The Rabbits

The Rabbits was illustrated by

• Shane Tan

• Shaun Tan

• John Marsden

• John Tan

The first nations people of Australia are identified in the book as

• A numbat kind of marsupial

• little kangaroos

• small wallabies

• little white rabbits

This page showing the fighting contains

• only the way properties were destroyed.

• images representing some real events in history.

• the payback killings.

• the way indigenous people lost all the fights

The words that go with this image are

When Captain Cook went back to England he and Joseph Banks

• told the English that they didn't see any indigenous people.

• suggested it would be a great spot to bring convicts.

• declared that Australia was Terra Nullius.

• thought that the aboriginal people would learn to assimilate quickly.

rabbits were first brought to Australia by a gentleman from

The Aboriginal Protection Act

• allowed Aboriginal people to live in safety and peace.

• was devised to protect Aboriginal people giving them the same protection as Europeans.

• was stopped in 1940.

• allowed the government to have control over aboriginal families and many aspects of their lives.

Shaun Tan used a famous image as inspiration for one of the illustrations in 'The Rabbits'.

• The image used the British flag.

• The image was of Captain Cook landing in Botany Bay.

• The image was of the first fleet arriving.

• The image showed no indigenous people were present.

The stolen generation image showed the indigenous children in

• a distressed state missing their parents

• clouds in the sky

• box kites dragged away by flying machines

• had blood dripping from the pens that were used to write the laws

The symbol on the flags in the book, 'The Rabbits' looked like