Alone Across Australia is a Study Guide (black and white packaging) suitable
for secondary students that tells the remarkable tale of the journey of one man
and his dog. Travelling 2,500 kilometres across Australia, Jon Muir and his dog
Seraphine walked from Port Augusta at the top of Spencer Gulf on the South
Australian coast to Burketown on the Gulf of Carpentaria. This was Muir’s fourth
attempt to undertake this odyssey and Seraphine’s second. He took only a loaded
wheeled cart which he pulled behind him, contained his camping gear, basic food,
a gun, maps and a compass and his camera and sound recording.
The study guide focuses on the main themes of the
documentary:
• human determination and resilience
• the nature of the
Australian environment
• the ways in which indigenous Australians lived in
harmony with theland
• the relationship between man and ‘man’s best
friend’
• the differences between human needs and human
wants.
Curriculum Links:
Alone Across Australia is relevant to
a wide range of curriculum areas in the secondary school including:
•
Geography
• History
• English
• SOSE / HSIE
• Media Studies