What was the name of the first ship to transport convicts to Australia?
A) HMS Endeavour
B) HMS Bounty
C) HMS Sirius
D) HMS Supply
Answer:
Answer:
C) HMS Sirius
Which British colony was initially established as a penal colony in Australia?
A) Sydney
B) Perth
C) Melbourne
D) Brisbane
Answer:
A) Sydney
In which year was the first fleet of convicts transported to Australia?
A) 1770
B) 1788
C) 1801
D) 1820
Answer:
B) 1788
Who was the first governor of the penal colony in Australia?
A) Captain James Cook
B) Captain Arthur Phillip
C) Captain William Bligh
D) Captain John Hunter
Answer:
B) Captain Arthur Phillip
What was the duration of the average sentence for convicts transported to Australia?
A) 5 years
B) 10 years
C) 15 years
D) Life
Answer:
D) Life
Which country initially sent convicts to Australia?
A) France
B) United States
C) Spain
D) England
Answer:
D) England
What was the main reason behind the British government’s decision to transport convicts to Australia?
A) Overpopulation in prisons
B) Lack of labor force in colonies
C) Political dissent
D) Religious persecution
Answer:
A) Overpopulation in prisons
Which city in Australia served as a major hub for convict transportation?
A) Hobart
B) Darwin
C) Adelaide
D) Canberra
Answer:
A) Hobart
Who were the first European settlers to arrive in Australia, other than convicts?
A) Soldiers
B) Merchants
C) Religious leaders
D) Aborigines
Answer:
A) Soldiers
What was the name of the convict uprising in 1804 in Tasmania (then Van Diemen’s Land)?
A) Rum Rebellion
B) Castle Hill Rebellion
C) Battle of Vinegar Hill
D) The Black War
Answer:
B) Castle Hill Rebellion
What was the punishment for convicts who attempted to escape from penal colonies?
A) Longer sentence
B) Flogging
C) Solitary confinement
D) Execution
Answer:
D) Execution
Which Australian state was not initially established as a penal colony?
A) New South Wales
B) Queensland
C) Western Australia
D) Tasmania
Answer:
B) Queensland
Who was considered the “father of Australian viticulture” among convicts?
A) James Ruse
B) William Buckley
C) William Redfern
D) John Macarthur
Answer:
A) James Ruse
What was the system of labor in which convicts were assigned to work for private individuals?
A) Assignment system
B) Chain gang labor
C) Convict lease system
D) Ticket of Leave system
Answer:
A) Assignment system
What was the main industry in which convicts were often employed?
A) Agriculture
B) Mining
C) Shipbuilding
D) Textile manufacturing
Answer:
A) Agriculture
Which British monarch’s reign witnessed the peak of convict transportation to Australia?
A) King George II
B) King George III
C) Queen Victoria
D) King William IV
Answer:
C) Queen Victoria
What was the name given to convicts who had completed their sentences and were granted freedom in Australia?
A) Emancipists
B) Liferites
C) Exonerates
D) Liberteers
Answer:
A) Emancipists
Which influential governor in New South Wales introduced significant reforms to the convict system?
A) Lachlan Macquarie
B) John Hunter
C) Philip Gidley King
D) Richard Bourke
Answer:
A) Lachlan Macquarie
What was the name of the last convict ship to transport convicts to Western Australia in 1868?
A) HMS Success
B) HMS Challenger
C) HMS Hougoumont
D) HMS Friendship
Answer:
C) HMS Hougoumont
Which famous naturalist was part of the HMS Beagle’s crew that visited Australia in the 1830s?
A) Charles Darwin
B) David Attenborough
C) Alfred Russel Wallace
D) Joseph Banks
Answer:
A) Charles Darwin
What was the name of the penal colony established in Tasmania in 1803?
A) Port Arthur
B) Macquarie Harbour
C) Maria Island
D) Sarah Island
Answer:
A) Port Arthur
Which transportation route was often used to send convicts from Ireland to Australia?
A) Dublin to Sydney
B) Cork to Van Diemen’s Land
C) Galway to Perth
D) Belfast to Melbourne
Answer:
B) Cork to Van Diemen’s Land
What percentage of the convicts transported to Australia were women?
A) 5%
B) 15%
C) 25%
D) 35%
Answer:
C) 25%
Which influential convict was involved in exploring and documenting the Australian continent?
A) William Bligh
B) William Buckley
C) James Ruse
D) John Macarthur
Answer:
B) William Buckley
What was the primary means of travel for convicts within Australia during the transportation era?
A) Horses
B) Walking
C) Boats
D) Carriages
Answer:
B) Walking
Which act abolished transportation of convicts to eastern Australia in 1853?
A) Penal Colony Abolition Act
B) Convict Transportation Act
C) Colonial Penal Act
D) New South Wales Act
Answer:
A) Penal Colony Abolition Act
Who was the last convict transported to Western Australia in 1868?
A) John Boyle O’Reilly
B) John Mitchel
C) John Kelly
D) John Henry Newman
Answer:
A) John Boyle O’Reilly
Which infamous settlement housed repeat offenders and hardened criminals in Tasmania?
A) Norfolk Island
B) Maria Island
C) Sarah Island
D) Macquarie Harbour
Answer:
D) Macquarie Harbour
What was the punishment of wearing an iron collar, fastened by a chain to an iron bar, referred to as?
A) Iron restraint
B) Iron discipline
C) Iron shackle
D) Iron gang
Answer:
D) Iron gang
What was the purpose of the “silent system” introduced in some penal colonies?
A) Encouraging meditation
B) Minimizing communication among convicts
C) Promoting literacy
D) Isolation for punishment
Answer:
B) Minimizing communication among convicts
Who was responsible for the establishment of the Female Factory system in Australia?
A) John Howard
B) Caroline Chisholm
C) Elizabeth Fry
D) Louisa Lawson
Answer:
C) Elizabeth Fry
What was the name of the Aboriginal tracker who helped capture notorious bushranger Ned Kelly?
A) Yagan
B) Pemulwuy
C) Jandamarra
D) Johnny Mullagh
Answer:
D) Johnny Mullagh
Which Scottish writer was deported to Australia for his political activism against the British government?
A) Walter Scott
B) Robert Louis Stevenson
C) Sir Walter Murdoch
D) Thomas Muir
Answer:
D) Thomas Muir
What was the name of the ship involved in the infamous Rum Rebellion in New South Wales in 1808?
A) HMS Supply
B) HMS Bounty
C) HMS Endeavour
D) HMS Swift
Answer:
A) HMS Supply
Which group of convicts were granted conditional pardons allowing them to work and live outside of penal colonies?
A) Conditionalists
B) Emancipists
C) Ticket-of-Leave men
D) Probationers
Answer:
C) Ticket-of-Leave men
What was the name of the English magistrate who was murdered by convicts during the Myall Creek massacre trials?
A) Frederick Ward
B) Samuel Marsden
C) William Redfern
D) David Suttor
Answer:
B) Samuel Marsden
Which penal colony was often referred to as the “Hell on Earth?
A) Port Arthur
B) Moreton Bay
C) Norfolk Island
D) Macquarie Harbour
Answer:
A) Port Arthur
What was the punishment known as “the cat o’ nine tails” used for?
A) Solitary confinement
B) Hard labor
C) Flogging
D) Public humiliation
Answer:
C) Flogging
Who was the first European to escape and live among the Aboriginal people in Australia?
A) John Macarthur
B) James Ruse
C) William Buckley
D) William Redfern
Answer:
C) William Buckley
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