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WorksheetsWestbury Tasmania
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Westbury was first surveyed in ………….
1923
1823
1800
1890
Westbury was to becoming a major stopover point on the route from Hobart to the northwest coast………….
The first European settlers in Westbury were mostly …………..
English
Scottish
American
Irish
What was the local language in Westbury for many generations ………….
English
Australian
Gaelic
Irish
Military pensioners were each granted a 5-acre (20,000 m2) block of land complete with a well and ………….
Apple tree
Pear tree
Orange tree
Peach tree
By the mid-1800s Westbury had become the …………military community in Tasmania.
largest
smallest
busiest
scariest
From early in the 19th century the village green has been the site for the Westbury St Patrick’s Festival……………
Westbury is named after …………………. , Wiltshire in ………………
(a)
Some people describe Westbury as Australia’s most ……………............ town.
Australian
English
Irish
best
The ………..…………. are the Traditional Owners of the Meander Valley region, which includes Westbury, Tasmania
Irish people
English people
pallittorre people
Westbury people
St. Patrick Day is named after…………...............................................................
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland
King Charles, the King of England
Sir Patrick, the patron saint of Westbury
Saint Westbury of Westbury England
The village green is still in use today and is claimed by the local community to be the only traditional English style village green in …………................
The World
Australia
Ireland
England
Tasmania was originally called……....................................................
Convict Land
Little Australia
The Island of Tasmania
Van Diemen's Land
St Patrick’s Day festival is held at the …………………….
Village Green
Commons
School
Football Oval
The first European settlers were mostly...............................................................................................
ex Irish convicts
ex Irish convicts and retired soldiers
retired soldiers and free settlers
ex Irish convicts, retired soldiers and free settlers
