When did the Old Melbourne Goal first open?
1840
1845
1850
1855
Sullivan Bay is now known as Sorrento
Batman arrived in Australia before Fawkner.
John Pascoe Fawkner's ship was called:
Rebecca
Endeavour
Rialto
Enterprize
What did the Wurundjeri call the Yarra?
Yarro Yarro
Yarra Yarra
Yarro
Yori
A penal settlement failed in 1803 at Sullivan Bay because:
Poor soil
Limited water
Hostility of the local indigenous people
All of these reasons
What is the plaster cast in the picture called?
Death statue
Death hood
Death mask
Death face
When was Ned Kelly hung at Old Melbourne Gaol?
1/10/1884
11/11/1885
1/10/1875
11/11/1880
Robert Hoddle designed Melbourne's CBD grid format.
Gold was first discovered in Buninyong, Victoria in:
1853
1851
1852
How did the gold rush affect Melbourne?
Immigration
Wealth
Population boom
Overcrowding of prisons
Decrease in crime
Population decrease
Which 2 buildings were built due to wealth from the Gold Rush?
Old Treasury Building
Old Melbourne Gaol
Flinders Street Station
State Library of Victoria
The sculptures on the Sandridge Bridge are referred to as the Travellers
Which of these is an affect that the increase immigration had on indigenous people:
forced off land
died from disease
massacred
killed while hunting food
all of the above
In what year was federation (coming together of states)?
January 1st 1701
January 1st 1801
January 1st 1901
January 1st 2001
When was Melbourne Marvellous? (Boom Time)
1870s
1850s
1860s
1880s
Which 3 reasons explain why the 1890s is considered the "Bust"?
Collapse of buildings
Lots of unemployment
Increase in crime
Collapse of banks
Prisoners escaped
Melbourne was the first capital city before Canberra.
In which direction did Melbourne's development spread?
West/south west
South/South-East
West/North west
South/South-West
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