Early Australian History

About how old is Australian Indigenous culture?

• Less than 10,000 years

• 100,000 years

• 40,000 - 60,000 years or more

• 20,000

How many ships made up the First Fleet?

• 7

• 11

• 3

• 9

Who captained the First Fleet?

• Captain James Cook

• Captain Dirk Hartog

• Captain Matthew Flinders

• Captain Arthur Phillip

The First Fleet originated from ...

• Scotland

• Britain

• America

• New Zealand

Who were the first peoples who lived in Australia?

• Indonesians

• Dutch

• British

• Indigenous/Aboriginal Australians

What year did the First Fleet arrive in Australia?

• 1836

• 1770

• 1901

• 1788

When Captain Arthur Philip arrived in Australia he treated

the Aboriginal/Indigenous people and their land with respect.

• True

• False

• Partly

• Not sure

What is a convict?

• A person guilty of a criminal offence

• an explorer

• the captain of a ship

• a sailor

What evidence is there that Aboriginal people farmed the land?

• Paintings by colonists

• Diary entries by colonists

• Stories told by Aboriginal people

• All of the above

There were only adults on the First Fleet.

• True

• False