Answer the questions from the pages in the Australia Day site. You may print this sheet out and write your answers on the sheet or you may open the worksheet in Word and type the answers in or print it out. Click here to download the Word doc.

1. On what date do we celebrate Australia Day? __________________________________________

2. Why do Australians celebrate Australia Day? ________________________________________________________________________________

Who was "Young Australian of the Year" in 2000? __________________________________________________________ In what sport has he excelled? __________________________________________________________ Go to: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Court/5449/ian.html and find out the date of this sportsman’s birthday. __________________________________________________________

8. See if you can find out who was Young Australian of the Year in 2004? _________________________________________________________________________________
9. For what achievement was he awarded Young Australian of the Year? 
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10. Look closely at the picture of the cricketers on the bottom of the main page. Can you name the famous cricketer catching the ball? _____________________________________________________

11. Go to the History Page next. What year did the First Fleet land at Sydney Cove? ______________
12. Who was in charge of it? __________________________________________________________
13. Name the war that the United States won? ____________________________________________
14. What year was this? ________________________
15. What did this mean for England as far as the convicts were concerned? 
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16. In what year did Captain Cook discover the east coast of Australia? ___________
17. Can you find out the name of his ship? ___________________________________________
18. What was the name of the ships moored in harbours that were used as prison for the convicts?
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19. Give 2 other reasons for establishing a colony in Australia ________________
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20. On what date did the First Fleet leave England? ______________________________________
21. If they landed in Sydney Cove on 26 January, 1788, work out exactly how long it took them to reach Australia. _________________________________________________________________
22. How many ships were in the First Fleet? ______________________________
23. Write the names of the ship in alphabetical order. _________________  ________________
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24. Why didn't they settle at Botany Bay? ____________________________________________
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25. From what country did the 2 ships that were sighted come? ___________________________
26. Who was the Queen of England at the time the First Fleet landed? ______________________
27. Name the flag they hoisted. _________________________________
28. Here it is, colour it in.

29. Now go the Flag Page. In what year was the Commonwealth of Australia formed? ______________
30. How did the Government pick the new flag? _____________________________________________
31. How many points on the large star on the flag? __________________________
32. What do these points represent? _____________________________________________________
33. What is the name of the group of stars on the right hand side of the flag? _____________________
34. Why were they chosen for the flag? ___________________________________________________
35. Here's our flag, draw in the missing piece and colour it in.

36. Name the three colours on the Aboriginal flag. ________________________________________
37. Draw and colour it in here.

38. Who designed the Aboriginal flag? _________________________________________________
39. On what date was it proclaimed a  "Flag of Australia"? _________________________________

40. Have a look at the Photos Page next  at some great pictures of Australia. See if you can answer the questions on that page. There are 16 questions there, you can write the answers on this sheet.

41. Next go to the Graphics Page. Here you can have a bit of fun. Save some of the graphics by right clicking on them and click on "Save image as". Save it into a special folder or onto a disk where you can find it later. Then you can insert some of them into a Word document and arrange them to make a nice picture which you can print out. You may like to write an Acrostic poem about Australia Day and use the graphics to illustrate it. 

42. Now go to the Anthem Page. Look up the meaning of these words in our National Anthem in your dictionary and write the dictionary meaning down here.
(a) rejoice ______________________________________________________________________
(b) girt __________________________________________________________________
(c) abounds ______________________________________________________________
(d) radiant ______________________________________________________________________
(e) toil __________________________________________________________________________
(f) renowned ____________________________________________________________________
(g) boundless ____________________________________________________________________

43. The words "hist'ry's" and "ev'ry" are abbreviated. Write the two words out in full.
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44. Why do you think they have been shortened like that? __________________________________
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45. Do you like "Advance Australia Fair" as our National Anthem? ____________________________
46. Write your reason for your answer _________________________________________________
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46. Can you suggest another song that you would like to see as our National Anthem? ___________
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47. Now go to the Links Page. Write the name of the page you would find at these URL's.
(a) http://www.flags2000.com/world/australia.htm _______________________________________
(b) http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~rdale/australia.htm ________________________________
48. Have a look through the links and see if you can work out what  the initials N.A.D.C stand for.
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49. Write down the URL for their page. _______________________________________________
50. Go to the Flags of Australia page. How many flags have they displayed on their page available for immediate delivery worldwide.? ______________
51. How much is this month's special? _________________________
52. How much would 10 of them cost? _________________________
53. Go to the Reserve Bank site. Who is featured on these notes?
$10 __________________________ _____________________________
$20 __________________________ _____________________________
$50 __________________________ _____________________________
$100 _________________________ _____________________________
54. Who is the famous person off one of our notes, pictured on the right? ______________________________________________________________________________
55. For what is he famous? ________________________________________________________
56. What famous Australian landmark is featured on the Australia Day Council of NSW site?
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57. What deadly snake is featured on the Rochedale State School's Australian Animals page? 
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58. Go to the "Walkabout Australia" page and read the section on the First Settlement at Sydney Cove. Write down how many convicts it tells us arrived on the First Fleet.
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