History pages 60-63
The date the first Aborigines arrived in Australia from Asia.
38000 BC
The prisons in England were full so convicts were sent to Australia. True or False
True
When did Edward Hargraves find gold in New South Wales?
1851
Who lived in Australia before the English?
Aborigines
This animal has 16 long tentacles with poison and causes death in minutes.
The Sea Wasp
The date the first English convicts arrived.
1787
Many convicts were accused of being a _________ and were sentenced seven years to Australia.
What is a person searching for gold called?
gold diggers
The most sacred place to the Aborigines was called
Uluru
The creature blamed for most attacks on some beaches around the world.
The Great White Shark
The date coal is discovered.
1791
A typical female convict was in her twenties and was forced to be __________ when she arrived in Australia.
married
Was was the risk of being a gold digger?
Getting robbed
Uluru territory was taken from the Aborigines by the British. What date was it returned to the Aborigines?
1985
Marsupials
The date of the beginning of the Australian Gold Rush.
1851
At first, convicts could wear their own clothes but after 1810 they had to wear __________.
uniforms
Gold diggers had to pay a fee to get a _________ to dig and police would check them.
liscence
dotting
Animals that spend the day sleeping and come out at night to hunt are called:
nocturnal
The date silver is discovered.
1853
Convicts were given bread, porridge and dry meat to eat but they were not given any _______ or _______.
fruits or vegetables
The largest gold nugget found was called the "_______ ____________"
Welcome Stranger
What was the traditional instrument of the aboriginal people and is believed the world oldest instrument.
Didgeridoo
This small creature hops around like a kangaroo but only comes out at night. It lives in a nest of leaves and likes to live along.
Bandicoot