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Australia to 1851

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Year in which James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia

a)

1770

b)

1771

c)

1787

d)

1788

2.

Colonies established to punish were __________ colonies

a)

Punishment

b)

Penal

c)

Convict

d)

Penitentiary

3.

The area of Melbourne was earlier called the Port __________ District

a)

Philip

b)

Sorrento

c)

Batman

d)

Phillip

4.

He came from Tasmania to found a settlement in Victoria

a)

Henty

b)

Hume

c)

Batman

d)

Van Diemen

5.

Early British name for Australia

a)

New Holland

b)

Great Southern Land

c)

Terror Australis

d)

New England

6.

This island was far off NSW's east coast, but Britain wanted its raw materials

a)

Flinders

b)

Norfolk

c)

King

d)

Batavia

7.

In what year did the First Fleet sail from Portsmouth

a)

1785

b)

1786

c)

1787

d)

1788

8.

On what date in 1788 did the First Fleet arrive at Sydney Cove?

a)

26 January

b)

25 April

c)

14 February

d)

25 January

9.

What proportion of convicts were women?

a)

2

b)

5

c)

12

d)

20

10.

Year in which Victoria became an independent colony from NSW

a)

1804

b)

1834

c)

1835

d)

1851

11.

State capital established in 1804

a)

Sydney

b)

Brisbane

c)

Hobart

d)

Adelaide

12.

Moreton Bay colony was established in which modern state?

a)

Tasmania

b)

Victoria

c)

Western Australia

d)

Queensland

13.

River on which South Australia was established

a)

Torrens

b)

Swan

c)

Derwent

d)

Ross

14.

Which sort of accounts have often passed down through generations of Aborigines?

a)

Written

b)

Oral

c)

Inscriptional

d)

Apocryphal

15.

The Wurrundjeri tribe were prominent in which state?

a)

VDL

b)

NSW

c)

Victoria

d)

Queensland

16.

Up to ___ per cent of the local indigenous groups died of disease

a)

33

b)

50

c)

75

d)

90

17.

Pemulwuy is associated with Aboriginal:

a)

Resistance

b)

Collaboration

c)

Art

d)

Disease

18.

Gold that could be sold for a profit was called '_______' gold

a)

Profit-heavy

b)

Crown

c)

Surplus

d)

Payable

19.

He gets the credit for beginning the Australian gold rush

a)

Lister

b)

Hargraves

c)

Strzelecki

d)

Gill

20.

Gold that washes up in creek and river beds is called _______ gold

a)

Wet

b)

Panned

c)

Surface

d)

Alluvial