History Quiz 1

The east coast of Australia was claimed for the British crown by

• James Cook

• William Dampier

• Arthur Phillip

• Abel Tasman

The following is not a reason New South Wales became a colony of Britain:

• To secure naval stores of timber for shipbuilding

• There was an excess of criminals in Britain

• Pastoralists needed more land to graze their sheep

• To protect British mercantile interests in the Pacific

What were King George’s instructions to the Governor Phillip for establishing NSW in 1788?

• Be kind and friendly to the indigenous people; punish anyone who hurts them and keep all convicts imprisoned;

• Punish any indigenous people who approach the new settlement and keep all convicts imprisoned

• Be kind and friendly to the indigenous people; punish anyone who hurts them and establish an agricultural settlement with convicts as workers;

• Punish any indigenous people who approach the new settlement and establish an agricultural settlement with convicts as workers

The government farms at Toongabbie and Rose Hill were planned

• To allow convicts more freedom

• To provide food for the colony

• To provide homes for indigenous people

• To isolate people from the smallpox threat at Botany Bay

Which one of these was not one of Governor Macquarie’s policies?

• Reformation and discipline of convicts

• No land grants to convicts

• Promotion of ex-convicts to senior positions

• The creation of wide, orderly streets and grand public buildings

Which one of these was not a recommendation of the 1819 Bigge Report?

• Encourage free settlers to migrate to NSW, with incentives of land and labour

• Increase assignment of convicts to private masters, not public works

• Expansion of pastoralism further afield

• Decrease punishments of convicts

Transportation to NSW ceased in 1840. What was one reason?

• South Australia became the new destination for convicts

• Anxiety about the demoralisation of society and new colonists’ aspirations to respectability;

• Crimes decreased in Britain and so there was more space in British gaols

• Ports were closed because a pandemic broke out that year.

Which is not a reason that sheep-grazing was the preferred industry in the early nineteenth century Australian colonies?

• Wool was lightweight and durable, therefore ideal for transport and export

• Gold had not been discovered

• Much of the land was unsuitable for growing crops

• It had no ill-effect on the natural environment

What were the impacts of increased pastoralism on indigenous people? More than one answer may be correct.

• Obstruction of food and water sources and dispossession of lands

• The emergence of a wealthy indigenous squattocracy

• Armed rebellion by indigenous people and retaliatory action by the military

• Orders from the British government to cease pastoral expansion

Which is not correct about the film on race relations history in Tasmania?

• The film-makers wanted viewers to know that Truganani was not the last Tasmanian and featured descendents of aboriginal women abducted by white sealers to show the race has survived.

• George Augustus Robinson, Protector of Aborigines, was shown in both a sympathetic light and as a misguided and self-centred man who wanted to destroy the Aboriginal Tasmanians

• The film showed evidence of the dehumanising of Tasmanian Aboriginal people by Europeans through collecting and studying of Aboriginal people's body parts

• The film criticised Truganani for being too passive and accommodating to Robinson.