WorksheetsThe First Fleet
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 20mins
Aboriginal People
British people, convicts, seamen and crew (helpers on the ships)
How many ships made up the First Fleet?
3
25
11
108
Captain Watson
A person who works
A person who does not work
The British government said that Australia was 'Terra Nullius'
What was the main crime committed by children on board the first fleet?
Not listening to their parents
Running away
Stealing
Not being at school
What is the reason for the jails being too full in England during the 1700s?
Too many people
Too many animals
There was a lot of crime
Jail was fun
What was one of the reasons that caused the crime?
new machines meant people did not have jobs
people were really bored
people just wanted to do it for fun
there was no reason
What does Terra Nullius mean?
someone lives here
everyone is welcome here
land belonging to me
land belonging to no one
When The First Fleet arrived, was Terra Nullius true?
No, because there were Aboriginal people living in Australia
Yes, because no one was living there
What is colonisation?
one country settling and taking control over another country
asking nicely to live in another country
migrating to another country
being born and living in one country
Write the name of each city that the First Fleet stopped at on it's journey
