AUSTRALIA - QUESTIONS ON THE READER part 3

QUESTIONS ON READER AUSTRALIA part 1:
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Why did the Dutch, who had the first good chance
to ‘claim’ Australia ignore the continent almost
completely?
True or false: The first settlement was called
Botany Bay because there was so much wildlife
there.
True or false: The First Fleet was tragically ill-equipped for the founding of a
colony.
True or false: Getting rid of convicts was a relatively new problem for the British
government.
True or false: The Seven Years’ War influenced the settlement of Australia.
Fill in the grid to show the difference between the European settlers and the
aborigines in the 18th century:
ABORIGINES:
No form of government
SETTLERS:
Look for profit
Polygamy
No armies
Christian view of life after death
AUSTRALIA READER part 2:
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Why did the Colony stay small until 1800? And why did it start expanding very
rapidly after 1800?
What does the word ‘squatter’ mean in contemporary English and in what sense
is that meaning related to the 19th-century Australian term?
Why do you think the squatters were left alone by the authorities? Give at least
two reasons.
What motivations did the explorers have to go into the dry interior of Australia?
The effect the settlers had on aborigine food resources was:
a. the settlers ate the food the aborigines normally subsisted on;
b. the sheep and cattle ate the food the aborigines normally subsisted on;
c. the sheep and cattle ate the food the game that the aborigines hunted
subsisted on;
d. the settlers actually brought the aborigines more food by introducing sheep.
Mention three groups of people who were not destitute but still started to emigrate
to far-away and rough Australia between 1800 and 1850. List the reason for each
of these groups to leave Britain.
Explain the struggle between exclusives and emancipists.
How did the 1850’s gold-rush transform Australia?
What is ‘mateship’?
The Eureka rebellion was
a. A communist uprising
b. An exception in Australian history
c. An Irish uprising against the English in Australia
d. The first of many revolts for a fair deal in Australia.
AUSTRALIA - QUESTIONS ON THE READER part 3:
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Think of at least two reasons why the early bushrangers, such as Jack Donohue,
were very popular with large sections of the population.
And why would a ‘wild colonial boy’ like Ned Kelly still stir the Australian imagination
so much?
Australian social legislation ran far ahead of European laws around 1850. For a large
part this was due to:
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the Australian notions of equality and mateship, strong since the Eureka
rebellion;
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the fact that skilled workers and artisans were still scarce and in demand, so
they could demand good conditions;
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the strong worker’s party
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the income for enterprises and government from the gold mines was so big
they could spend it on good wages and pension schemes.
List the ways in which the colonies differed between 1850 and 1900.
List the (three) main reasons for Federation around 1900.
Paraphrase this line from ‘Waltzing Mathilda’: Down came a jumbuck to drink at the
billabong, up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee..’
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SCC AUSTRALIA questions on the reader part 4:
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Give at least two reasons why so many Australians volunteered for service in WW
1
Australia never introduced conscription into the army during WW1. Can you think
of any reason why this might be extraordinary?
The Gallipoli campaign was seen by Australians as:
a. such a British strategic blunder that henceforth they preferred to steer their
own course;
b. such a strategic blunder by the ANZAC High Command that they clamoured
for more democracy in the army;
c. such a senseless waste of human life that they no longer wished to fight
alongside the British if they could avoid it;
d. a good reason to remain enthusiastic about the war and the Australian war
effort.
How can Australia’s uneasy relationships with Indonesia be traced back to the
outcome of WW1?
What lines in Eric Bogle’s The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda appear to be
historically inaccurate?
True or false: The narrator has a high regard of the Turkish soldiers.
True or false: The narrator has lost a leg.
How are the wounded and crippled received in Australia when they come back
from the war? Can you imagine why?
Mention Australia’s three major political parties.
Australia’s capital is:
a. Sydney
b. Melbourne
c. Canberra
d. Perth
How did WW2 change Australia’s allegiances?
Fill in the grid of immigration policy and ethnic origins:
Period of immigration
Type of immigrant
Till 1850
Convicts, soldiers,
prostitutes and officials
Irish, British artisans, gentry
Coming from:
British prisons and British
navy& army
Britain, Netherlands,
Germany and Scandinavia
1950s and 1960s
Refugees rather than
immigrants
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Why did the Australians aid the United States in Vietnam and how was the war
seen by 1970?
Describe the 1975 constitutional crisis.
How is voting in Australia different from voting in the Netherlands?
What is the main topic of the political debate between Government and the
Aborigines? What important change was made in 1993 and why do you think this
change was not good enough for the Aborigine militants? Have a look at the two
poems in your reader to support your answer.