Wk 6 Thursday Indigenous contact with British

How many years is it estimated that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have been living in Australia?

• 600 years

• 1000 years

• 6000 years

• 65,000 years

Why did disease have such a big impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples populations after European colonisation?

• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples had no hospitals.

• They had never been exposed to these diseases before and the diseases were very infectious and spread quickly.

• They did not know how to

  find a cure.

• They were forced away from their homelands and had little food or water.

Why was it difficult for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to find food or water after European colonisation?

• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples were forced to move from their land as it had been taken up by European farmland.

• Their hunting spears were taken away.

• There was no food or

  water left.

• The colonisers wouldn’t allow them to have any food or water.

Who led the First Fleet into Australia?

• Captain Hook

• Captain Arthur Phillip

• Captain James Cook

• Captain Australia

What was the estimated impact on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples population between 1788 and 1900?

• It is estimated that the population was reduced by 90%

• The population was

  reduced by half

• It is estimated the population was reduced by 10%

• The population was reduced significantly

How many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples were killed during conflicts with the European colonisers?

• The number is so high, no one knows how many.

• Nearly all of them

• Between 100 and 200

  people approximately.

• About 50% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

  Peoples population.

Why was intensive farming by the European colonisers a problem for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples?

• They did not want to

  be farmers.

• There were too many cows

• Farmland had taken over their sacred sites, water sources and their hunting grounds.

• They did not like the fruits and vegetables being grown.

How many colonisers died during conflicts with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples?

• Between 500 and

  600 colonisers.

• Nearly all of them

• Somewhere between 2,000 and 5,000 colonisers.

• About 50% of the

  European colonisers

What were some of the animals that colonisers introduced to Australia?

• sheep

• foxes

• rabbits

• cows

• all of the above

Why did the European colonisers believe the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples had no ownership over the land?

• None of the land appeared to be fenced or to have any boundaries; there were no buildings or infrastructure present at the time of the first European colonisers.

• The European colonisers never bothered to ask the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples did not defend their land.

• The European colonisers wanted to claim the land first, regardless of whether there were people living there already.