Colonisation
First Nations Perspectives
Federation
White Australia Policy
World War I
100

In what year did the First Fleet arrive in Australia?

1788

100

Who was the Aboriginal man taken to England in 1792 as an intermediary between British settlers and the Eora people?

Bennelong

100

In what year did Australia become a federated nation?

1901

100

What was the goal of the White Australia Policy?

To limit non-White immigration

100

When did World War I begin?

1914

200

What was the primary reason the British colonised Australia?

To establish a penal colony

200

Which Aboriginal man lead an armed resistance against British settlers in Sydney?

Pemulwuy

200

Who became Australia's first Prime Minister?

Edmund Barton

200

What test was used to restrict migrants under this policy?

The dictation test


200

What does ANZAC stand for?

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

300

Who was the captain of the First Fleet?

Arthur Phillip

300

Which form of resistance involved strategic attacks on livestock, crops, and settlers?

Guerilla warfare

300

What was a major reason for federation?

To unify defence, trade, and immigration policies

300

In which year was the immigration restriction Act passed?

1901

300

Name a reason Australians would have enlisted in WWI

Patriotism, seeking adventure, peer pressure, civic duty, steady income etc.

400

What impact did European diseases have on Aboriginal populations?

Caused widespread disease and population decline.

400

What is the significance of the Bathurst Wars (1820s)?

Some of the earliest recorded armed conflicts in NSW between settlers and the Wiradjuri people

400

What document outlines Australia's system of federal government?

The constitution

400

What was one long-term consequence of the policy?

 Lack of cultural diversity for much of the 20th century. Reduced trade and economic lull.

400

What battle is most associated with the ANZACs in WWI?

Gallipoli

500

What legal concept did Captain Cook falsely use to justify British possession?

Terra Nullius

500

Why were many acts of Aboriginal resistance under-recorded in colonial sources?

Due to colonial bias, suppression, and oral traditions not being documented

500

Which colonies were reluctant to join Federation?

WA and QLD (WA was the last to join)

500

Which Prime Minister began dismantling the policy in the late 1960s?

Harold Holt

500

How many Australians died in World War I? (to the nearest ten thousand)

Roughly 61500