Who was Captain James Cook?

Naval captain, navigator and explorer chartering the GBR

What does the word 'Indigenous' mean?

The first people who lived in Australia

What is a sacred site?

Landscape that have a special meaning or significance

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

Aboriginals were shot, poisioned and starved.

What is a prison hulk?

A prison hulk is a floating ship prison

What was the White Australia Policy?

laws that stopped non-Europeans from coming to live here

What is the Eureka Stockade?

Miners came together to defend their rights at Eureka

What was Eddie Mabo fighting for in 1982?

He was fighting for land rights

What is the stolen generation about?

Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families

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

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

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

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