Australian History Quiz: How Well You Know?
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- 1.In what year did Captain Cook first voyage across the Pacific to Tahiti?
- A.
1770
- B.
1788
- C.
1778
- D.
1988
- 2.What was the purpose of Cook's voyage?
- A.
To find land for convicts
- B.
To collect details of the eclipse of Venus
- C.
To find the great south land
- D.
Both B and C
- 3.The first fleet landed at?
- A.
Botany Bay
- B.
Sydney Cove
- C.
Wallaroo
- D.
Melbourne
- 4.The first Governor of Australia was?
- A.
Governor Arthur Phillip
- B.
Governor Macquarie
- C.
Captain Bligh
- D.
Mrs Nelson
- 5.The first fleet carried how many convicts?
- A.
504 males and 192 females
- B.
504 females and 192 males
- C.
1690 males and 250 females
- D.
485 males and 129 females
- 6.The second fleet arrived in?
- A.
1790
- B.
1792
- C.
1794
- D.
1788
- 7.Which of these was not a category of the convict to Australia?
- A.
Emancipists
- B.
Ticket of leave convicts
- C.
Free settlers
- D.
Aborigines
- 8.Which of these was not a punishment used in Australia?
- A.
The treadmill
- B.
The triangle
- C.
The cat-o-nine tails
- D.
The babouska
- 9.Which disease is believed to have caused widespread deaths amongst Aboriginal people?
- A.
Smallpox
- B.
Chicken pox
- C.
Measles
- D.
Mumps
- 10.Governor Macquarie was appointed in 1810. He is known as the Father of Australia because
- A.
He fathered a lot of children after he got here.
- B.
He built roads, buildings and established discipline.
- C.
He looked after the Aboriginal population, taking them in his care.
- D.
He had 13 chidlren
- 11.Sydney was the first. What was the second capital city established in Australia?
- A.
Melbourne
- B.
Adelaide
- C.
Hobart
- D.
Perth
- 12.Who was the first Australia woman to appear on a banknote?
- A.
Caroline Chisholm
- B.
Yvonne Goolagong
- C.
Margaret Court
- 13.A settlement was estabished in Melbourne because
- A.
Gold was discovered
- B.
Good land was found there for farming
- C.
French ships had been seen near the coast
- D.
The settlers wanted to avoid another prison settlement
- 14.Gold was discovered in New South Wales in?
- A.
1851
- B.
1852
- C.
1862
- D.
1860
- 15.Copper was discovered in Burra in?
- A.
1838
- B.
1844
- C.
1851
- D.
1842
- 16.A penal colony was established in Queensland in?
- A.
1820
- B.
1832
- C.
1824
- D.
1836
- 17.The name Australia replaced New Holland in
- A.
1822
- B.
1832
- C.
1834
- D.
1824
- 18.By 1828 convicts made up what percentage of the new population?
- A.
40%
- B.
65%
- C.
25%
- D.
2%
- 19.Which one of these was a result of European arrival?
- A.
Aboriginal people were subjected to massacres and diseases
- B.
Aboriginal people lost their hunting ground
- C.
Aboriginal people lost water resources
- D.
All of the above
- 20.The last convicts to arrive in Australia came in?
- A.
1862
- B.
1858
- C.
1868
- D.
1888
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