IOPCAM
Colonisation & Contact
Migration & Gold Rush
Who am I?
General Knowledge
100

What does the I stand for in IOPCAM?

Information

100

This was the year the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay.

What is 1788?

100

The 1850s event that attracted people from all over the world, including many Chinese migrants.

What is the Gold Rush?

100

I am created at the time of the event I describe, like a diary, letter, photograph, or official document. I give firsthand evidence of what happened.

What is a primary source?

100

Australia became a federation in this year.

What is 1901?

200

The two types of information are included in IOPCAM?

Explicit and Implicit information

200

The legal concept that declared Australia “land belonging to no one.”

What is terra nullius?

200

The main reason Britain transported convicts to Australia in the late 1700s.

What is overcrowding prisons?

200

I am created after an event has happened. I interpret, analyse, or summarise primary sources, like a history textbook or documentary.

What is a secondary source?

200

First published in 1880, this Australian magazine became famous for promoting nationalism, the bush legend, and the works of writers like Banjo Paterson.

What is the Bulletin Magazine?

300

This letter in IOPCAM refers to what historical events were happening when the source was created

What is context?

300

the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

What is colonisation?

300

Introduced in 1901, this test was used to restrict non-European immigration by requiring people to write a passage in any European language chosen by officials.

What is the dictaton test?
300

I wrote poems like Waltzing Matilda that celebrated the bush spirit.

Who is Banjo Paterson?

300

What was the name of the British colony prior to 1856 that is now known as Tasmania?

 Van Diemen's Land

400

This letter asks who created the source and what kind of source is it

What is origin?

400

This massacre in 1838 was one of the few times colonists were tried and hanged for killing Aboriginal people.

What is Myall Creek Massacre?

400

This name given to restrictive migration laws designed to keep Australia white.

What is the White Australia Policy?

400

I was an infamous bushranger, captured and hanged in 1880.

Who is Ned Kelly?

400

This is forcing or tricking people into working far from home, often as cheap labour or slaves.

What is blackbirding?

500

This letter asks what purpose was the source made?

What is motive?

500

This person led the colonial forces during the Black Line campaign in Tasmania

Who is George Arthur?

500

Racism in Australia became illegal under the Racial Discrimination Act in this year.

What is 1975?

500

I was the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land from 1824 to 1836, known for overseeing the Black War and implementing harsh policies against Aboriginal Tasmanians.

Who is George Arthur?

500

This symbol was flown by miners during a 1854 rebellion at Ballarat, representing their fight for fair laws and political rights.

What is the Eureka flag?

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