Lesson Revision

The Gold Rush began in what year?

• 1788

• 1790

• 1851

• 1854

As a result of the announcement that Australia had stuck gold, 370 000 migrants arrived by what year?

• 1852

• 1857

• 1891

• 1854

Unfair mining laws caused minors to protest. This was called the...

• Gold Miner's Union

• United Stance

• Lureka Flockaide

• Eureka Stockade

Who led the Eureka Stockade?

• William Clarke

• Peter Lalor

• Edward Hargraves

• The Tom Brothers

The canvas tent town near Bathurst was named what?

• Ophir

• Oppenheimer

• Tent World

• Ballarat

Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) was a major secondary penal colony.

• True

• False

What helped colonists explore more land and develop further settlements?

• Deforestation

• Mining through mountains

• Crossing the Blue Mountains

• Travelling by helicopter

Answer explanation

It was all thanks to an Aboriginal guide that showed Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Wentworth how to cross the mountains in 1813.

Aboriginal people had been using these paths for thousands of years.