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WorksheetsEarly Colonies in Australia
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
Why did the early colonies in Australia need to be near the ocean?
So the settlers could swim and wash
So supplies could be brought easily from England
Because the view was nice and made the settlers happy
Because it was cooler
Where was the first colony settled in Australia?
Swan River (Perth)
Botany Bay (Sydney)
Tasmania
Sydney Cove
Why wasn't Captain Arthur Phillip happy with settling in Botany Bay?
There was not enough fresh water
There were too many snakes
The bush was too thick
There was not enough flat land
At first the people in the early colonies stayed near the coast because ....
They liked looking at the ocean
Transporting things over land was too difficult
They needed the ocean to get fish
It was too cold inland
The roads, buildings and bridges in the early colonies were built by ...
Free settlers
Soldiers
Convicts
Builders brought from England
What is a free settler?
Convicts who were set free once they arrived in Australia
The people who built the roads in the early colonies
The early explorers who discovered new farming land
People who chose to come to Australia to be farmers or business owners
Some convicts were given their freedom and built their own farms.
True
False
What mountain range near Sydney stopped the early explorers from easily going inland?
The Blue Mountains
Mount Everest
The Sydney Mountains
The Snowy Mountains
What was the main reason for the first Australian inland explorers going inland?
To get away from the convicts
It seemed like a good idea
To find good farming land
To find gold
Which of the following was a main hardship the first inland Australian explorers faced?
They got very lonely away from their friends and families
There weren't any roads or bridges and the bush was hard to clear
They got lost most of the time
The flies were too annoying
Many of the early settlers missed their family and friends from back in England.
True
False
Besides giving them fresh water, how did inland rivers help the early settlers?
They could swim and wash in the rivers
They could use rivers to transport food, wheat and wool
It kept their enemies away from their farms
It was nice to look at the river when they felt sad
