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Question 1

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When did the Old Melbourne Goal first open?
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  • 1840
  • 1845
  • 1850
  • 1855

Question 2

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Sullivan Bay is now known as Sorrento
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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Batman arrived in Australia before Fawkner.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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John Pascoe Fawkner's ship was called:
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  • Rebecca
  • Endeavour
  • Rialto
  • Enterprize

Question 5

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What did the Wurundjeri call the Yarra?
Answer
  • Yarro Yarro
  • Yarra Yarra
  • Yarro
  • Yori

Question 6

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A penal settlement failed in 1803 at Sullivan Bay because:
Answer
  • Poor soil
  • Limited water
  • Hostility of the local indigenous people
  • All of these reasons

Question 7

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What is the plaster cast in the picture called?
Image:
deeming_mask2 (image/jpg)
Answer
  • Death statue
  • Death hood
  • Death mask
  • Death face

Question 8

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When was Ned Kelly hung at Old Melbourne Gaol?
Answer
  • 1/10/1884
  • 11/11/1885
  • 1/10/1875
  • 11/11/1880

Question 9

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Robert Hoddle designed Melbourne's CBD grid format.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

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Gold was first discovered in Buninyong, Victoria in:
Answer
  • 1850
  • 1853
  • 1851
  • 1852

Question 11

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Gold was first discovered in Buninyong, Victoria in:
Answer
  • 1850
  • 1853
  • 1851
  • 1852

Question 12

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How did the gold rush affect Melbourne?
Answer
  • Immigration
  • Wealth
  • Population boom
  • Overcrowding of prisons
  • Decrease in crime
  • Population decrease

Question 13

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Which 2 buildings were built due to wealth from the Gold Rush?
Answer

Question 14

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The sculptures on the Sandridge Bridge are referred to as the Travellers
Image:
sandridge (image/jpg)
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Which of these is an affect that the increase immigration had on indigenous people:
Answer
  • forced off land
  • died from disease
  • massacred
  • killed while hunting food
  • all of the above

Question 16

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In what year was federation (coming together of states)?
Answer
  • January 1st 1701
  • January 1st 1801
  • January 1st 1901
  • January 1st 2001

Question 17

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When was Melbourne Marvellous? (Boom Time)
Answer
  • 1870s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1880s

Question 18

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Which 3 reasons explain why the 1890s is considered the "Bust"?
Answer
  • Collapse of buildings
  • Lots of unemployment
  • Increase in crime
  • Decrease in crime
  • Collapse of banks
  • Prisoners escaped

Question 19

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Melbourne was the first capital city before Canberra.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 20

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In which direction did Melbourne's development spread?
Answer
  • West/south west
  • South/South-East
  • West/North west
  • South/South-West
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