Category 1: Indigenous Australia
Who are Australia’s First Peoples?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
When did the Australian Gold Rush begin?
The 1850s
What does migration mean?
Moving from one place to another.
Where did the First Fleet establish its settlement in 1788?
What year did the first fleet arrive
1788
For over how many years have Aboriginal peoples lived in Australia?
65,000 years
Which country sent many migrants to Australia during the Gold Rush?
China
This term describes a reason that encourages someone to leave their home country, such as war or lack of jobs.
What is push factor
Which group of people had already lived on the Australian continent for tens of thousands of years before British colonisation?
Who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
Who was the commander of the first fleet?
who is Arthur Phillip?
What was the name for the belief that Australia belonged to no one?
Terra nullius
How did the Gold Rush change Australia’s population and society?
It increased the population and brought people from many different countries and cultures.
What is one reason people migrate to Australia?
For work, safety, family, or a better life.
Which British king was ruling Britain when the First Fleet arrived in Australia in 1788?
who is King George III?
What was the British concept of terra nullius?
What is meant by kinship in Indigenous Australian cultures?
A system of family relationships, responsibilities, and cultural connections.
why did the Australian Gold Rush attract migrants from countries such as China?
The chance to find gold and earn money, and opportunity attracted people from around the world.
This group of migrants faced discrimination and restrictive laws in colonial Australia, particularly after the discovery of gold in the 1850s
Who are the Chinese migrants?
What disease, introduced by Europeans, had devastating effects on Aboriginal communities?
What is small pox?
This was one major reason Britain established a penal colony in Australia in 1788 after losing its American colonies.
Moving Convicts from overcrowded prisons.
How does, or what is the matrilineal process
when family, identity, or cultural connections are passed down through the mother’s family line.
Which Australian colony became especially famous for its Gold Rush and the city of Ballarat?
Victoria.
This type of migration occurs when people are forced to leave their homes because of war, persecution, or other dangerous circumstances.
What is forced migration?
What name is given to the conflicts between Aboriginal peoples and European settlers as British settlement expanded across Australia?
What are the Australian frontier wars?
This Aboriginal man became known for resisting British expansion around the Sydney area during the early years of colonisation.
Who is Pemulwuy?