What was Eddie Mabo fighting for in 1982?

He was fighting for land rights

What is a prison hulk?

A prison hulk is a floating ship prison

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

Aboriginals were shot, poisioned and starved.

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

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

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

What was the White Australia Policy?

laws that stopped non-Europeans from coming to live here

What is the stolen generation about?

Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families

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

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1
When was the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia?
1st of January 1901
1st of January 1919
1st of January 1990
1st of January 1900
2
What was Eddie Mabo fighting for in 1982?
He was fighting to equality
He was fighting for equality
He was fighting for land rights
He was fighting for religious rights
3
What is a prison hulk?
Ship
A prison hulk is a floating ship prison
A big green strong man
Prison cell
4
What happened to Aboriginal people when the British came to Australia?
British and Aboriginals were happy living with each other
Aboriginals shot, poisioned and starved the British
Aboriginals denied entry to the British
Aboriginals were shot, poisioned and starved.
5
What is a sacred site?
Special places for British people
Landscape that have a special meaning or significance
Buldings that were sacred to politicians
Places where people liked to visit
6
What does the word 'Indigenous' mean?
The first people who killed British people
The first people to write laws down in Australia
The first people who lived in Australia
The first people who invaded Australia
7
Who came over during the Gold Rush in the 19th Century?
Chinese
British, Americans, French, Italians, German, and Chinese
Africans
Australians and Aboriginals
8
When did Aboriginals gain full voting rights in Australia?
1950's
1960's
1901
1920's
9
When did the First Fleet arrive in Botany bay?
January 1888
January 1688
January 1788
January 1988
10
What was the White Australia Policy?
laws that stopped non-Europeans from coming to live here
Laws that stopped people from leaving Australia
Laws that stopped Eurpoeans from coming to live here
Laws that made Aboriginals move out of Australia
11
Why did the British set up colonies in Australia?
They wanted to claim more land
Because they were bored
They didn't want prisoners in Britain
Their prisons were full
12
What is the stolen generation about?
When people stole from one another
British children forcibly removed from their families
Arranged marriages between British people
Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families
13
What is the Eureka Stockade?
Where miners and diggers went after work
Miners came together to defend their rights at Eureka
It was a place where people worked
People came together to discuss the Gold Fields
14
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
15
Who was Captain James Cook?
Brought the convicts over from Britain
Was a well known famous convict
Sailed the ocean to go on holidays
Naval captain, navigator and explorer chartering the GBR

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