Ethnic Groups
Australia’s original people were known as
Aborigines
The first people to arrive to Australia was how many years ago?
60,000
Who first mapped out New Zealand and Australia for Europe?
James Cook
This is the only dog that is not domesticated
Dingo
One of Australia's original people
Aborigine
This group grew Taro as a crop
New Guineans
Today, historians study this tradition to learn more about what Australia looked like thousands of years ago?
Oral Tradition
Who named the Pacific
Ferdinand Magellan
Covers a massive portion of the interior, featuring red sands, arid plains, and rocky outcrops like Uluru.
The Outback
person who lives in a place
Inhabitant
They were great for how they would navigate through the seas.
Polynesians
This group of people first spread from Samoa, Tonga and Tahiti
Polynesians
How many days did it take James Cook to do his expedition
328
The North contains this mountain range
Bungle Bungle Range
Territory controlled by the government of another country.
Dependency
The original inhabitants of New Zealand and the Cook Islands.
The Māori
What European group didn't claim New Zealand and Australia?
Dutch
The first colony of Australia were known as what kind of colony?
Penal Colony
This Coral Reef extends to 33,000 miles along the coast of Australia
The Great Barrier Reef
The process in which one group takes on the cultural traits of another.
Assimilation
Bonus - What arm extension is seen in the night sky from the Uluru
The Milky Way
How many prisoners occupied Australia out of the first 1,000
730
What attracted more settlers to the colony in 1851
Gold
This specific spider can be considered hazoudous in your home.
Huntsman Spider
Territory of the British Empire with internal self-rule
Dominion