Imperialism
The First Fleet
Convicts
The Gold Rush
The Federation
Source Analysis
100
When a powerful country extends control over other territories.
What is Imperialism?
100
The First Fleet arrived in Australia in this year.
What is 1788?
100
The First Fleet carried convicts to establish this type of colony.
What is a penal colony?
100
This decade saw the start of the major gold discoveries in Australia.
What is the 1850s?
100
This event in 1901 united the six British colonies into one nation called the Commonwealth of Australia.
What is Federation of Australia?
100
A modern history textbook explaining Federation would be this type of source.
What is a secondary source?
200
European countries wanted colonies partly to gain these natural materials like rubber, cotton, and gold.
What are raw materials?
200
This captain led the First Fleet and became the first governor of the colony.
Who is Arthur Phillip?
200
Convicts could be sentenced for committing this type of crime, which could be very minor in Britain.
What are petty crimes / minor offences?
200
This famous goldfield in Victoria attracted thousands of miners.
What is Ballarat / Bendigo?
200
This politician became Australia’s first Prime Minister in 1901.
Who is Edmund Barton?
200
A speech from a politician supporting Federation would most likely be this type of historical source.
What is a primary source?
300
This transportation technology helped imperial powers move goods and soldiers quickly across colonies.
What are railways?
300
This was the main reason Britain sent convicts to Australia.
What is overcrowded prisons in Britain?
300
Convicts who behaved well could sometimes earn this type of freedom.
What is a ticket-of-leave?
300
Many miners in the Australian goldfields came from this country.
What is China?
300
Many Australians believed one national army and navy would better protect the country from foreign threats.
What is national defence?
300
What is the frontier conflict?
400
This economic change increased the demand for raw materials and helped drive imperialism.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
400
These conflicts began soon after the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
What are the Frontier Conflicts?
400
Convicts helped build this type of infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and public buildings.
What is colony infrastructure / construction?
400
Anti-Chinese sentiment led to this type of conflict on the goldfields.
What are riots / attacks / discrimination?
400
Supporters argued a united Australia would be stronger when dealing with this powerful empire that still controlled the colonies.
What is United Kingdom?
400
What is a ticket of leave?
500
Imperialism often resulted in Indigenous people losing this.
What is land, freedom, or independence?
500
Frontier conflicts caused massive population declines due to violence and this.
What is introduced diseases?
500
Female convicts often worked in this type of employment for settlers.
What is domestic work / household service?
500
Many European miners accused Chinese miners of this unfair practice—carefully re-working land others had already mined.
What is re-working or re-digging old goldfields?
500
A single government would allow the colonies to build shared systems for travel and communication, such as railways and telegraphs.
What is improving transport and communication?