Australian history
The year that the First Fleet came to Australia.
What is 1788?
Finish this sentence
Historians think about cause and _ _ _ _ _ _
What is "cause and effect"
The type of machine that was invented during the Industrial Revolution that changed the way people worked.
What is the steam engine?
Challenge a member of another team to rock, paper, scissors.
Winner gets $100 for their team. Losing team is fined $50.
The Australian dessert with sponge cake covered in jam, chocolate and coconut.
What is a lamington?
The famous Aboriginal warrior who fought in the Battle of Parramatta.
Who is Pemulwuy?
Another word for importance, starting with s.
What is 'significance'.
The effect of the changes during the Industrial Revolution on where people lived.
What is "more people moved to the cities from the rural areas".
Challenge a member of another team to a stare off.
Winner gets $200 for their team. Losing team is fined $100.
The character who is known as Crocodile ______
Who is Crocodile Dundee?
The whole east side of Australia (including Queensland) was originally called this name by the colonists in 1788.
What is New South Wales?
What are - different perspectives, they have looked at different sources, they may be from a different background.
The three main ways in which crime was punished during the Industrial Revolution.
What is
1. execution
2. imprisonment
3. transportation
Challenge a member of another team to a quiz of three questions from your teacher.
Winner gets $300 for their team. Losing team is fined $200.
This is the southernmost state capital in Australia.
What is "Hobart"?
The botanist (scientist) who travelled with Captain Cook. (Hint - he used to be on the $5 note)
Joseph Banks
The historical concept that relates to trying to understand how people felt in the past.
What is 'empathy'?
Who is Captain Cook?
Challenge another team to a game of Pictionary. Your teacher will give you a clue and you must draw it on the board. First team to guess is the winner.
Winner gets $400 for their team, losing team is fined $300.
The First Nations name for our local area
What is Butchulla Country
One of the original Indigenous tribes in the Sydney area.
Who are the Eora people, the Gadigal people, the Bidigal people.
What is 'usefulness' and 'reliability'?
The name of the system that saw common land fenced off for farming, causing unemployment and increasing poverty during the Industrial Revolution.
What is ''enclosure"
Challenge a member of another team to a plank. If both plankers last 2 minutes, a draw is declared and both teams get points.
Winner gets $500 for their team. The losing team gets fined $400.
The Australian breakdancer who went viral at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Who is "Raygun"?
or
Who is "Rachel 'Raygun' Gunn"?