Slavery in Australia
Understanding Slavery in Australia
Explore the complex history of slavery in Australia through this engaging quiz. Test your knowledge on the historical events, terms, and impact of slavery on Indigenous and Melanesian people.
- Discover the realities of unpaid labor among Indigenous Australians.
- Learn about significant events like the Wave Hill Walk-Off.
- Challenge yourself with thought-provoking questions.
When was slavery introduced into Australia?
1801
1793
1788
1876
Pacific Islanders were kidnapped or coerced to come to Australia and work. What is this term called?
Blackbirding
People charmer
Abducting
Herron fishing
Some Indigenous Australians performed unpaid labour until when?
1980s
1890s
1970s
1880s
Around how many Melanesian people were brought to Australia and enslaved to work?
78,000
62,000
112,000
130,000
Where were most Melanesian people forced to work?
Coal mines in Queensland and Western Australia
Queensland's sugar plantations
Cattle farms in New South Australia
Mines in Victoria and New South Wales
Aboriginal slavery was called?
Blackbirding
Slavery
Keepsafe
Protectionism
What did the Wave Hill Walk-Off achieve?
It inspired national change in the form of wages for aborigional workers
It created a new land rights act for aborigional workers
It helped aborigionls get voting rights
It inspired change in the way many white australians looked at aborigionals
When was the wave hill walk off?
29 July 1887
23 August 1968
27 September 1988
23 August 1966
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