Webquest - Australia Give a brief answer to the following 15 questions. You will find the answers to the questions on the websites listed below. 1. Main facts about Australia : Surface, Population, Capital city, what is “Uluru” ? 2. What is the meaning of the word Aborigine ? 3. Where do Aborigines come from ? 4. When did they arrive in Australia ? 5. What did they live on ? 6. How many Aboriginal tribes were there (approximately) before European settlers came to Australia ? 7. What is the common belief of Aborigines ? 8. Who first explored the east coast of Australia ? 9. What was the First Fleet ? 10. What is the doctrine of "terra nullius" ? 11. Approximately, how many Aborigines were there when the white settlers came ? 12. By the beginning of the 20th century, how many Aborigines were there (roughly) ? 13. When did Aborigines get their voting rights ? 14. What does the phrase “Stolen Generation” refer to ? 15. When did the events related to the Stolen Generation take place ? 16. How many children suffered from such a policy (approximately) ? Useful websites 1 About Australia in general : http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Australi.html http://www.crystalinks.com/ayersrock.html 2 About the Stolen Generation : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generation 3 About Aborigines : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aborigines 4 About the Dreamtime : http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/dreamtime.htm 5 About the First Fleet : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet 6. About the doctrine of terra nullius : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_nullius