British Colonisation of Australia MY RESEARCH Scavenger Hunt
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Encyclopedia Articles:
1. Convicts in Australia
2. Colonial life in Australia & New Zealand
3. Transportation of convicts
next to each article.
4. Australia, History of
5. Squatters in Australia
6. Phillip, Arthur
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1 British Colonisation MY RESEARCH Scavenger Hunt TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON BRITISH COLONISATION OF AUSTRALIA
Go to your MY RESEARCH account.
Click on your British Colonisation of Australia project to find the answers to the following
questions.
FIRST FLEET: Under saved Encyclopedia Articles, click on the First Fleet article.
Scroll down to section Preparation and answer the question below.
1. Who was in command of the First Fleet and was the first governor of New South Wales?
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Scroll down to section The fleet and answer the questions below.
2. The First Fleet consisted of how many ships?
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3. Approximately how many convicts were transported in the First Fleet?
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Scroll down to section The voyage and First Fleet voyage map and answer the questions below.
4. What date did the First Fleet leave Spithead, Portsmouth, England?
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5. On the map below fill in the places marked (a), (b) and (c) where the First Fleet stopped during
the voyage to Australia.
2 British Colonisation MY RESEARCH Scavenger Hunt Scroll down to section Botany Bay and answer the questions below.
6. Why was Botany Bay found to be an unsuitable site for the First Fleet to settle?
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7. Where did the First Fleet choose to eventually settle?
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8. On what date did the First Fleet settle in the new location?
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EARLY SETTLEMENT
Go back to your MY RESEARCH account and click on the Australia, History of article.
Scroll down to section The first British settlements and answer the questions below.
9. How were the conditions different on the Second Fleet and Third Fleet compared to the First
Fleet?
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10. Why did the settlement's first crops fail?
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11. Where was the first land suitable for farming found, now known as Parramatta?
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12. How did the new settlement treat the Aboriginal people?
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13. What was the name of the disease that killed many Aboriginal people?
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3 British Colonisation MY RESEARCH Scavenger Hunt ANSWER KEY:
1. Arthur Phillip.
2. 11 ships.
3. Approximately 750 convicts.
4. May 13, 1787.
5. (a) Canary Islands (b) Rio de Janeiro (c) Cape of Good Hope
6. Botany Bay was soon found to be unsuitable for settlement, despite the good reports made by
Sir Joseph Banks that had influenced the selection of the site as the new penal colony. Fresh
water was in short supply in the bay. The bay itself was unprotected against winds, creating a
hazard for shipping. The quality of the soil, vital for the growth of the first crops, was poor.
7. Sydney Cove.
8. January 26, 1788.
9. Overcrowding, starvation, and savage punishment inflicted by ships' masters on the convicts
caused the high death toll on the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet. There were a small
number of deaths during the First Fleet trip.
10. The soil around Sydney Cove is sandy and lacks the nutrients plants need to grow causing the
first crops failed.
11. Rose Hill.
12. Some meetings between Aboriginal people and settlers were friendly, and others were hostile.
Governor Phillip kidnapped several Aboriginal people and held them at Government House in
Sydney. Aboriginal people found themselves hungry and barred from their own lands when the
European settlement expanded over the Cumberland Plains.
13. Smallpox.
4 British Colonisation MY RESEARCH Scavenger Hunt