Making and Transforming the Australian Nation (1750-1918)

Flashcards about Making and Transforming the Australian Nation (1750-1918)

We acknowledge the traditional custodians whose ancestral lands we live and work upon, in particular the __ Nation.

Kaurna

__ is the language spoken in the Adelaide Plains of South Australia.

Kaurna

The main square in the heart of the city is known as __ reflecting the Kaurna name for the area.

Victoria Square/ Tarntanyangga

The river is named __ reflecting the Kaurna name meaning Redgum forest.

River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri

Indigenous Australians have lived in Australia for approximately __ years.

60,000

Approximately 320,000 Indigenous Australians prior to European colonisation, speaking over __ different languages.

250

The British Empire existed for nearly __ years.

400

At its height (1922), Britain controlled __ percent of the earth’s surface and 458 million people.

25

Britain wanted to expand her empire for several reasons including Economic reasons which was to __.

gain more money, resources and trade

America refused to take any more convicts after the __.

American War of Independence in 1783

Australia was a favorable location for a penal colony because Britain wanted to __.

protect their trade routes to China

On 13 of May __, the fleet of 11 ships set sail from Portsmouth, England.

1787

Over 252 days, the First Fleet, led by Captain __ brought men, women and children from England to New South Wales.

Arthur Phillip

Some convicts on the Scarborough planned a __ (unsuccessfully) but most convicts were well behaved.

mutiny

__ had a profound and often devastating impact on Indigenous Australians.

British settlement

Land was taken over by British colonists on the premise that the land belonged to no-one, which was referred to as __.

terra nullius

__ was one of the diseases that lead to loss of life for the Indigenous Australians due to British settlement.

smallpox

For the first year of European settlement there was a __ between Indigenous Australian people and the First Fleet officers.

mutual fascination

Nearly 20,000 Indigenous Australians were killed, as well as 1,500 to 3,000 Indigenous deaths from __.

the Frontier Wars

Before British colonisation, over 250 languages and __ dialects were spoken in Australia.

800

__: an idea expressed in the film is that all Australians must acknowledge the good and bad in Australian history, including the impact of the settlement of Australia on the First Australians.

Reconciliation

__ is celebrated on January 26th.

Australia Day

The __ refer to all the massacres, wars and instances of resistances between 1788-1934.

Frontier Wars

__ meant that settlers who killed Indigenous Australians had immunity from legal consequence.

martial law

__ is one of the most significant events in the Frontier Wars and resulted in the near-destruction of all Indigenous Australians in Tasmania.

The Black War

Many view the Black War as an act of __ (intentional action to destroy a an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group of people).

genocide

Some 18th–19th-century Indigenous Australian resistance fighters include __, but there are many others.

Bennelong, Mannalargenna, Pemulwuy

Between 1788 and 1868, __ convicts were transported to Australia.

165,000

__ was the most common reason for transportation.

theft

If a convict worked hard, they could be given a __.

ticket-of- leave or pardon

__ provide a first-hand account of an event or time period.

Primary sources

__ are created or recorded after an event or time period and involve analysis, synthesis, interpretation, or evaluation of primary sources.

Secondary sources

__ is how trustworthy a source is.

Reliability

__ is a one-sided opinion or point of view.

Bias

__ worked as a servant in England until she became very ill and lost her job.

Margaret Catchpole

Between __ one million emigrants left Britain.

1815 and 1840

The Australian colonies particularly wanted __.

skilled labourers and single women

__ occupied and farmed land “belonging to the British Crown” without permission.

squatters

A prospector, __ discovered flecks of gold in a waterhole near Bathurst (NSW) on February 12, 1851.

Edmund Hargreaves

In June 1851, Gold was discovered in Victoria by James William Esmond near the town of __.

Clunes

The discovery of gold led to the development of concepts, such as __ that had a profound impact on the creation of a new Australian identity.

mateship” and a “fair go

__ are the negative social, political or economic forces which drive people away from their home country or country in which they live.

Push Factors

__ are the positive aspects of a country that serve to attract migrants to that country instead of another.

Pull factors

The law and government on the goldfields is under the control of the __.

Goldfields Commission

In this simulation, you are a miner on the Goldfields of Ballarat where you will encounter a series of scenarios in which you will need to make a decision about what the best course of action is relating to __.

the Eureka Stockade

__ originally referred to escaped convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities.

Bushrangers

Many bushrangers became folk heroes and symbols of rebellion against the authorities, frequently with an __.

Irish political background

There was anger from the poor (often Irish) __ towards the rich (often English) squatters.

Free Selectors

__ was the main income earner for his family and at age 11, saved a young boy from drowning in a creek.

Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly planned to break into gaol and rescue his mother but did not follow through on his plan but instead sent a __ stating his intentions.

Jerilderie Letter

Your task is to choose from the list of Australian __ (not Ned Kelly) and create a wanted poster with the following information.

Bushrangers

__: A perfect society.

Utopia

__: A society that is extremely bad or frightening.

Dystopia

Attempting to create a utopia can lead to a dystopia because of issues such as __.

Corruption and human nature

__ refers to the process by which the six British colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania united to form the Commonwealth of Australia on January 1, 1901

Australian Federation

In 1889 Sir __, Premier of the Colony of NSW, called for a national government in a speech at Tenterfield in northern New South Wales.

Henry Parkes

The Parliament decided that a __ would be used at Australian ports as the means of excluding people to stop non-white migrants from entering Australia.

dictation test