RIC-6430 Primary history (Bk D)
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Bounty migrants – 2<br />
Use the text on page 31 to answer the questions.<br />
Early settlement<br />
1. Complete the sentences.<br />
There were plenty of jobs available in<br />
1<br />
, but in Britain there was a lot of<br />
2<br />
. The government paid a<br />
3<br />
to<br />
4<br />
for every suitable person who arrived in 5<br />
.<br />
2. (a) Could the shipowners recruit anyone to receive the bounty?<br />
(b) Explain your answer.<br />
3. How much bounty would a shipowner receive for a man, his wife and their children; three sons<br />
aged 17, 11 and 4 and twin daughters aged 9?<br />
Show how you worked out your answer.<br />
4. Why do you think the job of the ship’s doctor would have been important?<br />
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5. Why do you think the government encouraged poor people to emigrate to Australia?<br />
Seventeen people perished in the disaster that struck the barque, India, on her voyage to Australia.<br />
The 176 people who were saved by the assistance of the French whaler, Roland, continued their<br />
journey on board the Grindlay.<br />
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