Britain & Colonisation
The period when machines began replacing manual labour in Britain.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The year the six Australian colonies officially united.
What is 1901?
The legal term that allowed the British to claim land despite Indigenous occupation.
What is Terra Nullius?
The event that sparked World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The Aboriginal resistance leader known for a clubbed foot and fighting near Botany Bay.
Who is Pemulwuy?
The legal doctrine Britain used to justify taking land in Australia without treaties.
What is Terra Nullius?
The colony that was last to agree to Federation.
What is Western Australia?
The term used by many First Nations Australians to describe British arrival.
What is invasion?
The year Australia entered World War I. (Double Points if you know the date)
What is 1914? (Double Points: 4th August)
The group of soldiers that helped form Australia’s identity during WWI.
Who are the ANZACs?
The British industry that gained most from Australia’s wool exports.
What is the textile industry?
The first act passed by the Australian Parliament in 1901.
What is the Immigration Restriction Act?
The term used by British settlers to describe their arrival in Australia.
What is settlement/colonisation?
The acronym summarising the four main causes of WWI.
What is MAIN (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism)?
The man who became Australia’s first Prime Minister.
Who is Edmund Barton?
The term for sending British convicts to Australian colonies.
What is transportation?
The policy designed to exclude non-European migrants from Australia.
What is the White Australia Policy?
The name for violent conflicts between settlers and Indigenous peoples.
What are the Frontier Wars?
The WWI battle where Australian Light Horse troops charged on horseback.
What is the Battle of Beersheba?
The 1915 campaign that led to the creation of ANZAC Day.
What is Gallipoli?
The resource discovery in the 1850s that caused population and economic growth in Australia.
What is gold?
The key speech that called for uniting the colonies under one national government.
What is the Tenterfield Oration?
The 1838 massacre of Aboriginal people in New South Wales.
What is the Myall Creek Massacre?
The 1915 campaign most associated with the ANZAC legend.
What is Gallipoli?
The Australian unit famous for their mounted charge at Beersheba.
What is the Australian Light Horse?