Chapter 2 - Rabbit Proof Fence | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Why didn’t the Nyungar understand him

Language barrier

What did Captain Fremantle say he was doing

Naming the land

How much land Stirling wanted to claim

Half a million acres

What ship did Captain Fremantle arrive on

HMS Challenger

What did this signal had happened

European settlers had arrived

What flag was raised

The British flag

Why did Yellagonga call a meeting

To warn his people

Why was hunting easier in wet weather

Tracks were visible and animals were less alert

Who had not yet arrived behind Fremantle

Captain James Stirling

What were white men called by the Nyungar

Gengas

What animal were the hunters killing at the start of the chapter

A doe kangaroo

Who were the two hunters

Bidgup and Meedo

How did the settlers feel about the weather

Disappointed

Who did Dayup and the other men meet

Captain Fremantle

What went wrong as Stirling approached the river

His ship ran aground

What problems did settlers face at Cottesloe

Poor land and mosquitoes

What did Fremantle name the colony

Swan River Colony

What did Arthur Carberry hope to become

A wealthy landowner

What name did Captain Fremantle give the land

Western Australia

Who was the Nyungar man mentioned in the warning

Dayup

What unusual sight did they see on the beach

Many belongings and women

What noises did Nyungar hunters hear near the sandhills

Men shouting and women screaming

Where were they camping

Boorloo

What ship carried Captain Stirling

The Parmelia

What items were being ruined by rain

Furniture and personal belongings

Whose tribal land was Boorloo

Yellagonga’s

What method did Fremantle try to use instead of speech

Sign language

What did Bidgup do with the kangaroo

Carried it on his shoulders

When did the settlers arrive

June 1829

Who questioned the “Arcadian land”

Christopher Marsden