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Spear, boomerang, woomera, shield, clubs
Name a tool or weapon used by Aboriginal people.
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Horse wagon, camels, bullocks, canoes, steam train, wooden ships, stagecoach.
Name a type of transport used during the 1800s in Australia.
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They walked on foot.
What form of transport was the most popular for traditional Aboriginal people?
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A person who is not a convict. They paid their own way to Australia to make a new life for themselves.
Explain what a free settler was.
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100.
How many years are there in a century?
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They moved from camp to camp to preserve a portion of the land to regrow and reproduce for future use so everything would not be finished.
Why did Aboriginal people live a semi- nomadic lifestyle?
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My Place, the classic Australian picture book, is a 'time machine' which takes the reader back into the past. It depicts the history of one particular piece of land in Sydney from 1788 to 1988 through the stories of the various children who have lived there.
What is the book 'My Place by Nadia Wheatley' about?
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Hollowed out trunk, bark shelters, windbreakers, rounded huts, sleeping platforms.
Name three types of shelters that Aboriginal people used.
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America started a war so the British couldn't send anyone there anymore.
The jails were too full in Britain.
Give 2 reasons why the British sent their convicts to Australia.
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Van Diemen's Land.
What was Tasmania originally named?
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engravings, colouring rock walls, drawing designs and symbols on the ground, making wood sculptures, painting on sheets of bark and weaving with natural fibres.
List three examples of traditional Aboriginal artwork.
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Hide and seek, marbles, tag, leap frog, blind man's bluff, jack straws, jacks, hop scotch, fly kites, spin tops, string - Jacob's ladder/ cat's cradle, jump rope, blow bubbles, see saw, swing, rocking horse, bow and arrow.
Name a child's game that was played during the 1800s and 1900s in Australia.
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They wore them during special occasions and ceremonies.
When did the traditional Aboriginal people wear body decorations?
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Portsmouth, England.
Which town did the First Fleet leave from?
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Malcolm Turnball.
Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
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They knew which parts of the land had the most food at certain times of the year.
Why did the Aboriginal people move with the seasons?
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Edmund Barton.
Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?
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Stone, plants, shells, wood, bone, animal, fur.
List three natural materials Aboriginal tools were made from.
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Captain Arthur Phillip.
Name the person who led the First Fleet.
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The Amazon
What is the largest rainforest in the world?
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The native flora and fauna would have disappeared forever as everything would have been eaten and cleared for building and food.
If Aboriginal people built houses and stayed in one place, list ways the environment would have been damaged.
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Blacksmith, cabinet maker, cobbler, tailor, teacher, baker.
List 3 jobs that existed during the 1800s and 1900s in Australia.
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Sydney.
In what area are the Eora people from?
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1788
11 ships
In what year did the First Fleet arrive?
How many ships were in the First Fleet? |
Mars
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
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