Colonies in Australia

The first fleet arrived in Botany Bay in

• 1980

• 1887

• 1770

• 1787

The first fleet named the Botany Bay region as...

• New Britain

• New South Wales

• Terris Australis

• New North Whales

James Cook was a...

• Peasant

• Convict

• Sailor

• King

The first colony settlers that arrived from Britain was formed by...

• Botanists

• Aborigines

• Convicts

• Peasants

When a convict became free, they were known as...

• Former convict

• Emancipist

• Free Settler

• Aborigine

The transportation of convicts ended in

• 1840s-1850s

• 1900s

• 1770s-1780s

• 1800s

Mark the two main effects of the arrival of Europeans in Autralian aborigines

• They ate all their food

• They forced them off their traditional lands

• There was a resource shortage

• They introduced unknown diseases

Gold was discovered in Australia in... triggering a gold rush

• 1770

• 1787

• 1851

• 1981

How may colonies were there settled in Australia by the 1880s?

• Three

• Eight

• Seven

• One

Edward Eyre became the first European to cross the...