First Contact

Ancient artefacts have shown that Indigenous Australians have been in Australia for at least how many years?

• 4000

• 65,000

• 50,000

• 233

The First Fleet arrived in Australia in which year?

• 1776

• 1888

• 1788

• 1876

Who was NOT on the ships of the first fleet?

• Convicts

• Sailors

• Indigenous Australians

• Children

What is a convict?

• A sailor

• A prisoner who is found guilty of a crime.

• A person who works on a ship

• A ship builder

What is the name of the symbol in the top left hand corner of the Australian Flag?

• The Jack Union

• The Jack of Union

• The Union of Jack

• The Union Jack

How many different Indigenous Australian language groups are there?

• More than 250

• 250

• 150

• Less than 100

Which Australians are represented by this flag?

• South Australians

• Torres Strait Islanders

• Victorians

• Tasmanians

Where did the First Fleet sail from?

• North America

• Ireland

• England

• India

What was the First Fleet?

• A group of ships that sailed to join America's War of Independence.

• A group of ships and about 1,400 people who started the first European settlements in Botany Bay and Sydney.

• Captain Cook's first expedition.

• Cargo ships carrying good across the Atlantic ocean.

Which one of these is NOT an example of an artefact?

• A photograph

• Rock art

• An animal bone

• A tool