Early Colonies in Australia

Why did the early colonies in Australia need to be near the ocean?

• So the settlers could swim and wash

• So supplies could be brought easily from England

• Because the view was nice and made the settlers happy

• Because it was cooler

Where was the first colony settled in Australia?

• Swan River (Perth)

• Botany Bay (Sydney)

• Tasmania

• Sydney Cove

Why wasn't Captain Arthur Phillip happy with settling in Botany Bay?

• There was not enough fresh water

• There were too many snakes

• The bush was too thick

• There was not enough flat land

At first the people in the early colonies stayed near the coast because ....

• They liked looking at the ocean

• Transporting things over land was too difficult

• They needed the ocean to get fish

• It was too cold inland

The roads, buildings and bridges in the early colonies were built by ...

• Free settlers

• Soldiers

• Convicts

• Builders brought from England

What is a free settler?

• Convicts who were set free once they arrived in Australia

• The people who built the roads in the early colonies

• The early explorers who discovered new farming land

• People who chose to come to Australia to be farmers or business owners

Some convicts were given their freedom and built their own farms.

• True

• False

What mountain range near Sydney stopped the early explorers from easily going inland?

• The Blue Mountains

• Mount Everest

• The Sydney Mountains

• The Snowy Mountains

What was the main reason for the first Australian inland explorers going inland?

• To get away from the convicts

• It seemed like a good idea

• To find good farming land

• To find gold

Which of the following was a main hardship the first inland Australian explorers faced?

• They got very lonely away from their friends and families

• There weren't any roads or bridges and the bush was hard to clear

• They got lost most of the time

• The flies were too annoying