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Year 4 History · The First Fleet and the colony at Sydney Cove

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. How many ships were in the First Fleet?
- ☐ (a) 3
- ☐ (b) 7
- ☐ (c) 11
- ☐ (d) 20
2. Who was the first governor of New South Wales?
- ☐ (a) James Cook
- ☐ (b) Arthur Phillip
- ☐ (c) Lachlan Macquarie
- ☐ (d) Edmund Barton
3. Why could Britain no longer send convicts to America?
- ☐ (a) The ships were too small
- ☐ (b) America had become independent
- ☐ (c) Convicts refused to go
- ☐ (d) It was too cold
4. Sydney Cove is on the Country of which people?
- ☐ (a) The Kaurna people
- ☐ (b) The Noongar people
- ☐ (c) The Larrakia people
- ☐ (d) The Gadigal people
5. What disease killed many Aboriginal people around Sydney in 1789?
- ☐ (a) Smallpox
- ☐ (b) Chickenpox
- ☐ (c) Measles
- ☐ (d) Influenza
6. From which English port did the First Fleet leave?
7. A person sentenced to be sent to a far-away colony as punishment was a ____.
8. About how many months did the First Fleet's voyage take?

Answer sheet

1. 11 — The First Fleet had 11 ships.
2. Arthur Phillip — Captain Arthur Phillip commanded the fleet and became the first governor.
3. America had become independent — After the American War of Independence, Britain lost those colonies.
4. The Gadigal people — Sydney Cove is on Gadigal Country, part of the Eora Nation.
5. Smallpox — An outbreak of smallpox in 1789 had a devastating impact.
6. Portsmouth — The fleet left Portsmouth in May 1787.
7. convict — Convicts were transported to the colony.
8. 8 — The voyage lasted about eight months.