Australia - History

Gap-fill exercise

   40,000      400,000      Aborigines      Bougainville      British      Convicts      Cook      Dutch      French      Great Britain      Portuguese      Spanish   
Fill in the blanks with the following names:
First inhabitants
:
Who were the first inhabitants? The
When did they arrive in Australia? About years ago
How many of their descendants live in Australia today?
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Colonisation :
European nations who first explored Australia.
The and the in the 16th century
The in the 17th century
The with in 1766
The with in 1769
Which country colonized Australia?
What kind of people were sent there? = prisoners
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The Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay