British Empire
Overpopulation in the cities and industrialisation
What is the cause of high crime in 18th-century Britain?
Botany Bay, NSW
Where did the First Fleet arrive in Australia in 1789?
Bathurst, NSW
Where was gold first found in Australia?
A fee miners paid to be able to look for gold
What was the Miner's Licence?
To control immigration into Australia
What is a reason for Australia's federation?
A series of laws that mandated the death penalty for hundreds of crimes
What is the Bloody Code?
Convicts from Britain
Who filled the ships of the First Fleet?
Panning
What is a method of finding gold in the river?
Dispossession of ancestral lands
What happened to Indigenous peoples during the colony expansion from the 1830s?
The uniting of colonies into one country
What is federation?
A punishment for criminals that involved sending them far away
What is transportation?
A lack of food and land for farming
What were some of the problems faced by the early colony of NSW?
Where was gold first found in Ballarat?
Peter Lalor
Who was the leader of the Eureka Rebellion?
A prejudice towards a person or group that is usually unfair
What is bias?
To investigate an unknown southern continent
What was the purpose of Cook's voyage?
First established on Tasmania as an additional prison
What is Port Arthur?
Dirty, dangerous, risky
What were the conditions on the Goldfields?
To fund police and infrastructure
What is the reason why the Miner's Licence was introduced?
Freedom of political expression
What is one of freedoms guaranteed to Australians?
Leader of the First Fleet and first Governor of NSW
Who was Arthur Philip?
Established in 1835 via John Batman's treaty
What is the colony of Victoria?
Large population growth, development of cities
What was an impact of the Gold Rush on the colonies?
The first time white men were punished for crimes against Indigenous peoples
What is significant about the Myall Creek Massacre?
Satirical articles
What is not an example of fake news?