First Arrivals
When did the First Fleet arrive at Australia?
24 January 1788
What was the second major penal colony after NSW?
Van Diemen's Land(Now known as Tasmania).
Who were the Stolen Generations?
The aboriginal kids that got stolen from their families and were sent to schools to teach them 'white' culture.
Who was the founder of Australia?
Captain James Cook
What is the biggest natural landmark in Queensland?
The Great Barrier Reef
Botany Bay
When was the first penal colony established?
January 26th, 1788
When is Sorry Day?
26 May
Who is the Australian Robin Hood?
NED KELLY
What is Australia's biggest landmark?
Uluru
How many ships were in the First Fleet?
11 ships
Where was the first penal colony in Australia?
New South Wales
When was the first Sorry Day in Australia?
26 May 1998
Who was the man who shaped Melbourne?
What was Tasmania called n 1642?
Van Diemen's Land
In which century did the First Fleet arrive at Australia?
18 century
Name one reason that penal colonies were established.
So that convicts could grow crops, build houses and civilize the land.
Why do we celebrate Sorry Day?
To acknowledge the stolen Generations
Who was Captain Arthur Phillip?
A Royal Navy officer and the first governor of NSW
What was Melbourne's name in 1936?
Batmania
Why did the First Fleet come to Australia?
Because there weren't any space left in the prisons.
When did Australia Federate?
1 January 1901
Why did people protest to give Indigenous Australians rights.
For the harsh and unfair treatment they were given.
How did John Batman die?
He died from a disease called syphilis.
What was Australia originally called? Why?
Australia was called New Holland because the person who charted the western part of Australia, Able Tasman was originally from Holland