined in gypsum.

During the trip Moff also talked about the old Australia when each house hold averaged around having 30 guns. We also saw old crop machines which were interesting. We saw the lighthouse from Althorp and Cape Spencer. Moff also took us to the place with aboriginal water holes. The size varied and Aboriginals are burried along these wells so we found a few bones as well.