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Year 4 History · European voyages to Australia

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Who made the earliest recorded European contact with Australia, in 1606?
- ☐ (a) James Cook
- ☐ (b) Willem Janszoon
- ☐ (c) Abel Tasman
- ☐ (d) Arthur Phillip
2. What did the Dutch call the land they charted?
- ☐ (a) New Holland
- ☐ (b) New South Wales
- ☐ (c) Terra Australis Incognita only
- ☐ (d) New Zealand
3. What was the name of James Cook's ship in 1770?
- ☐ (a) Duyfken
- ☐ (b) Batavia
- ☐ (c) Sirius
- ☐ (d) Endeavour
4. Why do historians avoid saying Europeans 'discovered' Australia?
- ☐ (a) Because the voyages never happened
- ☐ (b) Because First Nations peoples already lived there
- ☐ (c) Because the Dutch arrived by plane
- ☐ (d) Because the maps were wrong
5. Which island did Abel Tasman reach in 1642?
- ☐ (a) Tasmania
- ☐ (b) Kangaroo Island
- ☐ (c) Fraser Island (K'gari)
- ☐ (d) Rottnest Island
6. In what year did Dirk Hartog land at Shark Bay?
7. How many years passed between Tasman's voyage (1642) and Cook's voyage (1770)?
8. A map used by sailors is called a ____.

Answer sheet

1. Willem Janszoon — Willem Janszoon charted part of Cape York in 1606 in the Duyfken.
2. New Holland — Dutch sailors called the western part of the continent New Holland.
3. Endeavour — Cook sailed in HMS Endeavour.
4. Because First Nations peoples already lived there — You cannot discover a place where people already live.
5. Tasmania — Tasman reached the island he named Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania.
6. 1616 — Hartog landed in 1616 and left an inscribed pewter plate.
7. 128 — 1770 − 1642 = 128.
8. chart — Sailors use charts that show coastlines and the sea.