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Aus. Settlement
Indigenous Aust.
Frontier Conflicts
Non-E. Migrants
Development of a Nation
100
When was Australia settled?
26th January 1788
100
What killed Indigenous Australians initially?
Smallpox
100
What does 'Terra Nullis' mean?
'Land unowned' or 'Land belonging to no-one'
100
Which four groups of non-European migrants did we look at in class?
Afghans, Chinese, Japanese and Pacific Islanders.
100

In what year did Australia became a unified nation?

1901

200
Where did the First Fleet land?
Botany Bay
200
What was the Indigenous Australians' first impressions of the British settlers?
That they were evil spirits, or ghosts.
200
What was the main cause of the frontier conflicts?
Growing numbers of British settlers arriving in Australia who were encroaching on traditional Aboriginal lands.
200
How were non-European migrants in Australia generally treated at this time?
Poorly.
200

According to the Immigration Restriction Act, who was a 'prohibited' immigrant?

Anyone who: did not pass the dictation test; any diseased person; any convicted criminal 

300
How many ships were in the First Fleet?
11
300
How long had indigenous Australians been living on the land?
Now estimated between 50 and 100 thousand years.
300
Why didn't the British recognise Aboriginal land ownership?
There were no buildings or fences, or other structures, which the British themselves used to designate land ownership.
300
Which non-European migrant group was the largest?
Chinese
300

What were the two types of improvements achieved by workers in Australia between 1850and 1918.

Minimum wage, 8 hour working day.

400
Who discovered Australia? When?
James Cook, 1770.
400

The process of embedding particular values or behaviours within an organisation or social system is know as...

Institutionalisation 

400

What is the name of the massacre that took place in 1838 and was significant because it was the first time that European men had been hanged for murdering Aboriginal people.

Myall Creek Massacre 

400

What is propaganda?

Biased or misleading information used to promote a particular political cause or view. 

400

What is Egalitarianism?

A belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social or economic life; a belief that everyone has the same basic worth or value in a society, regardless of their level of wealth or background

500
Name two reasons why Australia was settled.
1. Reasons relating to empire 2. They needed somewhere to put their convicts 3. Natural resources
500

What did the Aboriginal Protection Act allow the government to do?

  • force Aboriginal people to live on missions or reserves

  • remove children from their families (which led to the Stolen Generations)

  • control where Aboriginal people could travel, work, and who they could marry

500

What was the actual result of the Myall Creek Massacre? (did it stop killings?)

It didn’t stop the killings; it simply meant that there was pressure from the media and settlers not to report these incidents.

Other methods of murder were used against Aboriginal people, such as poisoning waterholes and lacing gifts of flour, sugar or damper with arsenic.

It resulted in the authorities giving up any real attempts to police the relations between European settlers and Aboriginal peoples.

500
What role did non-European migration play in the move towards Federation?
-'Othering' - having an 'other' to compare themselves to - They wanted to insitution a nation-wide immigration restriction policy.
500

What was the name of the Act that established universal suffrage for women in federal elections for those who are British subjects over 21 years of age who have lived in Australia for six months, with some qualifications. 

The Commonwealth Franchise Act, 1902.