Early Explorers
What year did Captain James Cook visit and map the east coast of Terra Australis?
1770
How many ships were in the First Fleet?
11
What constellation is only visible in the Southern Hemisphere?
The Southern Cross
Who made up most of the population in the Sydney Cove colony?
Convicts
What was the name of the first settlement over the Blue Mountains
Bathurst
What was the name of the people who traded with the Aboriginal Australians in the north of Australia
Maccassan Traders
Where did the First Fleet plan to stay?
Botany Bay
What navigational instrument points to the north?
A compass
What were 2 obstacles met in the settlement?
disease, crops destroyed, overcrowding, land wasn't great for farming
Why did the government offer a reward to find gold?
They wanted to stop people from rushing to California and they saw how good the Californian Gold Rush was for California.
Who was the first Dutch explorer to discover Australia?
Wilem Janszoon
Who captained the First Fleet?
Captain Arthur Phillip
_____________ measures how far something is from the equator
Latitude
What did they call people who chose to come to Australia?
Free Settlers
Which Bushranger escaped Cockatoo Island
What did Matthew Flinders do that was important and why?
He circumnavigated Australia, proving it was one big island.
What date did the First Fleet enter Port Jackson?
26 January 1788
What is the name of the lines that go from the north to south pole on the globe?
Longitude
Who crossed the Blue Mountains?
Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson
Who made the first significant gold discovery
William Hargraves
Who was the first European to reach Van Diemen's Land?
Abel Tasman
What was the name of the tool that measured the height of the sun on the horizon? _ _ _ _ _ labe
Astrolabe
What did the John and Elizabeth Macarthur introduce to Australia?
Wool
In what year was the first significant gold discovey mane?
1851