Explorers & Settlers
A Dutch explorer was the first European to chart parts of Australia in 1606?
Who was Willem Janszoon.
These British ships brought the first convicts to Australia.
What was The First Fleet?
Deemed to be Australia’s largest desert
What is The Great Victoria Desert?
An Australian Prime Minister that disappeared in 1967 while swimming?
Who was Harold Holt?
A criminal left the phrase "The Juwes are the men that will not be blamed for nothing" at a crime scene?
Who was 'Jack the Ripper'?
The British explorer that claimed Australia for the British Empire in 1770?
Who was Captain James Cook?
This was the year that the first fleet arrived Botany Bay
What is 1788?
A famous Australian outback mystery involving a baby allegedly taken by a dingo?
What was the Azaria Chamberlain case?
A shipwreck found off the WA coast & the scene of a massacre in 1629
What was the wreck of The Batavia?
An infamous criminal terrorized San Francisco with cryptic ciphers?
Who wqas the 'Zodiac Killer'
Matthew Flinders named this continent during his circumnavigation in 1803?
What is Australia?
The notorious convict settlement in Tasmania was known for its harsh conditions?
What is Port Arthur?
The mysterious natural phenomenon in the outback, described as a large moving sandstorm
What are The Min Min Lights?
A cold case mystery involves an unidentified man found on Somerton Beach in 1948?
What was the Somerton Man mystery.
This criminal mastermind escaped from Alcatraz and was never found?
Who was Frank Morris?
This French explorer arrived in Australia in 1788, just days after the First Fleet?
Who was La Pérouse.
An infamous escapee from the penal settlement at Sarah Island, Tasmania?
Who was Alexander Pearce?
This 19th-century event saw the disappearance of a gold prospector in central Australia.
What was the Lasseter’s Reef mystery.
A notorious bushranger who was captured by the police in Glenrowan Victoria in 1880.
Who was Ned Kelly?
An unidentified 20th-century criminal hijacked a plane and parachuted into the unknown
Who was 'DB Cooper'?
This explorer vanished during an expedition in 1848 in the north of Qld
Who was Ludwig Leichhardt
This convict was a repeat offender transported to Australia multiple times. He wrote the first Australian dictionary, A Vocabulary of the Flash Language (1812)
Who was James Hardy Vaux?
A 1930s Australian mystery involving the disappearance of two German aviators near Alice Springs?
Who were Hans Bertram and Adolph Klausmann?
In 1978 a fatal explosion occurred in Sydney during a public celebration?
What was the Hilton Hotel Bombing?
A gang of 15 criminals ambushed a Royal Mail train in the UK and stole £2.6 million (worth tens of millions today).
What was the Great Train Robbery?