Term 4 Wake-up

Where was gold found first in Australia?

• Victoria

• New South Wales

• Tasmania

• California

What did the Governor of the new colony of Victoria do to try and stimulate migration?

• Free apples for every child

• Set reward for finding Gold in Victoria

• Set a bounty on every Crocodile killed

• All of the above.

What was the name of the fist Governor of Victoria?

• Charles Leclerc

• Charles de Gaulles

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• Charles La Trobe

In what year did Victoria separate from NSW?

• 1951

• 1751

• 1851

• 2051

In what year was gold discovered in Victoria?

• 1751

• 1851

• 1951

• 2051

"Our population grew in just two years from ___________ to ___________ people." Ms Andrews said.

• 20,000 / 1,000,000

• 30,000 / 50,000

• 77,000 / 540,000

• 50,000 / 10,000

With so many people coming to Victoria it was hard to get ________

• a job

• a house

• a tent

• sick

What happened to businesses in Victoria at the time?

• Workers were hard to find as everyone went to the goldfields so wages doubled in a few years.

• Nothing

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