WorksheetsRED DOG context
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The 1850s were known for:
Refugees
The Gold Rush
White Australia Policy
Convict settlements
People from Afghanistan first came to Australia in:
1979 - after the Soviet Invasion
In the 1990s - during the Iran/ Iraq War
from 1860 onwards - as Cameleers
only recently - from 2015 onwards
The White Australia Policy was first introduced in?
1788
1850
1901
1956
Pastoralists came to Australia because ...
they wanted a new life, in a new land
European explorers had made good reports about grazing.
they used to be convicts so stayed once made free.
They were give cheap boat fare (ten pounds)
After World War Two...
Lots of refugees came straight away.
More skilled migrants came to work in mines and industry.
Many more people from Asian countries were allowed.
The South Sea Islanders came to Australia
In the years between World War Two and the 1970s, more workers were needed because ...
there wasn't a large enough population in Australia to run the industry.
Australians didn't like to work, so the country needed people who would.
All the previous Chines and South Sea Island labourers (workers) were sent home.
Based on your research, the film RED DOG is set in:
Victoria
New South Wales
South Australia
Western Australia
Based on your learning about the type of people who came to Australia, RED DOG - set in THE PILBARA will be about:
Refugees
The Gold Rush
The Cameleers
Mining
Based on the type of people who moved to Australia and were/ were not allowed to come to the country, RED DOG will show:
A European type of Multiculturalism
The lives of British settlers
The variety of cultures, including Asian and Pasifika, seen at the time.
How refugees were forced to work in mines
The WORKING CLASS people who feature in RED DOG...
are highly educated and have been to university
have to work very hard and can get quite dirty
A PUBLICAN is ...
someone who drinks in a pub (public bar)
someone who built the pub
someone who runs the pub
someone who sits in the pub
The film. RED DOG, is a long YARN. In this context , a yarn is a:
A newspaper article read out for those who can't read.
a list of memories people think positively about.
an Australian joke, always told - never read.
story told orally, sometimes exaggerated.
