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New South Wales

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Colony established on Australia by Captain James Cook of mainly convicts who supported themselves through sheep herding

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Solomon Islands

Front

Discovered by Mendana. Named after King Solomon since he was famous for his great riches.

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Australia Day

Front

When Arthur Phillips fleet arrived on January 26, 1788

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Marn Grook

Front

A game similar to soccer and football

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Pedro Fernandez de Quiros

Front

The young navigator who joined an expedition led by Mendana in search of the Solomon Islands; took command of the ships when Mendana died

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James Cook

Front

A navigator and ship captain who explored and claimed land in Australia for England in 1770

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Micronesia

Front

tiny islands

Back

Aboriginies (Abbo-ridge-innies)

Front

Native Australians

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Tasmania

Front

the island south of Australia discovered by Dutch explorer, Tasman

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Victoria

Front

Colony in Australia named for the Queen of England

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Great Dividing Range

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A series of Plateaus and mountain ranges in eastern Australia.

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Low Islands

Front

Pacific islands made of coral reefs

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Thor Heyerdahl

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Norwegian explorer who thought that the first Polynesians came from South America rather than Asia

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Polynesia

Front

Islands contained in a rough triangle whose points lie in Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island

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Arthur Phillip

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First Fleets captain and later the colony's first governor, sighted Australia

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John Paton

Front

Scottish missionary to the islands of the South Pacific

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Melanesia

Front

The most populous of the three groups of Pacific islands, includes Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and others.

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First Fleet

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In 1787 the first ship of convicts were sent to Australia. 776 men, women and children were on 1st Fleet. 160,000 more would come until 1867.

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New Zealand

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Island discovered by Tasman. Native peoples (Maoris) were not friendly.

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Alvaro de Mendana

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Discovered the Solomon Islands

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Santa Cruz Island

Front

Discovered by Mendana and Quiros when searching for the Solomon Islands. Santa Cruz means "holy cross".

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Canberra

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Capital of Australia

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Sydney Cove

Front

Location of the first English colony in Australia

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high islands

Front

Pacific islands created by volcanoes

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South Australia

Front

New colony founded by explorers who traveled southwest from Sydney around the coast

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scurvy

Front

a disease caused by lack of vitamin C

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didgeridoo

Front

a large, bamboo musical instrument of the Australian aboriginal people

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Tahiti

Front

largest island in Polynesia

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New Holland

Front

The name given to Australia by explorer Abel Tasman in 1644.

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Louis Antoine de Bougainville

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Explorer who colonized Tahiti for France

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Maoris

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Natives of New Zealand

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James Chalmers

Front

19th century missionary to New Guinea

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Gregory Blaxland

Front

Crossed the Great Dividing Range in Australia with two companions

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Marquesas

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A set of islands in the pacific discovered by Mendana that were named after the viceroy of Peru

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Commonwealth of Australia

Front

Self-governing dominion within the British Empire established in 1901

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Abel Tasman

Front

Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant best known for exploring and mapping New Zealand, Tasmania, and New Holland (Australia).

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