Around the time of the First Fleet

The first British man to discover Australia was

• Captain James Cook

• Governor Arthur Phillip

• Captain Matthew Finders

• Captain Jack Sparrow

The first name given to the newly discovered country was ...

• New Holland

• Straya

• Terra Nullis

• Australia

Captain Cook's ship was called

• The Endearment

• The Endeavour

• The Endangered

• The Endless

The First Fleet departed Portsmouth, England at sunrise on May 13th

• 1987

• 1887

• 1787

• 1687

The journey to the new colony took the First Fleet approximately

• 232 days

• 242 days

• 252 days

• 262 days

The First Fleet was under the command of

• Captain

  Arthur Phillip

• Captain

  James Cook

• Captain

  Matthew Flinders

• Captain

  James Kirk

The First Fleet consisted of how many ships?

• 9

• 10

• 11

• 12

The British government decided to send convicts to Australia because...

• They needed a new country to play cricket against

• They were sick of the cold, English weather

• The prisons in Britain were overcrowded

• It looked like a great place for a holiday

Poor nutrition on the journey, with little vitamin C, led to many people developing

• osteoporosis

• scurvy

• a cold

• nausea

Arthur Phillip became the new colony's first

• Governor

• Priest

• Butcher

• King