Monday, 31 October 2011

Bianca's Fact or Fiction Week 3 Term 4!

Hey Samantha!!
1. Parliament house contains 5101 rooms.
2. Parliament house is on the reverse of a $5 note.
3. The contruction of parliament house started in 1856.
4. The Australian flag on the 81 metre flagpole is half the size of a tennis court.

THANKS!! xx

Fact or Fiction Wk 5 :)

hey Kailey,
1. Henry Parkes died in 1886.

2. Edmund barton was the first Australian Prime Minister.

3. Edmund Barton died in 1920 by heart failure.

4. The Parliament house was built in 1927.

Tiana :)

Tait's super awesome fact or fiction week 3

Hey Kirsten

1.Victoria and New South Wales where rivals back in the day

2.The colony's where worried about the Chinese migrants coming to Australia.

3.Federation happened in 1900.

4.Queensland the last colony set up.

from Tait

Samantha Fact or Fiction Week 3 :)

Hey Bianca,

1. On the 10th of May, 1988 parliament sat in the new Parliament House in Canberra.

2. In the 1980's the idea of Federation was becoming popular.

3. Before 1901 we were known as an "Australian" person.

4. Each colony had it's own set of laws and it's own defence force.

Kailey Fact or Fiction (Week 3)

Hi Tiana

1 Herny Parkes was born in 1855.
2 Herny Parkes was born at Warwicksnire England.
3 Edmund Barton died in 1877.
4 Edmund Barton has four childen.

Kirsten Taylor's Awesome Fact or Fictions Week 3





  • Henry Parke's was the Premier of New South Whales?




  • There was only 3 colonies in 1800?




  • John Howard was Prime Minster before Julia Gillard ?


  • Henry Parke's was called the father of federation?

Rick's fact or fiction week 3



  1. Was sa the only state to be made bty non convicts.

  2. Was QLD the last state to be set up in australia.

  3. The last state to be set up was NSW.

  4. Wa was last to be set up in 1801.

Monday, 17 October 2011

Ellie J Fact or Fiction Week 1

1. Federation occured in 1910.

2. In 1860 there were only 5 colonies.


3. The National Australasian federation Convention met in 1899 and in 1898.

4. At first the colonies had little to do with each other.

Kirsten's fact or fiction week one


The first settlement came in 1970.

The federation decided to let people vote.
.
South Australia had the second colony put on to it.

South Australia had convicts come its land.

tiana fact or fiction week 1

hey seb,
1.Henry Parks wasnt the most commanding figure in australian polotics during his lifetime.
2.victoria was found in 1859 it was the 5th state to be established.
3.Australia became a nation in 1901.
4.van diemans land was the first to be established.
:)

Sebastian walsh fact or fiction week1.

Hi Tiana

1.Was the NSW first colany.

2. Queensland was the last colany.

3. SA is the only colany to be founded by free people.

4. Australia become a fedaration in 1901.

Rick's super awesome fact or fiction week 1

1. S.A. was the only state in Australia not to be founded by convicts in 1836.

2. In 1780 the first seatlement was set up in N.S.W.

3.Was Q.L.D. founded in 1859.

4. W.A. was first founded in 1829.

Samantha Fact or Fiction Week 1

Hi Ellie,

1. Is it true that Henry Parkes is known as the "Father of Federation".

2. The first Commonwealth Parliament was opened on 7th of June 1901.

3. At the end of the 1700's Australia was divided into six seperate colonies.

4. The federation of Australia was established in 1977.

kailey fact or fiction week 1

Hi Bianca

1 Australian federation happened in 1910.

2 In 1861 there was 5 colonies.
3 Australia became an independent nation on 1st January 1901.
4 Australia federated in 1901 because they feared that they would be overrun from the north by other nations from Europe and Asia.

Bianca's Fact or Fiction Week 1!

Hey Kailey!

1. Sir Henry Parkes was born in San Fransisco.
2. South Australia use to be a state where all of the convicts were kept.
3. Australia became and independent nation on January the 1st, 1901.
4. Queensland was established 1235

THANKS!! ♥

Max fact or fiction week 1

Hi

1 On 10 May 1977 Commonwealth Parliament sat in the new Parliament House in Canberra.

2 The 1st Commonwealth Parliament was opened on 9 May 1956, at 12 p.m. in the Exhibition Building in Melbourne.

3 In 1860 there were six British colonies in Australia.

4 Was Henry parks the premiere of new south wales.

Tait Fact Or Fiction week 1

Hi Rick

1.Australia became an independent nation on January the 1st, 1901.
2.The National Australasian Convention was held in Melbourne in 1891.
3.In the National Australasian Convention in 1891 each colony sent five representatives.
4.Henry Parkes died 1896.