A multicultural melting pot

Multiple Choice

How many people came to Australia between 1851-1861?

• around 200 000

• around 500 000

• around 20 000

• around 50 000

Multiple Choice

What could you hear around the diggings?

• birds in the trees

• languages, music and songs

• cars and buses

• silence

Multiple Choice

When did the news of the Australian Gold Rush reach China?

• 1850

• 1851

• 1852

• 1853

Multiple Select

What had Chinese people suffered? (choose 2)

• war

• drought

• floods

• famine

• fire

Multiple Choice

What made life very difficult for Chinese miners?

• government laws

• the heat

• the cold

• the food

Multiple Choice

Why did many Chinese miners walk from South Australia to get to Victoria?

• they knew a short cut to the goldfields

• the trip was easier

• to aviod paying the huge taxes to enter Victoria

• they loved the scenic walk

Multiple Choice

What type of miners were the Chinese?

• unorganised

• lucky

• organised and efficient

• slow and clumsy

Multiple Choice

What was the population in Victoria by 1858?

• 100 000

• 120 000

• 150 000

• 170 000

Multiple Choice

How many Chinese were in Victoria in 1858?

• 30 000

• 40 000

• 50 000

• 60 000

Multiple Choice

When were Aboriginal people officially and accurately counted as part of the population?

• 1856

• 1900

• 1956

• after 1967

Multiple Choice

What did the sudden rush of people from all around the world cause?

• the growth of forests in Australia

• the displacement of many Aboriginal Australians

• the weather change

• the invention of new crops

Multiple Choice

What happened to many aboriginal people?

• they were attached and pushed away

• they made fortunes mining gold

• they showed the miners where to find gold

• they were paid by the miners to use their land