WorksheetsAustralia to 1851
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Year in which James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia
1770
1771
1787
1788
Colonies established to punish were __________ colonies
Punishment
Penal
Convict
Penitentiary
The area of Melbourne was earlier called the Port __________ District
Philip
Sorrento
Batman
Phillip
He came from Tasmania to found a settlement in Victoria
Henty
Hume
Batman
Van Diemen
Early British name for Australia
New Holland
Great Southern Land
Terror Australis
New England
This island was far off NSW's east coast, but Britain wanted its raw materials
Flinders
Norfolk
King
Batavia
In what year did the First Fleet sail from Portsmouth
1785
1786
1787
1788
On what date in 1788 did the First Fleet arrive at Sydney Cove?
26 January
25 April
14 February
25 January
What proportion of convicts were women?
2
5
12
20
Year in which Victoria became an independent colony from NSW
1804
1834
1835
1851
State capital established in 1804
Sydney
Brisbane
Hobart
Adelaide
Moreton Bay colony was established in which modern state?
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Queensland
River on which South Australia was established
Torrens
Swan
Derwent
Ross
Which sort of accounts have often passed down through generations of Aborigines?
Written
Oral
Inscriptional
Apocryphal
The Wurrundjeri tribe were prominent in which state?
VDL
NSW
Victoria
Queensland
Up to ___ per cent of the local indigenous groups died of disease
33
50
75
90
Pemulwuy is associated with Aboriginal:
Resistance
Collaboration
Art
Disease
Gold that could be sold for a profit was called '_______' gold
Profit-heavy
Crown
Surplus
Payable
He gets the credit for beginning the Australian gold rush
Lister
Hargraves
Strzelecki
Gill
Gold that washes up in creek and river beds is called _______ gold
Wet
Panned
Surface
Alluvial
