Web Quest Cooperating Communities Bilambil & The Tweed

Tweed Heads Wharf 1910

The task:

Read each question. Follow the link for each question to find the answer. Write your answer onto the answer sheet. Hand in your answer sheet to the teacher.

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Questions	Links
Q1: What does the word community mean?	Find a definition here.
Q2 : a) Who was the first community living in our area? b) Name two sacred sites in our area.	Find answers here.
Q3 : a) How did the Tweed River get its name? b) Why did people come to the area in 1844?	Find out here.
Q4 : a) Why did people first come to the Bilambil valley? b) What sort of shops came first in Bilambil?	Find answers here.
Q5: How did the first teacher travel to Bilambil in 1898?	Read how the first teacher reached Bilambil here.
Q6: How many students were at Bilambil in 1922?	See the 1922 school photo here.
Q7: How many people live in the Tweed community now?	VISIT: The Australian Bureau of Statistics >> scroll down to Tweed.
Q8: How many primary schools are in the Tweed Shire now?	Count how many state and private primary schools here.
Q9: Thirteen suburbs have the postcode 2486. Which three do you spend the most time in?	Do a postcode search here.
Q10: What services are provided by the Tweed Shire Council for the community?	Visit the Tweed Shire Council. Name 6 important services the Tweed Shire Council provides for the community.

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