Who were the first Australians

Question 1

Who was Mathew Flinders?

Answer 1

He was the first person to circumnavigate around Australia and identify it as a continent.

Question 2

Where and when was Mathew Flinders born?

Answer 2

He was born in Lincolnshire, England on the 16th March 1774

Question 3

When did Captain Mathew Flinders sail to Australia?

Answer 3

He sailed to Australia in 1795 on a ship called Reliance

Question 4

What was the name of the ship Captain Mathew Flinder sailed to Australia on?

Answer 4

Reliance

Question 5

Where did Captain Mathew Flinders go to in Australia and who was the surgeon when went with him?

Answer 5

He explored the coast line of southern Australia in an 8 foot long boat called Tom thumb. He was with the surgeon George Bass

Question 6

Why is captain Mathew Flinders famous?

Answer 6

Because he was the first to draw a map of Australia

Question 7

Who should Captain Mathew Flinders thank for the directions to Australia?

Answer 7

Captain Cook

Question 8

Why did Captain cook go to Australia?

Answer 8

Because he was sent on a secret journey to find this beautiful continent

Question 9

Where was James Cook born?

Answer 9

Marton - in - Cleveland, England

Question 10

When was James Cook born?

Answer 10

27th October 1728

Question 11

What job did captain cooks father have?

Answer 11

He was a farm worker

Question 12

What age did Captain cook become a merchant seller

Answer 12

18

Question 13

What year did Cook become the commander of a voyage in the Pacific?

Answer 13

1768

Question 14

What was Cooks ship called?

Answer 14

Endeavour

Question 15

What was Captain Cooks first voyage ? Where did he go?

Answer 15

To sail to Tahiti and observe the planet venus pass in front of the sun

Question 16

What else did Captain Cook have to do when he went to tahiti?

Answer 16

He received a secret envelope with instructions to find New Holland (Australia)

Question 17

Who else was on the boat Endeavour?

Answer 17

Charles green (astronomer) and Joseph Banks (botanist)

Question 18

Where did Cook go after tahiti?

Answer 18

Cook went to New Zealand and then Australia (new holland)

Question 19

Where did Cook first Stop in Australia?

Answer 19

Botany Bay

Question 20

What did Cook do in Botany bay?

Answer 20

He studied animals, plants and local people

Question 21

Where did James Cook go after botany bay and what happened to his boat?

Answer 21

He sailed up the coast. Unfortunately while he was travelling near the great barrier reef, his ship was damaged by coral reef.

Question 22

Where did Cook go after the great barrier reef?

Answer 22

Cape York (after his ship was repaired)

Question 23

What did Captain Cook do in Cape York?

Answer 23

He claimed New Holland to be part of the british empire

Question 24

When did cook go back on Endevour to England

Answer 24

1771

Question 25

how many voyages did Cook go on?

Answer 25

3

Question 26

When and Where did Cook go on his 2nd voyage?

Answer 26

In 1772 he went further south than any other human and visited Easter Island

Question 27

When and where did he go on his 3rd voyage?

Answer 27

In 1776 he went to the top of North America to Asia but he was unsuccessful and so he went to Hawaii instead

Question 28

When and where did he go on his 3rd voyage?

Answer 28

In 1776 he went to the top of North America to Asia but he was unsuccessful and so he went to Hawaii instead

Question 29

What happened to Captain Cook in Hawaii

Answer 29

At first they got along with the natives. Then someone stole his boat so he kidnapped a chief. The local people attacked and he was killed.

Question 30

What happened on January 26th 1788?

Answer 30

Captain Arthur Phillip and the first fleet landed at port jackson at sydney new south wales.

Question 31

What did the first fleet consist of?

Answer 31

11 ships and around 1350 people.

Question 32

When did the convicts arrive in Botany bay?

Answer 32

Between the 18th and 20th January?

Question 33

Was Botany Bay suitable for the convicts?

Answer 33

No so they moved to north Port Jackson.

Question 34

What happened in Port Jackson?

Answer 34

Captain Arthur PhillipHe established the first british colony in Australia

Question 35

Which ships belonged to the first fleet and how many were there?

Answer 35

1. Alexander 2. Borrowdale 3. Charlotte 4. Fishburn 5. Friendship 6. Golden Grove 7. H.M.S Supply 8. H.M.S Sirius 9. Lady Penrhyn 10. Prince of Wales 11. Scarborough

Question 36

What did aboriginal people think when they saw europeans?

Answer 36

They thought that they may be ghosts or evil spirits

Question 37

What did the aboriginal people do when they met the Europeans?

Answer 37

Some aboriginals tried to find a place for them in their kinship system by treating them as spirits of the dead and offering them food and women

Question 38

Why did the indigenous people become worried?

Answer 38

Because they were 1. Clearing land near sacred sites 2. Fencing off properties 3. cut access to to waterholes and hunting grounds 4. fishing without permission of the elders

Question 39

Why did the aboriginals start to view the europeans as invaders?

Answer 39

They saw them as invaders 1. They did not obey their rules 2. They did not speak their language 3. They did not respect their rituals and sacred places

Question 40

What did the europeans think of the aboriginals?

Answer 40

They saw them as primitive but content. They live in the natural world

Question 41

What did captain Watkin Tench think of the aboriginal people?

Answer 41

He said the aboroginals were intelligent and almost geniuses

Question 42

What do we understand from Captain Mathew Flinders Map

Answer 42

1. Maps were drawn as there were no printers 2. Catographers had to be very skilled at their job

Question 43

What do we understand from Captain Mathew Flinders pendant

Answer 43

1. Captains were wealthy and wore expensive clothes 2. Portraits had to be painted as there were no cameras

Question 44

What do we understand from Captain Cooks hat

Question 45

What do we understand from captain cooks telescope

Answer 45

We know that during his time they explored other nations and needed an instrument to see far away and to look at the stars to 1. navigate which way to go 2. look at the stars and planets

Question 46

What do we understand from Captain Cooks dress sword

Answer 46

These fancy swords were used for ceremonies and tell us Captain Cook went to fancy functions

Question 47

What do we understand from the cabin tea caddy of Captain Cook

Answer 47

This tells us tea was an important part of british life and effort was put into keeping tea. As the box was beautiful it tells us the carpenters were skilled