What is a sacred site?

Landscape that have a special meaning or significance

What does the word 'Indigenous' mean?

The first people who lived in Australia

What was Eddie Mabo fighting for in 1982?

He was fighting for land rights

What is the Eureka Stockade?

Miners came together to defend their rights at Eureka

Who was Captain James Cook?

Naval captain, navigator and explorer chartering the GBR

What is a prison hulk?

A prison hulk is a floating ship prison

Who came over during the Gold Rush in the 19th Century?

British, Americans, French, Italians, German, and Chinese

What is the stolen generation about?

Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families

What was the White Australia Policy?

laws that stopped non-Europeans from coming to live here

What happened to Aboriginal people when the British came to Australia?

Aboriginals were shot, poisioned and starved.

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1
What is a sacred site?
Places where people liked to visit
Special places for British people
Buldings that were sacred to politicians
Landscape that have a special meaning or significance
2
What does the word 'Indigenous' mean?
The first people who lived in Australia
The first people who invaded Australia
The first people to write laws down in Australia
The first people who killed British people
3
What was Eddie Mabo fighting for in 1982?
He was fighting for equality
He was fighting for religious rights
He was fighting to equality
He was fighting for land rights
4
When did Aboriginals gain full voting rights in Australia?
1920's
1901
1960's
1950's
5
What does Terra Nullius mean?
Land that belongs to Aboriginals
Land that belongs to the animals
Land that belongs to no one
Land that belongs to the British
6
What is the Eureka Stockade?
People came together to discuss the Gold Fields
Miners came together to defend their rights at Eureka
Where miners and diggers went after work
It was a place where people worked
7
When was the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia?
1st of January 1990
1st of January 1900
1st of January 1901
1st of January 1919
8
When did the First Fleet arrive in Botany bay?
January 1988
January 1788
January 1888
January 1688
9
Who was Captain James Cook?
Was a well known famous convict
Sailed the ocean to go on holidays
Brought the convicts over from Britain
Naval captain, navigator and explorer chartering the GBR
10
Why did the British set up colonies in Australia?
Because they were bored
They didn't want prisoners in Britain
They wanted to claim more land
Their prisons were full
11
What is a prison hulk?
Prison cell
A big green strong man
Ship
A prison hulk is a floating ship prison
12
Who came over during the Gold Rush in the 19th Century?
Australians and Aboriginals
Africans
Chinese
British, Americans, French, Italians, German, and Chinese
13
What is the stolen generation about?
Arranged marriages between British people
When people stole from one another
Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families
British children forcibly removed from their families
14
What was the White Australia Policy?
laws that stopped non-Europeans from coming to live here
Laws that stopped Eurpoeans from coming to live here
Laws that stopped people from leaving Australia
Laws that made Aboriginals move out of Australia
15
What happened to Aboriginal people when the British came to Australia?
Aboriginals were shot, poisioned and starved.
British and Aboriginals were happy living with each other
Aboriginals shot, poisioned and starved the British
Aboriginals denied entry to the British

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