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Who were the first Australians Flashcards

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Who was Mathew Flinders?

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

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Where and when was Mathew Flinders born?

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

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When did Captain Mathew Flinders sail to Australia?

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He sailed to Australia in 1795 on a ship called Reliance

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

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Reliance

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

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

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Why is captain Mathew Flinders famous?

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Because he was the first to draw a map of Australia

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

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Captain Cook

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Why did Captain cook go to Australia?

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

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9
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Where was James Cook born?

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Marton - in - Cleveland, England

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When was James Cook born?

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27th October 1728

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What job did captain cooks father have?

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He was a farm worker

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12
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What age did Captain cook become a merchant seller

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18

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

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1768

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What was Cooks ship called?

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Endeavour

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15
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What was Captain Cooks first voyage ? Where did he go?

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

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

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

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Who else was on the boat Endeavour?

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Charles green (astronomer) and Joseph Banks (botanist)

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Where did Cook go after tahiti?

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

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19
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Where did Cook first Stop in Australia?

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Botany Bay

20
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What did Cook do in Botany bay?

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He studied animals, plants and local people

21
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Where did James Cook go after botany bay and what happened to his boat?

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

22
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Where did Cook go after the great barrier reef?

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Cape York (after his ship was repaired)

23
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What did Captain Cook do in Cape York?

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He claimed New Holland to be part of the british empire

24
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When did cook go back on Endevour to England

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1771

25
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how many voyages did Cook go on?

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3

26
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When and Where did Cook go on his 2nd voyage?

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

27
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When and where did he go on his 3rd voyage?

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

28
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When and where did he go on his 3rd voyage?

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

29
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What happened to Captain Cook in Hawaii

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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.

30
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What happened on January 26th 1788?

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

31
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What did the first fleet consist of?

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11 ships and around 1350 people.

32
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When did the convicts arrive in Botany bay?

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Between the 18th and 20th January?

33
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Was Botany Bay suitable for the convicts?

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No so they moved to north Port Jackson.

34
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What happened in Port Jackson?

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Captain Arthur PhillipHe established the first british colony in Australia

35
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Which ships belonged to the first fleet and how many were there?

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  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
36
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What did aboriginal people think when they saw europeans?

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They thought that they may be ghosts or evil spirits

37
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What did the aboriginal people do when they met the Europeans?

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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

38
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Why did the indigenous people become worried?

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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

39
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Why did the aboriginals start to view the europeans as invaders?

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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

40
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What did the europeans think of the aboriginals?

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

41
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What did captain Watkin Tench think of the aboriginal people?

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He said the aboroginals were intelligent and almost geniuses

42
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What do we understand from Captain Mathew Flinders Map

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  1. Maps were drawn as there were no printers
  2. Catographers had to be very skilled at their job
43
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What do we understand from Captain Mathew Flinders pendant

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  1. Captains were wealthy and wore expensive clothes
  2. Portraits had to be painted as there were no cameras
44
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What do we understand from Captain Cooks hat

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45
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What do we understand from captain cooks telescope

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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

46
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What do we understand from Captain Cooks dress sword

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

47
Q

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

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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

History T1 S1 2023 (5 decks)

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