Vocab
Boat used to store prisoners
Hulk
About how many thousands of years have First Nations people been in Australia?
40-60,00 years
Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?
Edmund Barton
Prime Meridian
The ______ Sea lies between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Red Sea
11 ships that sailed to Australia from England
First Fleet
Australia agreed to federation on ___DD/MM/YYYY
01 / 01 / 1901
Who was the man responsible for discovery of Gold in NSW?
Edward Hargraves
The first British colony in Australia was established on the __________ Coast.
East Coast
The __________ River is the longest river in South America.
The Amazon River
Disease brought to Australia from Europe. Indigenous people suffered because of this disease.
Smallpox
In what year did the Gold Rush begin in Australia?
1851
Name of the First Nations Tribe that lived in the Sydney area
Eora People
Which colony gave women the right to vote first?
South Australia
What is the term for a city with more than 10 million people?
Megacity
A wealthy, powerful member of the upper class before the Industrial Revolution.
Aristocrat
In what year did James cook claim Australia for the British?
1770
What was the name of the Irish man who led the miners at Eureka Stockade?
Peter Lalor
Which two towns became the main centres of the Australian Gold Rush?
Bendigo & Ballarat
Mount _______ is the tallest mountain in Africa.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa.
A convict in Australia who had served their sentence and was legally freed is known as...
An Emancipist
The Eureka Stockade happened on ___DD/MM/YYYY
3 / 12 / 1854
__________ was a Dutch explorer who, in 1642, became the first European to reach the southern coast of Australia as well as the islands to its south and east.
Abel Tasman
Which invisible line divided Western Australia from the other colonies?
Originally: 135°E longitude
Changed to: 129°E longitude
Which of the following is NOT a primary source?
A. A letter written by a soldier during World War I
B. A history textbook about World War I
C. A photograph taken during the war
B. History Textbook