Australian History

2. What valuable metal was discovered in the 1850s that brought many people to Australia?
3. Which southern continent did the video joke that nobody cares about?
9. What was the first British colony in Australia called?
10. Which British explorer mapped the east coast of Australia in 1770?
11. What was the name of Captain Cook’s ship?
14. Which sailors accidentally landed in Australia in the 1600s?
15. Who were the first people to live in Australia?
18. Where did philosophers think a hidden continent must exist?
19. What was the Latin name for the mythical southern continent?
20. Which half of the globe was thought to have too much land?

1. In 1901, what event joined all the Australian colonies together as one nation?
4. What was Australia already when Europeans first arrived?
5. Who was one of the early thinkers who believed there was too much land in the north?
6. What is the capital city of Australia today?
7. From where did Dutch sailors travel before landing in Australia?
8. Which Roman philosopher believed in a balancing continent in the south?
12. In what century did Dutch sailors first land in Australia?
13. Which continent was the last of the “new world” to be discovered by Europeans?
16. Where did the First Fleet first land in 1788?
17. Which famous geographer also believed in a southern land?