History of Australia

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The first people to arrive on Australia around 40,000 years ago are known as

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the Aborigines

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Ancient Aborigines were

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nomadic hunter gatherers

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The first Aborigines arrived from

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southeast Asia

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Aborigines invented this tool for hunting

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boomerang

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Australia was claimed by Captain James Cook to be part of which empire?

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British

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Initially, Great Britain used Australia as which type of colony?

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Convict

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Which event led to an increase in European colonists and terrible treatment of the Aborigines? Options: World War I, Independence movements in South America, the Gold Rush, the end of the north Atlantic slave trade

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the Gold Rush

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Australia gained independence from Great Britain in which year?

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1901

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During which period of Australia's history did Australians take Aborigine children from their families to assimilate them into Australian society?

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Stolen Generation

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In which year did the Australian government apologize to the Aborigines for their poor treatment?

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2008