General Knowledge
Stolen Generation
Colonisation
Vocabulary
Culture
100
Why and when is Sorry Day remembered?
Sorry Day is May 25 when we remember past policies of the forced child removal and reflect of the sad and painful stories of the Stolen Generation
100
Stolen Generation took place between 1910 - ___
1970s
100
When & What was the Industrial Revolution?
1700s- Increase in inventions and machinery, this movement took over a lot of jobs.
100
Define the word 'native'
Belongs to a country first, first to live there
100
The story of the River Serpent is an examples of what?
A Koorie Dreamtime story
200
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
200
What were two rules that were enforced in the institution camps?
Not allowed to speak own language, changed names, had to pray, learn white ways of living
200
Why did the British colonise Australia?
Increase of crime in England due to the Industrial Revolution/loss of jobs. Needed a place to host their convicts.
200
Define the word 'half-caste'
Parents come from a different background/culture/ethnicity
200
What does this map show?
Different mobs (languages/countries)
300
Name three native Australian animals.
Kangaroo, koala, platypus, wombat
300
Why were children taken from their families?
To change the Indigenous population's culture and way of living. To assimilate towards British culture instead.
300
When did the British colonise Australia?
1788
300
Define the word 'discrimination'
Treat people differently based upon how they look. Judge someone based on their ethnicity.
300
How many surviving Aboriginal languages exist?
About 250
400
Name an Australian native flower/plant.
Bottlebrush, wattle, eucalyptus
400
What were two impacts of being stolen from their families?
Trauma, PTSD, depression, loss of identity, low self esteem, lack of connection to family
400
What were 3 three main causes of Indigenous population declining?
Disease, settlers taking over land & violence
400
Define the word 'assimilation'
Aligning someone's culture to another one. For example changing a First Nations culture to British culture
400
What is the traditional ceremony that cleanses an area and wards of bad spirits fromt he people and the land?
Smoking Ceremony
500
The name Australia is derived from a Latin word 'Australis' that means...
'Southern'
500
Approximately how many Indigenous children were stolen in Australia?
Approximately 100,000
500
How many ships in the First Fleet?
11
500
Policies intended to protect and save Aboriginal people during the early to mid 1800's
Protection and Segregation policies. Acts made by Governments from each of the colonies (states) such as the Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act
500
What am I? A period in which life was created accroding to Aboriginal culture. Explains how life came to be and the stories and beliefs behind creation
Dreaming