First contact
What is the term that describes first encounters between Aboriginal peoples and Europeans in Australia?
First contact
What is a source created at the time of an event by someone who experienced it?
Primary source
What resource needed to be collected?
Pearls
What was the forced or deceptive recruitment of South Sea Islanders?
Blackbirding
What year did the First Fleet arrived in Australia?
1788
What is a source created later that explains or interprets the past?
Secondary source
What region became a major centre for pearling?
The Torres Strait
What industry were South Sea Islanders forced to work in?
Sugar cane industry
What group of people traded with Aboriginal people for sea cucumbers?
Makassans
Is this primary or secondary: a soldier writing about daily life in the colony.
Primary
What group of people were targeted for cheap labour for pearling?
Torres Strait Islanders
Why did plantation owners target South Sea Islanders for work?
Cheap labour
Why did the British want to establish a colony in Australia?
To establish a penal colony / expand the British Empire / access land and resources
Name an example of a secondary source.
Textbook / documentary / history website / historian article
What did Torres Strait Islanders do in this industry that was shocking at the time?
Worker strike
Kidnapping / deception / coercion